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 18 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
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 48 56
Rank change year-on-year -26 +8 -10
Contract jobs citing VMware 85 55 50
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.69% 3.93% 2.64%
As % of the Vendors category 6.05% 8.25% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 35 44
10th Percentile £263 £255 £202
25th Percentile £316 £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 £557 £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 1,404 667 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.51% 47.68% 41.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 938 425 505
10th Percentile £313 £174 £222
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 £600
90th Percentile £647 £663 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -3.36%
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 £26.39 £22.50
% change year-on-year +23.14% +17.30% -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 18 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 18 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 -7 34 £513 -25.62% 8
Coventry +4 23 £290 +2.57% 1
Warwickshire -23 18 £394 -21.32% 5
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 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.35%) Apache
2 2 (2.35%) CloudStack
2 2 (2.35%) Confluence
2 2 (2.35%) IIS
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (28.24%) AWS
2 16 (18.82%) Azure
3 8 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.06%) GitHub
4 6 (7.06%) OpenShift
5 4 (4.71%) Datadog
5 4 (4.71%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.35%) GCP
6 2 (2.35%) IaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.18%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.18%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.18%) SaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.00%) DNS
2 29 (34.12%) SSL
3 27 (31.76%) BIG-IP
3 27 (31.76%) HTTP
4 26 (30.59%) Wireshark
5 19 (22.35%) TCP/IP
6 18 (21.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 18 (21.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 15 (17.65%) Firewall
8 12 (14.12%) HTTPS
9 10 (11.76%) VPN
10 9 (10.59%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (10.59%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (10.59%) IPsec
10 9 (10.59%) LAN
10 9 (10.59%) VSAN
10 9 (10.59%) WAN
11 8 (9.41%) Wireless
12 7 (8.24%) Ethereal
13 5 (5.88%) SAN
Development Applications
1 18 (21.18%) Fiddler
2 3 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.18%) MSI
General
1 20 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 18 (21.18%) Banking
2 18 (21.18%) Investment Banking
3 11 (12.94%) Finance
4 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (30.59%) Network Engineer
2 20 (23.53%) Analyst
3 18 (21.18%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 18 (21.18%) IP Network Engineer
3 18 (21.18%) Web Engineer
4 15 (17.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 14 (16.47%) Storage Analyst
6 13 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Architect
8 4 (4.71%) VMware Architect
9 3 (3.53%) Administrator
9 3 (3.53%) Lead
9 3 (3.53%) Senior
9 3 (3.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.35%) Citrix Administrator
10 2 (2.35%) Consultant
10 2 (2.35%) Data Architect
10 2 (2.35%) Data Centre Engineer
10 2 (2.35%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.35%) VMware Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.47%) Flash
2 9 (10.59%) LDAP
2 9 (10.59%) SAML
3 3 (3.53%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.35%) Management Information System
2 18 (21.18%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (18.82%) Replication
4 9 (10.59%) Data Centre
5 6 (7.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.53%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) SCADA
6 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.35%) Clustering
7 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (2.35%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.35%) PKI
8 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.94%) Linux
2 17 (20.00%) Windows
3 14 (16.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.71%) CatOS
5 3 (3.53%) Unix
5 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.35%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.18%) AIX
7 1 (1.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Agile
2 21 (24.71%) Load Balancing
3 18 (21.18%) Data Loss Prevention
3 18 (21.18%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 18 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (20.00%) High Availability
5 14 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (14.12%) Performance Tuning
6 12 (14.12%) Ticket Management
7 11 (12.94%) Migration
8 10 (11.76%) ITIL
9 9 (10.59%) Service Management
10 8 (9.41%) Containerisation
10 8 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (8.24%) Data Centre Operations
11 7 (8.24%) DevOps
11 7 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (8.24%) Problem Management
12 6 (7.06%) RBAC
13 5 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) Python
2 8 (9.41%) Bash
2 8 (9.41%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.88%) SQL
4 3 (3.53%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.88%) Degree
6 4 (4.71%) MCSE
6 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.53%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.53%) CCNA
7 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.53%) RHCA
8 2 (2.35%) CCNP
9 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 71 (83.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (38.82%) vSphere
3 21 (24.71%) Active Directory
3 21 (24.71%) VMware ESXi
4 19 (22.35%) Firmware
5 14 (16.47%) GPFS
5 14 (16.47%) NFS
6 13 (15.29%) VMware NSX
7 7 (8.24%) Hyper-V
8 5 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (4.71%) Docker
10 2 (2.35%) BitLocker
10 2 (2.35%) KVM
10 2 (2.35%) XenApp
10 2 (2.35%) XenDesktop
11 1 (1.18%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (23.53%) vRealize
2 12 (14.12%) Ansible
3 11 (12.94%) Kubernetes
4 9 (10.59%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (10.59%) VxRail
5 7 (8.24%) Terraform
6 5 (5.88%) Grafana
6 5 (5.88%) PowerCLI
6 5 (5.88%) vCenter Server
7 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (4.71%) SCCM
7 4 (4.71%) vMotion
8 3 (3.53%) Argo
8 3 (3.53%) Podman
9 2 (2.35%) AirWatch
9 2 (2.35%) Check_MK
9 2 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (2.35%) Prometheus
9 2 (2.35%) SCOM
9 2 (2.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 37 (43.53%) Cisco
2 27 (31.76%) F5
3 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
4 19 (22.35%) IBM
4 19 (22.35%) NetApp
5 18 (21.18%) Blue Coat
5 18 (21.18%) McAfee
6 17 (20.00%) Oracle
7 15 (17.65%) ServiceNow
8 11 (12.94%) CheckPoint
9 9 (10.59%) Palo Alto
9 9 (10.59%) SolarWinds
10 6 (7.06%) Commvault
11 4 (4.71%) 3PAR
11 4 (4.71%) AppDynamics
11 4 (4.71%) Citrix
11 4 (4.71%) Dell
11 4 (4.71%) HP
11 4 (4.71%) Red Hat
11 4 (4.71%) Veeam