VMware Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

VMware
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 14 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
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 44 62
Rank change year-on-year -24 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing VMware 89 55 49
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.82% 4.02% 2.57%
As % of the Vendors category 6.31% 8.40% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 35 43
10th Percentile £263 £255 £210
25th Percentile £319 £388 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £501 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.76% +17.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £519 £675 £575
90th Percentile £588 £700 £804
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 £31.32 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £36.65 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +72.29% +83.68% -69.77%
75th Percentile £67.84 £41.97 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £68.85 £54.57 £46.18
% change year-on-year +26.16% +18.17% -24.73%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,410 655 801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.75% 47.85% 42.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 944 416 512
10th Percentile £306 £178 £233
25th Percentile £400 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £484 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +7.61% -8.72%
75th Percentile £550 £589 £620
90th Percentile £645 £663 £706
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 20 53
10th Percentile £19.41 £12.25 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.20 £13.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £18.32 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year +85.51% +8.92% -18.76%
75th Percentile £53.75 £23.98 £26.98
90th Percentile £67.84 £32.78 £53.10
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

VMware job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the West Midlands

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing VMware

VMware
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham -14 37 £535 -22.35% 7
Coventry +1 23 £305 +7.79% 1
Warwickshire -18 18 £394 -21.32% 4
Herefordshire -7 3 - - 1
VMware
England

VMware
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Confluence
2 2 (2.25%) IIS
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.12%) Apache
3 1 (1.12%) CloudStack
Applications
1 9 (10.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.72%) AWS
2 16 (17.98%) Azure
3 9 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.74%) GitHub
5 5 (5.62%) OpenShift
6 4 (4.49%) Datadog
6 4 (4.49%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.25%) GCP
8 1 (1.12%) IaaS
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.12%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.12%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.12%) SaaS
8 1 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (40.45%) DNS
2 30 (33.71%) SSL
3 28 (31.46%) BIG-IP
3 28 (31.46%) HTTP
4 27 (30.34%) Wireshark
5 20 (22.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 20 (22.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 20 (22.47%) TCP/IP
6 17 (19.10%) Firewall
7 12 (13.48%) HTTPS
8 10 (11.24%) VPN
9 9 (10.11%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (10.11%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (10.11%) IPsec
9 9 (10.11%) LAN
9 9 (10.11%) WAN
10 8 (8.99%) VSAN
10 8 (8.99%) Wireless
11 7 (7.87%) Ethereal
12 4 (4.49%) SAN
Development Applications
1 19 (21.35%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.12%) MSI
General
1 20 (22.47%) Banking
1 20 (22.47%) Investment Banking
1 20 (22.47%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.24%) Finance
3 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (30.34%) Network Engineer
2 20 (22.47%) Analyst
3 19 (21.35%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 19 (21.35%) IP Network Engineer
3 19 (21.35%) Web Engineer
4 15 (16.85%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 13 (14.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (14.61%) Storage Analyst
6 7 (7.87%) Architect
7 4 (4.49%) VMware Architect
8 3 (3.37%) Administrator
8 3 (3.37%) Lead
8 3 (3.37%) Senior
8 3 (3.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.25%) Citrix Administrator
9 2 (2.25%) Consultant
9 2 (2.25%) Data Architect
9 2 (2.25%) Storage Engineer
9 2 (2.25%) VMware Expert
10 1 (1.12%) SAN Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.61%) Flash
2 9 (10.11%) LDAP
2 9 (10.11%) SAML
3 3 (3.37%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.60%) Management Information System
2 17 (19.10%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (16.85%) Replication
4 10 (11.24%) Data Centre
5 6 (6.74%) Cloud Native
5 6 (6.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (5.62%) SCADA
7 3 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.25%) Clustering
8 2 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.25%) PKI
8 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (28.09%) Linux
2 16 (17.98%) Windows
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.49%) CatOS
5 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.25%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.25%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.12%) AIX
7 1 (1.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.12%) Unix
7 1 (1.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.84%) Load Balancing
2 21 (23.60%) Agile
3 19 (21.35%) Data Loss Prevention
3 19 (21.35%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 19 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (17.98%) High Availability
5 13 (14.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (13.48%) Performance Tuning
7 11 (12.36%) Ticket Management
8 10 (11.24%) ITIL
8 10 (11.24%) Service Management
9 9 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (10.11%) Migration
10 8 (8.99%) Containerisation
11 7 (7.87%) Network Virtualisation
11 7 (7.87%) Problem Management
12 6 (6.74%) Data Centre Operations
12 6 (6.74%) DevOps
12 6 (6.74%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (6.74%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
1 9 (10.11%) Python
2 8 (8.99%) Bash
3 5 (5.62%) SQL
4 3 (3.37%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (22.47%) Security Cleared
2 18 (20.22%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (10.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (6.74%) Degree
6 5 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.49%) MCSE
8 3 (3.37%) CCNA
8 3 (3.37%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.37%) RHCA
9 2 (2.25%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.25%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.12%) CCNP
10 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 75 (84.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (34.83%) vSphere
3 22 (24.72%) Active Directory
4 20 (22.47%) Firmware
4 20 (22.47%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (17.98%) VMware NSX
6 13 (14.61%) GPFS
6 13 (14.61%) NFS
7 8 (8.99%) Hyper-V
8 5 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (4.49%) Docker
10 2 (2.25%) BitLocker
10 2 (2.25%) KVM
10 2 (2.25%) XenApp
10 2 (2.25%) XenDesktop
11 1 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (21.35%) vRealize
2 13 (14.61%) Ansible
3 9 (10.11%) Kubernetes
3 9 (10.11%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (8.99%) VxRail
5 7 (7.87%) Terraform
6 5 (5.62%) PowerCLI
6 5 (5.62%) vCenter Server
7 4 (4.49%) Grafana
7 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (4.49%) SCCM
7 4 (4.49%) vMotion
8 3 (3.37%) Argo
8 3 (3.37%) FortiGate
8 3 (3.37%) Podman
9 2 (2.25%) AirWatch
9 2 (2.25%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (2.25%) SCOM
9 2 (2.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (42.70%) Cisco
2 29 (32.58%) F5
3 22 (24.72%) Microsoft
4 20 (22.47%) NetApp
5 19 (21.35%) Blue Coat
5 19 (21.35%) McAfee
6 18 (20.22%) IBM
7 16 (17.98%) Oracle
8 14 (15.73%) ServiceNow
9 11 (12.36%) CheckPoint
10 10 (11.24%) SolarWinds
11 9 (10.11%) Palo Alto
12 6 (6.74%) Commvault
13 4 (4.49%) 3PAR
13 4 (4.49%) AppDynamics
13 4 (4.49%) Citrix
13 4 (4.49%) Dell
13 4 (4.49%) HP
13 4 (4.49%) Nimble Storage
13 4 (4.49%) Red Hat