VMware Expert Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

VMware Expert
England > West Midlands

The median VMware Expert daily rate in the West Midlands is £389, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Expert 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.065% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £342 - -
25th Percentile £343 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 - -
75th Percentile £437 - -
90th Percentile £439 - -
England median daily rate £389 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,847 1,236 1,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.75% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,820 823 1,183
10th Percentile £313 £200 £259
25th Percentile £402 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +0.51% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £677 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 73 134
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £12.01
25th Percentile £21.51 £14.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £18.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -19.10% +14.10%
75th Percentile £59.50 £28.18 £42.31
90th Percentile £68.00 £36.58 £55.88
England median hourly rate £45.59 £31.76 £35.65
% change year-on-year +43.53% -10.91% -20.78%

VMware Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Expert' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

VMware Expert job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

VMware Expert
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Expert within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Warwickshire - 2 £389 -
VMware Expert
England

VMware Expert Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 April 2026, VMware Expert contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring VMware Expert in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) 3PAR
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) PowerCLI
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) vMotion
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere

VMware Expert Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) PowerCLI
1 2 (100.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) 3PAR
1 2 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 2 (100.00%) VMware