VMware Contracts

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 30 April 2025, 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -8 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing VMware 903 1,274 2,312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.09% 2.92% 3.87%
As % of the Vendors category 6.51% 6.89% 9.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 858 1,646
10th Percentile £320 £283 £315
25th Percentile £425 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +16.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 46 128
10th Percentile £29.99 £22.19 £28.34
25th Percentile £48.16 £40.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £48.20 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.43% -25.85% +36.84%
75th Percentile £83.18 £71.25 £70.06
90th Percentile £85.97 £80.29 £81.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.95 £46.29 £58.75
% change year-on-year +59.77% -21.22% +71.76%

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 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the UK

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Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 -9 760 £550 +10.00% 610
UK excluding London -1 578 £550 +10.00% 493
Work from Home +14 266 £525 +5.00% 328
London -19 226 £525 +5.00% 154
South East -13 162 £575 +14.77% 133
South West +12 138 £575 +13.30% 88
North of England -5 111 £425 +11.84% 120
Midlands +20 72 £525 - 91
North West 0 65 £444 +26.79% 62
West Midlands +20 52 £501 +8.32% 50
Scotland -10 50 £455 -17.27% 23
Yorkshire -4 36 £450 +20.00% 45
East of England +28 34 £513 -9.21% 33
East Midlands +8 20 £550 - 41
Wales +10 13 £290 +28.89% 10
North East -2 11 £358 -31.90% 17
Northern Ireland -5 4 £160 -69.52% 5

VMware
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
1 102 (11.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (8.08%) SharePoint
3 38 (4.21%) Confluence
4 18 (1.99%) IIS
5 12 (1.33%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.00%) Apache
6 9 (1.00%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.55%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.33%) nginx
10 2 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.11%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) WinCC
Applications
1 62 (6.87%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 261 (28.90%) Azure
2 151 (16.72%) AWS
3 135 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (7.31%) IaaS
5 65 (7.20%) Entra ID
6 59 (6.53%) OpenShift
7 48 (5.32%) PaaS
8 41 (4.54%) SaaS
9 39 (4.32%) GCP
10 27 (2.99%) Nutanix
11 26 (2.88%) GitHub
11 26 (2.88%) OneDrive
12 17 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.00%) Azure Stack
16 6 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (0.66%) Cohesity
17 5 (0.55%) Amazon S3
17 5 (0.55%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 185 (20.49%) DNS
2 152 (16.83%) Firewall
3 132 (14.62%) DHCP
4 82 (9.08%) TCP/IP
5 74 (8.19%) SAN
6 69 (7.64%) VPN
7 64 (7.09%) Network Security
8 54 (5.98%) VSAN
9 45 (4.98%) LAN
9 45 (4.98%) WAN
10 34 (3.77%) VLAN
11 32 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
12 31 (3.43%) NAS
13 30 (3.32%) BGP
13 30 (3.32%) VoIP
14 28 (3.10%) OSPF
15 26 (2.88%) HTTP
16 25 (2.77%) SMTP
17 21 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
18 18 (1.99%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.10%) Oracle Database
3 17 (1.88%) MongoDB
4 16 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (1.44%) Big Data
7 11 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.89%) Couchbase
9 7 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.78%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.44%) MySQL
12 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.33%) OLTP
12 3 (0.33%) Power BI
13 2 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.22%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 58 (6.42%) Git
2 47 (5.20%) JIRA
3 42 (4.65%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.21%) Bitbucket
5 17 (1.88%) GitLab
6 11 (1.22%) Subversion
7 10 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (1.11%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.55%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.22%) Introscope
9 2 (0.22%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.22%) Maven
9 2 (0.22%) MSI
9 2 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
9 2 (0.22%) TestNG
10 1 (0.11%) Newman
10 1 (0.11%) Serena SBM
General
1 184 (20.38%) Social Skills
2 101 (11.18%) Finance
3 93 (10.30%) Public Sector
4 54 (5.98%) Telecoms
5 51 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.32%) Banking
7 26 (2.88%) Legal
8 17 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (1.77%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.22%) Marketing
11 10 (1.11%) Electronics
11 10 (1.11%) Military
12 9 (1.00%) Law
13 7 (0.78%) Billing
13 7 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.55%) Local Government
14 5 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 178 (19.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 136 (15.06%) Architect
3 63 (6.98%) Consultant
4 62 (6.87%) Senior
5 54 (5.98%) VMware Engineer
6 48 (5.32%) Linux Engineer
7 46 (5.09%) Infrastructure Architect
8 44 (4.87%) Support Engineer
9 43 (4.76%) Network Engineer
10 39 (4.32%) Administrator
11 38 (4.21%) Lead
12 29 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (3.21%) Systems Engineer
12 29 (3.21%) Technical Architect
13 28 (3.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 25 (2.77%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 25 (2.77%) VMware Consultant
15 24 (2.66%) Analyst
15 24 (2.66%) VMware Architect
16 23 (2.55%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.44%) REST
2 15 (1.66%) Kafka
3 14 (1.55%) .NET
3 14 (1.55%) Flash
4 12 (1.33%) LDAP
5 11 (1.22%) Middleware
5 11 (1.22%) SOAP
6 8 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (0.89%) HTML
6 8 (0.89%) Loki
7 6 (0.66%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.66%) CSS
7 6 (0.66%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (0.66%) SAML
8 5 (0.55%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.55%) Spine.js
9 4 (0.44%) JSON
9 4 (0.44%) XML
10 3 (0.33%) React
10 3 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (13.07%) Data Centre
2 56 (6.20%) Clustering
2 56 (6.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 49 (5.43%) PKI
4 35 (3.88%) Public Cloud
5 34 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (2.55%) Replication
6 23 (2.55%) Video Conferencing
7 22 (2.44%) Private Cloud
8 20 (2.21%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.10%) Blackberry
10 17 (1.88%) Enterprise Storage
11 14 (1.55%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.55%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.33%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.11%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.89%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 427 (47.29%) Windows
2 298 (33.00%) Linux
3 266 (29.46%) Windows Server
4 92 (10.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 73 (8.08%) Windows 10
6 61 (6.76%) Unix
7 53 (5.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 47 (5.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 38 (4.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 27 (2.99%) VMS
11 22 (2.44%) AIX
11 22 (2.44%) CentOS
12 21 (2.33%) Ubuntu
13 18 (1.99%) Solaris
13 18 (1.99%) Windows Server 2003
14 10 (1.11%) Android
15 7 (0.78%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.66%) Amazon Linux
16 6 (0.66%) Mac OS
17 4 (0.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (25.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 152 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (13.29%) ITIL
4 111 (12.29%) Migration
5 107 (11.85%) Agile
6 105 (11.63%) DevOps
7 101 (11.18%) High Availability
8 71 (7.86%) CI/CD
9 70 (7.75%) Containerisation
9 70 (7.75%) Service Management
10 67 (7.42%) Infrastructure as Code
11 62 (6.87%) Disaster Recovery
12 60 (6.64%) Configuration Management
12 60 (6.64%) Roadmaps
13 55 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
14 50 (5.54%) Project Delivery
15 48 (5.32%) Infrastructure Automation
16 47 (5.20%) Validation
17 46 (5.09%) ITSM
18 44 (4.87%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 187 (20.71%) PowerShell
2 167 (18.49%) Python
3 86 (9.52%) Bash
4 56 (6.20%) SQL
5 31 (3.43%) Shell Script
6 29 (3.21%) Java
7 28 (3.10%) Perl
8 13 (1.44%) VBScript
9 10 (1.11%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.89%) C#
11 5 (0.55%) Erlang
11 5 (0.55%) Prolog
11 5 (0.55%) VB
12 4 (0.44%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.33%) C
13 3 (0.33%) Scala
14 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
15 1 (0.11%) PHP
15 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 384 (42.52%) Security Cleared
2 261 (28.90%) SC Cleared
3 147 (16.28%) DV Cleared
4 90 (9.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 76 (8.42%) Cisco Certification
6 60 (6.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 55 (6.09%) CCNP
8 50 (5.54%) Degree
9 33 (3.65%) MCSE
10 26 (2.88%) CCNA
11 25 (2.77%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.66%) Oracle Certification
12 15 (1.66%) RHCE
13 14 (1.55%) CCIE
13 14 (1.55%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.55%) VCAP
14 11 (1.22%) OCA
15 10 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (1.11%) RHCA
16 9 (1.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.10%) NIST
2 25 (2.77%) SLA
3 21 (2.33%) NCSC
4 15 (1.66%) GDPR
5 13 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.00%) Def Stans
7 8 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.66%) QA
9 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.22%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.11%) IEC 61131
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 581 (64.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 305 (33.78%) Active Directory
3 131 (14.51%) VMware ESXi
4 127 (14.06%) vSphere
5 122 (13.51%) VMware NSX
6 111 (12.29%) Hyper-V
7 87 (9.63%) Docker
8 37 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
9 19 (2.10%) NFS
10 17 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (1.66%) BitLocker
11 15 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
12 13 (1.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 11 (1.22%) Terminal Services
14 10 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
15 9 (1.00%) XenApp
16 8 (0.89%) vCloud
16 8 (0.89%) XenDesktop
17 6 (0.66%) DFS Replication
17 6 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 203 (22.48%) Ansible
2 119 (13.18%) Kubernetes
3 108 (11.96%) Terraform
4 107 (11.85%) vCenter Server
5 69 (7.64%) SCCM
6 66 (7.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 64 (7.09%) Puppet
8 40 (4.43%) WSUS
9 39 (4.32%) Progress Chef
10 35 (3.88%) vRealize
11 28 (3.10%) VxRail
12 25 (2.77%) PowerCLI
13 19 (2.10%) Prometheus
14 17 (1.88%) Grafana
14 17 (1.88%) Nagios
14 17 (1.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 16 (1.77%) FortiGate
16 15 (1.66%) vMotion
17 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Clustering
17 14 (1.55%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 280 (31.01%) Microsoft
2 176 (19.49%) Cisco
3 121 (13.40%) Red Hat
4 58 (6.42%) Citrix
5 56 (6.20%) Oracle
6 52 (5.76%) Dell
7 44 (4.87%) HP
8 43 (4.76%) Splunk
9 41 (4.54%) Palo Alto
10 40 (4.43%) SolarWinds
11 32 (3.54%) Veeam
12 31 (3.43%) NetApp
13 27 (2.99%) EMC
14 26 (2.88%) Broadcom
15 25 (2.77%) Google
15 25 (2.77%) ServiceNow
16 24 (2.66%) Atlassian
16 24 (2.66%) F5
16 24 (2.66%) Veritas
17 22 (2.44%) Symantec