Hybrid/Remote Senior VMware Engineer Contract Job Trends

Senior VMware Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior VMware Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 307 359
Rank change year-on-year -21 +52 +144
Contract jobs requiring a Senior VMware Engineer 1 2 9
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% 0.019% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.020% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £389 -
25th Percentile - £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.59% +3.75% -40.65%
75th Percentile - £617 -
90th Percentile - £663 -
UK median daily rate £425 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +2.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 10,455 9,843 15,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.37% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,735 6,489 10,349
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 192 523
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.56 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.19 £20.77
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% -15.75%
75th Percentile £66.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.41 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.06 £34.25
% change year-on-year -1.63% -0.57% -14.38%

Senior VMware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior VMware Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior VMware Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior VMware Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior VMware Engineer job vacancies

Senior VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Senior VMware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior VMware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN

Senior VMware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) VMware