VMware Contracts in the West Midlands

VMware
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 50 78
Rank change year-on-year -11 +28 -33
Contract jobs citing VMware 48 105 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.49% 4.41% 2.98%
As % of the Vendors category 5.66% 8.98% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 66 77
10th Percentile £200 £344 £213
25th Percentile £338 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +26.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £450
90th Percentile £825 £713 £580
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £10.65
25th Percentile - - £12.13
Median hourly rate £19.95 £66.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.77% +300.00% -57.69%
75th Percentile - - £18.38
90th Percentile - - £20.00
England median hourly rate £46.18 £63.00 £35.63
% change year-on-year -26.70% +76.84% -25.00%

All Vendors
West Midlands

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 848 1,169 1,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.05% 49.12% 42.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 737 1,058
10th Percentile £254 £212 £198
25th Percentile £350 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 29 39
10th Percentile £11.07 £13.15 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.25 £15.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.95 £18.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +7.06% -4.00%
75th Percentile £28.75 £52.50 £21.26
90th Percentile £55.00 £72.30 £24.40
England median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the West Midlands

VMware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the West Midlands

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the West Midlands

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 27 April 2024. 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 +7 14 £581 +10.71% 4
Birmingham -26 14 £425 -10.53% 15
Staffordshire +9 7 £337 +7.68% 16
Worcestershire +11 5 £550 +22.22% 7
Coventry +10 4 £400 -11.11% 2
Shropshire +30 1 - - 5
VMware
England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.17%) IIS
3 2 (4.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (2.08%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 18 (37.50%) Azure
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.17%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (35.42%) DNS
2 14 (29.17%) DHCP
3 11 (22.92%) WAN
4 10 (20.83%) Firewall
5 8 (16.67%) LAN
5 8 (16.67%) VPN
6 7 (14.58%) SAN
6 7 (14.58%) TCP/IP
7 4 (8.33%) MPLS
7 4 (8.33%) SD-WAN
8 3 (6.25%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (6.25%) VLAN
8 3 (6.25%) VoIP
8 3 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (6.25%) Wireless
9 2 (4.17%) iSCSI
9 2 (4.17%) NAS
10 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Architect
3 5 (10.42%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (10.42%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (10.42%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Administrator
4 4 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Service Desk Support
6 2 (4.17%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) LAMP
2 1 (2.08%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.25%) Clustering
2 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.17%) Replication
4 1 (2.08%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.08%) PKI
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 30 (62.50%) Windows
2 25 (52.08%) Windows Server
3 10 (20.83%) Linux
4 8 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (14.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (10.42%) Unix
7 5 (10.42%) Windows 10
7 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (6.25%) Mac OS
8 3 (6.25%) Ubuntu
9 2 (4.17%) VMS
9 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (2.08%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 7 (14.58%) Virtual Environments
4 6 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.42%) Information Management
5 5 (10.42%) Security Hardening
5 5 (10.42%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (10.42%) Server Patching
5 5 (10.42%) SIEM
5 5 (10.42%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (10.42%) Visualisation
6 4 (8.33%) Migration
6 4 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.25%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.25%) Edge Computing
7 3 (6.25%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.42%) C#
2 5 (10.42%) Java
3 3 (6.25%) SQL
4 1 (2.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) Degree
4 5 (10.42%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (39.58%) Active Directory
3 16 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 11 (22.92%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (16.67%) VMware NSX
6 5 (10.42%) vSphere
7 3 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (4.17%) Terminal Services
9 1 (2.08%) Docker
9 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (2.08%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (35.42%) SCCM
2 12 (25.00%) vCenter Server
3 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (8.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (6.25%) Autotask
5 3 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (4.17%) VxRail
7 1 (2.08%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Veeam
3 6 (12.50%) Cisco
4 3 (6.25%) Apple
4 3 (6.25%) Datto
5 2 (4.17%) Aruba
5 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.17%) ProCurve
5 2 (4.17%) Synology
5 2 (4.17%) Zerto
6 1 (2.08%) Bloomberg
6 1 (2.08%) Commvault
6 1 (2.08%) NetApp
6 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.08%) Sophos