VMware Contract Job Trends

VMware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 78 68
Rank change year-on-year -15 -10 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,185 874 1,242
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.48% 3.00% 2.88%
As % of the Vendors category 5.97% 6.30% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 592 841
10th Percentile £350 £325 £288
25th Percentile £448 £425 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 7 43
10th Percentile £19.25 £29.99 £22.60
25th Percentile £50.00 £48.16 £40.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +56.28% -28.63%
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.18 £71.25
90th Percentile £86.90 £85.97 £80.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £73.95 £46.29
% change year-on-year -5.34% +59.77% -18.98%

All Vendors
UK

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,841 13,863 18,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.57% 47.53% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,610 8,683 11,336
10th Percentile £313 £284 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% -0.07% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £630
90th Percentile £703 £716 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -1.22% -0.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 562 1,095
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.84 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.50 £14.41
Median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -48.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £57.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.02 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.22 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +22.70% +6.98% -45.67%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VMware job vacancy trend in the UK

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VMware

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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 -13 1,032 £525 -4.55% 301
UK excluding London -12 795 £510 -7.27% 268
South East +2 298 £550 -3.25% 106
Work from Home -16 277 £532 +1.33% 95
London -35 242 £550 +4.76% 62
North of England -16 178 £450 +8.43% 57
Midlands -28 118 £413 -21.43% 44
North West -2 103 £449 +5.65% 29
South West -33 96 £550 -4.35% 21
West Midlands -24 90 £401 -19.96% 34
East of England 0 86 £507 -6.11% 30
Yorkshire -14 74 £425 -5.56% 19
Scotland -15 31 £450 -0.55% 4
East Midlands -24 28 £450 -18.18% 10
Wales -15 9 £375 +29.31% 12
Northern Ireland +3 3 £375 +134.38% 5
North East -26 3 £638 +78.32% 11

VMware
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 46 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.93%) IIS
3 11 (0.93%) nginx
3 11 (0.93%) Tomcat
4 10 (0.84%) CICS
5 9 (0.76%) Confluence
6 5 (0.42%) Apache
6 5 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.34%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.17%) WordPress
10 1 (0.084%) CMS
10 1 (0.084%) JBoss
10 1 (0.084%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (1.18%) MS Visio
2 13 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.084%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 287 (24.22%) Azure
2 186 (15.70%) AWS
3 84 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (5.57%) OpenShift
5 60 (5.06%) Entra ID
6 54 (4.56%) GitHub
7 50 (4.22%) IaaS
8 42 (3.54%) GCP
9 39 (3.29%) PaaS
10 28 (2.36%) Nutanix
11 22 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.27%) Datadog
12 15 (1.27%) SaaS
13 13 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 10 (0.84%) Rubrik
15 8 (0.68%) Power Platform
16 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.51%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 241 (20.34%) DNS
2 210 (17.72%) Firewall
3 125 (10.55%) DHCP
4 98 (8.27%) SAN
5 95 (8.02%) VPN
6 89 (7.51%) VSAN
7 77 (6.50%) WAN
8 69 (5.82%) TCP/IP
9 66 (5.57%) LAN
9 66 (5.57%) Network Security
10 56 (4.73%) SSL
11 51 (4.30%) NAS
12 48 (4.05%) HTTP
13 45 (3.80%) BIG-IP
13 45 (3.80%) VLAN
14 42 (3.54%) Wireshark
15 32 (2.70%) BGP
15 32 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 30 (2.53%) Cisco Nexus
17 28 (2.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.84%) DataStage
5 9 (0.76%) Redis
6 8 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
7 6 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
7 6 (0.51%) Power BI
7 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.42%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.25%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.25%) GIS
9 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.084%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.084%) Metadata
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.084%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 49 (4.14%) Jenkins
2 37 (3.12%) GitLab
3 34 (2.87%) JIRA
4 30 (2.53%) Git
5 28 (2.36%) Fiddler
6 13 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
7 8 (0.68%) PVCS
7 8 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.59%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.59%) Robot Framework
8 7 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.34%) JMeter
9 4 (0.34%) JUnit
10 3 (0.25%) MSI
11 2 (0.17%) RStudio
12 1 (0.084%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.084%) GoCD
12 1 (0.084%) VersionOne
General
1 230 (19.41%) Social Skills
2 101 (8.52%) Finance
3 94 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (7.68%) Public Sector
5 47 (3.97%) Banking
6 41 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 29 (2.45%) Legal
8 22 (1.86%) Aerospace
9 21 (1.77%) Investment Banking
10 15 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.01%) Police
12 12 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 11 (0.93%) Retail
14 10 (0.84%) Military
15 8 (0.68%) Electronics
15 8 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.59%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.59%) Local Government
16 7 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 193 (16.29%) Architect
1 193 (16.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 119 (10.04%) VMware Engineer
3 112 (9.45%) Senior
4 91 (7.68%) Consultant
5 90 (7.59%) Network Engineer
6 59 (4.98%) VMware Consultant
7 54 (4.56%) VMware Architect
8 46 (3.88%) Analyst
9 40 (3.38%) Lead
10 36 (3.04%) Technical Architect
11 34 (2.87%) Infrastructure Architect
12 32 (2.70%) Administrator
12 32 (2.70%) Platform Engineer
13 31 (2.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (2.45%) DevOps Engineer
15 28 (2.36%) Web Engineer
16 27 (2.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 27 (2.28%) Senior VMware Engineer
17 26 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.04%) LDAP
2 25 (2.11%) Middleware
3 19 (1.60%) Flash
4 14 (1.18%) SAML
5 13 (1.10%) Kafka
5 13 (1.10%) Keycloak
5 13 (1.10%) OpenTelemetry
6 11 (0.93%) REST
7 5 (0.42%) .NET
7 5 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.42%) Software Packaging
7 5 (0.42%) YAML
8 4 (0.34%) EJB
8 4 (0.34%) JSP
8 4 (0.34%) OAuth
8 4 (0.34%) OpenID
8 4 (0.34%) Spring
8 4 (0.34%) XML
9 3 (0.25%) Hibernate
9 3 (0.25%) Java SE
Miscellaneous
1 141 (11.90%) Data Centre
2 82 (6.92%) Replication
3 73 (6.16%) PKI
4 63 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 60 (5.06%) Cloud Native
6 40 (3.38%) Management Information System
7 38 (3.21%) Clustering
8 37 (3.12%) Enterprise Storage
9 34 (2.87%) Private Cloud
10 33 (2.78%) Public Cloud
11 26 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
12 20 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.60%) Operational Technology
14 18 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.52%) SCADA
15 16 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
16 15 (1.27%) Blackberry
16 15 (1.27%) Onboarding
17 12 (1.01%) Product Ownership
18 11 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 448 (37.81%) Windows
2 301 (25.40%) Linux
3 281 (23.71%) Windows Server
4 76 (6.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 53 (4.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 39 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 29 (2.45%) Ubuntu
8 28 (2.36%) VMS
9 24 (2.03%) Windows 10
10 21 (1.77%) Solaris
11 20 (1.69%) Unix
12 19 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
13 18 (1.52%) CentOS
13 18 (1.52%) Data ONTAP
14 17 (1.43%) Apple iOS
15 15 (1.27%) Android
16 14 (1.18%) AIX
17 12 (1.01%) Mac OS
18 9 (0.76%) SUSE
18 9 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 197 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
3 188 (15.86%) Migration
4 139 (11.73%) ITIL
5 137 (11.56%) Agile
6 126 (10.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 125 (10.55%) High Availability
8 116 (9.79%) DevOps
9 113 (9.54%) CI/CD
10 108 (9.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 84 (7.09%) Load Balancing
12 82 (6.92%) Roadmaps
13 79 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
14 77 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 76 (6.41%) Change Management
16 74 (6.24%) Containerisation
17 73 (6.16%) Capacity Planning
18 67 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
18 67 (5.65%) Network Virtualisation
19 63 (5.32%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 232 (19.58%) PowerShell
2 183 (15.44%) Python
3 80 (6.75%) Bash
4 53 (4.47%) SQL
5 42 (3.54%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.52%) Shell Script
7 17 (1.43%) Java
8 11 (0.93%) C++
9 10 (0.84%) C
9 10 (0.84%) COBOL
9 10 (0.84%) MATLAB
9 10 (0.84%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.59%) Bicep
10 7 (0.59%) Embedded C
10 7 (0.59%) Embedded C++
10 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.42%) C#
12 4 (0.34%) Go
12 4 (0.34%) Perl
12 4 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 521 (43.97%) Security Cleared
2 334 (28.19%) SC Cleared
3 209 (17.64%) DV Cleared
4 104 (8.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 46 (3.88%) Degree
6 44 (3.71%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.87%) CCNP
9 33 (2.78%) VCAP
10 29 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (2.45%) MCSE
11 25 (2.11%) Azure Certification
12 17 (1.43%) MCSA
12 17 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
13 15 (1.27%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.10%) OCP
15 12 (1.01%) CCNA
16 8 (0.68%) RHCA
17 7 (0.59%) CCIE
17 7 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.21%) SLA
2 34 (2.87%) NIST
3 26 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (2.11%) NCSC
5 9 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (0.76%) GDPR
6 6 (0.51%) QA
7 5 (0.42%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.17%) DICOM
9 2 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.17%) ISA99
9 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.17%) RMADS
10 1 (0.084%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.084%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.084%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.084%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.084%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 744 (62.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 284 (23.97%) Active Directory
3 248 (20.93%) VMware NSX
4 233 (19.66%) vSphere
5 181 (15.27%) VMware ESXi
6 167 (14.09%) Hyper-V
7 94 (7.93%) Virtual Machines
8 51 (4.30%) Docker
9 42 (3.54%) NFS
10 36 (3.04%) Firmware
11 28 (2.36%) KVM
11 28 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 17 (1.43%) vCloud
13 14 (1.18%) GPFS
14 12 (1.01%) Microsoft App-V
15 10 (0.84%) BitLocker
16 6 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
16 6 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
17 5 (0.42%) Ceph
17 5 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 216 (18.23%) Ansible
2 149 (12.57%) vCenter Server
3 119 (10.04%) Terraform
4 112 (9.45%) Kubernetes
5 99 (8.35%) vRealize
6 79 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 68 (5.74%) SCCM
8 36 (3.04%) Argo
9 35 (2.95%) Grafana
10 31 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
11 28 (2.36%) SCOM
11 28 (2.36%) vMotion
11 28 (2.36%) VxRail
12 27 (2.28%) PowerCLI
13 23 (1.94%) WSUS
14 19 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 19 (1.60%) Red Hat Satellite
15 17 (1.43%) NetBackup
15 17 (1.43%) Prometheus
16 16 (1.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 264 (22.28%) Microsoft
2 184 (15.53%) Cisco
3 96 (8.10%) Citrix
4 93 (7.85%) Red Hat
5 67 (5.65%) F5
6 65 (5.49%) NetApp
7 56 (4.73%) Dell
8 53 (4.47%) IBM
9 49 (4.14%) Oracle
10 47 (3.97%) Palo Alto
11 43 (3.63%) Pure Storage
12 41 (3.46%) ServiceNow
13 33 (2.78%) McAfee
13 33 (2.78%) Veeam
14 29 (2.45%) Broadcom
15 28 (2.36%) Blue Coat
15 28 (2.36%) Splunk
16 27 (2.28%) CheckPoint
17 24 (2.03%) SolarWinds
18 23 (1.94%) Commvault