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 23 April 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
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 46 65
Rank change year-on-year -28 +19 -18
Contract jobs citing VMware 90 53 48
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.97% 3.87% 2.49%
As % of the Vendors category 6.51% 8.18% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 36 40
10th Percentile £263 £229 £200
25th Percentile £303 £375 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £371 £501 £463
Median % change year-on-year -25.87% +8.22% -0.54%
75th Percentile £519 £668 £575
90th Percentile £603 £700 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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 £70.00 £75.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.67% +62.41% -26.97%

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 1,382 648 829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 45.58% 47.26% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 925 425 528
10th Percentile £306 £187 £243
25th Percentile £400 £345 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £598 £600
90th Percentile £645 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 23 53
10th Percentile £18.37 £12.25 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.22 £13.25
Median hourly rate £31.50 £18.51 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +70.18% -7.22% +7.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £29.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £70.18 £31.54 £55.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.08 £22.50
% change year-on-year +6.86% +24.78% -43.75%

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 23 April 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 23 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
Birmingham -7 38 £544 -21.12% 3
Coventry +4 29 £306 +8.41%
Warwickshire -15 16 £340 -32.07% 2
Herefordshire -13 2 - - 3
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 (4.44%) Confluence
1 4 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.22%) IIS
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (12.22%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (27.78%) AWS
2 19 (21.11%) Azure
3 8 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (7.78%) Datadog
5 5 (5.56%) GitHub
5 5 (5.56%) OpenShift
6 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.22%) GCP
8 1 (1.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.11%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.11%) PaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.11%) SaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (41.11%) DNS
2 29 (32.22%) SSL
3 26 (28.89%) BIG-IP
3 26 (28.89%) HTTP
3 26 (28.89%) Wireshark
4 22 (24.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 22 (24.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 19 (21.11%) TCP/IP
6 16 (17.78%) Firewall
7 11 (12.22%) VSAN
8 10 (11.11%) HTTPS
9 9 (10.00%) VPN
10 8 (8.89%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (8.89%) LAN
10 8 (8.89%) WAN
10 8 (8.89%) Wireless
11 7 (7.78%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (7.78%) Ethereal
11 7 (7.78%) IPsec
12 4 (4.44%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 19 (21.11%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.11%) MSI
General
1 22 (24.44%) Banking
1 22 (24.44%) Investment Banking
2 15 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.22%) Finance
4 6 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (28.89%) Analyst
1 26 (28.89%) Network Engineer
2 20 (22.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 19 (21.11%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 19 (21.11%) IP Network Engineer
3 19 (21.11%) Web Engineer
4 17 (18.89%) Storage Analyst
5 9 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.78%) Architect
7 4 (4.44%) VMware Architect
8 3 (3.33%) Administrator
8 3 (3.33%) Lead
8 3 (3.33%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (3.33%) Senior
8 3 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.22%) Citrix Administrator
9 2 (2.22%) Data Architect
10 1 (1.11%) 2nd Line Support
10 1 (1.11%) Consultant
10 1 (1.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.44%) Flash
2 7 (7.78%) LDAP
2 7 (7.78%) SAML
3 3 (3.33%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.56%) Management Information System
2 20 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
3 14 (15.56%) Replication
4 6 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 6 (6.67%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.56%) SCADA
6 4 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.22%) Clustering
8 2 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.22%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.22%) PKI
9 1 (1.11%) CCTV
9 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (30.00%) Linux
2 15 (16.67%) Windows
3 12 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.33%) CatOS
4 3 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.22%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.11%) AIX
6 1 (1.11%) Unix
6 1 (1.11%) VMS
6 1 (1.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.89%) Load Balancing
2 24 (26.67%) Agile
3 19 (21.11%) Data Loss Prevention
3 19 (21.11%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 16 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (14.44%) Ticket Management
6 11 (12.22%) High Availability
7 10 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (8.89%) Migration
9 8 (8.89%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (7.78%) Containerisation
10 7 (7.78%) Network Virtualisation
11 6 (6.67%) DevOps
11 6 (6.67%) ITIL
11 6 (6.67%) Problem Management
11 6 (6.67%) RBAC
12 5 (5.56%) Capacity Planning
12 5 (5.56%) Change Management
12 5 (5.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.89%) PowerShell
1 8 (8.89%) Python
2 7 (7.78%) Bash
3 5 (5.56%) SQL
4 3 (3.33%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (18.89%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (14.44%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.67%) Degree
4 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.33%) MCSE
5 3 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.22%) CCNA
6 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.22%) RHCA
7 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.11%) GDPR
3 1 (1.11%) NIST
3 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 81 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (32.22%) vSphere
3 20 (22.22%) Firmware
4 18 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 15 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (15.56%) VMware NSX
7 13 (14.44%) GPFS
7 13 (14.44%) NFS
8 5 (5.56%) Hyper-V
8 5 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (3.33%) Docker
10 2 (2.22%) BitLocker
10 2 (2.22%) KVM
10 2 (2.22%) XenApp
10 2 (2.22%) XenDesktop
11 1 (1.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 23 (25.56%) vRealize
2 12 (13.33%) VxRail
3 10 (11.11%) Ansible
4 8 (8.89%) Terraform
5 7 (7.78%) Kubernetes
5 7 (7.78%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (5.56%) vCenter Server
7 4 (4.44%) SCCM
8 3 (3.33%) Argo
8 3 (3.33%) FortiGate
8 3 (3.33%) Grafana
8 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (2.22%) AirWatch
9 2 (2.22%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (2.22%) Podman
9 2 (2.22%) SCOM
9 2 (2.22%) WSUS
10 1 (1.11%) PowerCLI
10 1 (1.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 39 (43.33%) Cisco
2 30 (33.33%) F5
3 21 (23.33%) IBM
4 20 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 20 (22.22%) NetApp
5 19 (21.11%) Blue Coat
5 19 (21.11%) McAfee
6 16 (17.78%) Oracle
7 14 (15.56%) ServiceNow
8 13 (14.44%) SolarWinds
9 9 (10.00%) CheckPoint
10 8 (8.89%) Commvault
10 8 (8.89%) Dell
10 8 (8.89%) Palo Alto
11 7 (7.78%) AppDynamics
11 7 (7.78%) HP
12 4 (4.44%) Citrix
12 4 (4.44%) Red Hat
13 3 (3.33%) Broadcom
13 3 (3.33%) Splunk