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 17 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
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 48 59
Rank change year-on-year -29 +11 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 86 55 50
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.72% 3.93% 2.65%
As % of the Vendors category 6.10% 8.25% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 35 44
10th Percentile £263 £255 £202
25th Percentile £313 £388 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £501 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.76% +17.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £475 £675 £575
90th Percentile £555 £700 £793
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% -23.92%

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 1,410 667 788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.59% 47.68% 41.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 941 425 508
10th Percentile £310 £174 £224
25th Percentile £400 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £476 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +5.78% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £602
90th Percentile £645 £663 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 21 54
10th Percentile £19.47 £12.25 £11.08
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.22 £13.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £18.51 £16.82
Median % change year-on-year +83.63% +10.05% -18.76%
75th Percentile £53.75 £24.66 £26.98
90th Percentile £67.84 £41.97 £52.15
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -40.00%

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 17 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 17 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 -8 34 £513 -25.62% 7
Coventry +6 23 £290 +2.57% 2
Warwickshire -23 18 £394 -21.32% 4
Herefordshire -8 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 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.33%) Apache
2 2 (2.33%) CloudStack
2 2 (2.33%) Confluence
2 2 (2.33%) IIS
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (10.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (27.91%) AWS
2 17 (19.77%) Azure
3 9 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.98%) GitHub
4 6 (6.98%) OpenShift
5 4 (4.65%) Datadog
5 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.33%) GCP
6 2 (2.33%) IaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.16%) SaaS
7 1 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (39.53%) DNS
2 29 (33.72%) SSL
3 27 (31.40%) BIG-IP
3 27 (31.40%) HTTP
4 26 (30.23%) Wireshark
5 19 (22.09%) TCP/IP
6 18 (20.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 18 (20.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 15 (17.44%) Firewall
8 12 (13.95%) HTTPS
9 10 (11.63%) VPN
10 9 (10.47%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (10.47%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (10.47%) IPsec
10 9 (10.47%) LAN
10 9 (10.47%) VSAN
10 9 (10.47%) WAN
11 8 (9.30%) Wireless
12 7 (8.14%) Ethereal
13 6 (6.98%) SAN
Development Applications
1 18 (20.93%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.16%) MSI
General
1 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.93%) Banking
2 18 (20.93%) Investment Banking
3 11 (12.79%) Finance
4 9 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (30.23%) Network Engineer
2 20 (23.26%) Analyst
3 18 (20.93%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 18 (20.93%) IP Network Engineer
3 18 (20.93%) Web Engineer
4 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 14 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (16.28%) Storage Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Architect
7 4 (4.65%) VMware Architect
8 3 (3.49%) Administrator
8 3 (3.49%) Lead
8 3 (3.49%) Senior
8 3 (3.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.33%) Citrix Administrator
9 2 (2.33%) Consultant
9 2 (2.33%) Data Architect
9 2 (2.33%) Data Centre Engineer
9 2 (2.33%) Storage Engineer
9 2 (2.33%) VMware Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.28%) Flash
2 9 (10.47%) LDAP
2 9 (10.47%) SAML
3 3 (3.49%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.09%) Management Information System
2 18 (20.93%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (18.60%) Replication
4 9 (10.47%) Data Centre
5 7 (8.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.49%) SCADA
6 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.33%) Clustering
7 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.33%) PKI
8 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.56%) Linux
2 18 (20.93%) Windows
3 15 (17.44%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.65%) CatOS
5 3 (3.49%) Unix
5 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.33%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.16%) AIX
7 1 (1.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Agile
2 21 (24.42%) Load Balancing
3 18 (20.93%) Data Loss Prevention
3 18 (20.93%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 18 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (19.77%) High Availability
5 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (13.95%) Performance Tuning
6 12 (13.95%) Ticket Management
7 11 (12.79%) Migration
8 10 (11.63%) ITIL
8 10 (11.63%) Service Management
9 9 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (9.30%) Containerisation
11 7 (8.14%) Data Centre Operations
11 7 (8.14%) DevOps
11 7 (8.14%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (8.14%) Problem Management
12 6 (6.98%) RBAC
13 5 (5.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.47%) PowerShell
1 9 (10.47%) Python
2 8 (9.30%) Bash
3 5 (5.81%) SQL
4 3 (3.49%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (11.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.98%) Degree
5 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.65%) MCSE
7 3 (3.49%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.49%) CCNA
7 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.49%) RHCA
8 2 (2.33%) CCNP
9 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 72 (83.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (38.37%) vSphere
3 22 (25.58%) Active Directory
4 21 (24.42%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (22.09%) Firmware
6 14 (16.28%) GPFS
6 14 (16.28%) NFS
7 13 (15.12%) VMware NSX
8 8 (9.30%) Hyper-V
9 5 (5.81%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (4.65%) Docker
11 2 (2.33%) BitLocker
11 2 (2.33%) KVM
11 2 (2.33%) XenApp
11 2 (2.33%) XenDesktop
12 1 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (23.26%) vRealize
2 13 (15.12%) Ansible
3 11 (12.79%) Kubernetes
4 9 (10.47%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (10.47%) VxRail
5 7 (8.14%) Terraform
6 5 (5.81%) Grafana
6 5 (5.81%) PowerCLI
6 5 (5.81%) vCenter Server
7 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (4.65%) SCCM
7 4 (4.65%) vMotion
8 3 (3.49%) Argo
8 3 (3.49%) Podman
9 2 (2.33%) AirWatch
9 2 (2.33%) Check_MK
9 2 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (2.33%) Prometheus
9 2 (2.33%) SCOM
9 2 (2.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 37 (43.02%) Cisco
2 27 (31.40%) F5
3 23 (26.74%) Microsoft
4 19 (22.09%) IBM
4 19 (22.09%) NetApp
5 18 (20.93%) Blue Coat
5 18 (20.93%) McAfee
6 17 (19.77%) Oracle
7 15 (17.44%) ServiceNow
8 11 (12.79%) CheckPoint
9 10 (11.63%) SolarWinds
10 9 (10.47%) Palo Alto
11 7 (8.14%) Commvault
12 5 (5.81%) Veeam
13 4 (4.65%) 3PAR
13 4 (4.65%) AppDynamics
13 4 (4.65%) Dell
13 4 (4.65%) HP
13 4 (4.65%) Nimble Storage
13 4 (4.65%) Red Hat