VMware NSX Contracts

VMware NSX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VMware NSX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware NSX over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 531 619
Rank change year-on-year +136 +88 -113
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 199 172 242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.29% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 4.25% 2.20% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 121 148
10th Percentile £416 £410 £411
25th Percentile £463 £455 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £513 £539
Median % change year-on-year +4.39% -4.92% +19.78%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £627
90th Percentile £662 £680 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 6
10th Percentile £53.00 £62.00 £42.04
25th Percentile £57.50 £62.92 £43.31
Median hourly rate £63.75 £64.62 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% +36.03% +17.25%
75th Percentile £72.94 £67.06 £59.44
90th Percentile £75.98 £71.97 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £63.23 £47.50
% change year-on-year +6.75% +33.12% +17.25%

All System Software Skills
UK

VMware NSX is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,687 7,820 12,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.80% 13.20% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,208 5,587 8,621
10th Percentile £200 £204 £200
25th Percentile £340 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% - +8.47%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 276 319
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.22
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +170.00% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £45.13
90th Percentile £79.60 £75.25 £60.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.98 £43.75 £18.12
% change year-on-year -52.06% +141.51% +2.93%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware NSX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware NSX.

Daily rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware NSX.

Hourly rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware NSX within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +168 166 £525 +5.00% 26
UK excluding London +91 134 £520 +4.00% 17
Work from Home +114 59 £550 - 6
South East +43 53 £529 +16.10% 9
South West +50 50 £525 -10.64% 1
London +95 40 £535 -2.73% 10
Scotland +33 14 £438 -11.96%
Midlands +35 13 £488 +7.04% 3
West Midlands +32 12 £488 -2.50% 3
North of England +20 4 £513 +20.59% 3
North West +10 3 £513 +20.59% 1
North East - 1 £520 -

VMware NSX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (7.04%) Confluence
2 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.01%) IBM Domino
3 4 (2.01%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.50%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.54%) Azure
2 16 (8.04%) AWS
3 9 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.52%) OpenShift
4 8 (4.02%) GitHub
4 8 (4.02%) Nutanix
5 5 (2.51%) GCP
6 3 (1.51%) Amazon Glacier
6 3 (1.51%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.51%) Cohesity
6 3 (1.51%) IaaS
7 2 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.01%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.50%) PaaS
8 1 (0.50%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 61 (30.65%) VSAN
2 58 (29.15%) Firewall
3 26 (13.07%) DNS
4 23 (11.56%) WAN
5 22 (11.06%) SAN
6 18 (9.05%) LAN
7 17 (8.54%) DHCP
8 16 (8.04%) Cisco Nexus
8 16 (8.04%) TCP/IP
9 14 (7.04%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (6.53%) Network Security
11 11 (5.53%) SNA
12 10 (5.03%) VPN
13 8 (4.02%) BGP
14 7 (3.52%) Cisco ISE
14 7 (3.52%) MPLS
15 6 (3.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (3.02%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (3.02%) SD-WAN
15 6 (3.02%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.01%) MySQL
3 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (9.55%) JIRA
2 14 (7.04%) Git
3 11 (5.53%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.02%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.51%) GitLab
6 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.50%) Robot Framework
General
1 57 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.59%) Public Sector
3 21 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.53%) Finance
5 8 (4.02%) Banking
6 7 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.02%) Billing
7 6 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.02%) Legal
7 6 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.01%) Electronics
8 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.01%) Marketing
8 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (16.58%) Network Engineer
1 33 (16.58%) VMware Engineer
2 32 (16.08%) Consultant
2 32 (16.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (10.05%) VMware Consultant
4 19 (9.55%) Senior
5 15 (7.54%) Lead
6 12 (6.03%) Network Consultant
6 12 (6.03%) Security Engineer
6 12 (6.03%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 10 (5.03%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 10 (5.03%) Network Security Engineer
8 9 (4.52%) Architect
9 7 (3.52%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (3.52%) Senior Network Consultant
9 7 (3.52%) VMware Expert
10 6 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.53%) YAML
2 7 (3.52%) REST
3 6 (3.02%) JSON
4 5 (2.51%) Flash
5 3 (1.51%) .NET
5 3 (1.51%) EDI
5 3 (1.51%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.51%) Node.js
5 3 (1.51%) RESTful
5 3 (1.51%) SAML
5 3 (1.51%) SOAP
5 3 (1.51%) XML
6 2 (1.01%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 43 (21.61%) Data Centre
2 26 (13.07%) PKI
3 11 (5.53%) Clustering
4 9 (4.52%) Replication
5 6 (3.02%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.02%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.51%) CCTV
7 3 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.51%) SCADA
7 3 (1.51%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.01%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.01%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.50%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (28.64%) Linux
1 57 (28.64%) Windows
2 45 (22.61%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (4.02%) Unix
5 7 (3.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.51%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.01%) CentOS
7 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (1.51%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.01%) VMS
9 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.50%) Android
10 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (20.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (15.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 30 (15.08%) Migration
4 29 (14.57%) Agile
5 27 (13.57%) CI/CD
6 26 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (9.55%) DevOps
8 18 (9.05%) ITIL
9 17 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (8.54%) Network Virtualisation
10 16 (8.04%) Network Architecture
11 15 (7.54%) Time Management
12 13 (6.53%) Computer Science
12 13 (6.53%) Virtual Environments
13 12 (6.03%) ITSM
13 12 (6.03%) Service Management
14 11 (5.53%) Converged Infrastructure
14 11 (5.53%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (5.53%) Network Design
14 11 (5.53%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.59%) Python
2 34 (17.09%) PowerShell
3 14 (7.04%) Bash
4 8 (4.02%) C#
4 8 (4.02%) Java
5 6 (3.02%) C
5 6 (3.02%) SQL
6 5 (2.51%) Ruby
7 4 (2.01%) Go
8 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 111 (55.78%) Security Cleared
2 65 (32.66%) DV Cleared
3 56 (28.14%) SC Cleared
4 28 (14.07%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (12.56%) Degree
6 20 (10.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 18 (9.05%) CCNP
8 11 (5.53%) CCIE
9 9 (4.52%) CCNA
10 8 (4.02%) VCAP
11 7 (3.52%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (2.01%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
15 2 (1.01%) JNCIP
16 1 (0.50%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 1 (0.50%) RHCE
16 1 (0.50%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.52%) PMO
2 7 (3.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.50%) GDPR
3 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (55.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 63 (31.66%) VMware ESXi
3 62 (31.16%) vSphere
4 28 (14.07%) Active Directory
5 18 (9.05%) Hyper-V
6 14 (7.04%) vCloud
7 7 (3.52%) Docker
8 5 (2.51%) VMware Server
9 4 (2.01%) KVM
10 3 (1.51%) NFS
10 3 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (1.01%) Ceph
11 2 (1.01%) Firmware
11 2 (1.01%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (1.01%) XenApp
12 1 (0.50%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.50%) UAG
12 1 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 58 (29.15%) vCenter Server
2 40 (20.10%) Ansible
3 31 (15.58%) vRealize
4 28 (14.07%) Terraform
5 21 (10.55%) VxRail
6 20 (10.05%) Kubernetes
7 12 (6.03%) SCCM
8 8 (4.02%) Puppet
9 7 (3.52%) Progress Chef
10 5 (2.51%) vMotion
11 4 (2.01%) FortiGate
11 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.51%) Autotask
12 3 (1.51%) OPNET
12 3 (1.51%) PowerCLI
12 3 (1.51%) WSUS
13 2 (1.01%) Podman
13 2 (1.01%) Rancher
13 2 (1.01%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 195 (97.99%) VMware
2 55 (27.64%) Cisco
3 36 (18.09%) Dell
3 36 (18.09%) Palo Alto
4 34 (17.09%) Microsoft
5 17 (8.54%) Veeam
6 16 (8.04%) Atlassian
7 11 (5.53%) CheckPoint
8 10 (5.03%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.52%) F5
9 7 (3.52%) Fortinet
10 6 (3.02%) Juniper
11 5 (2.51%) Nimble Storage
12 4 (2.01%) Aruba
12 4 (2.01%) Citrix
12 4 (2.01%) CyberArk
12 4 (2.01%) LogRhythm
12 4 (2.01%) Red Hat
12 4 (2.01%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.51%) TOWER Software