Hybrid/Remote vCenter Server Contract Job Trends

VMware vCenter Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring vCenter Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 306 344
Rank change year-on-year +21 +38 +90
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 23 19 29
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.36% 1.15% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 20
10th Percentile £375 £403 £298
25th Percentile £496 £492 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £535 £379
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% +41.25% -29.86%
75th Percentile £575 - £444
90th Percentile £673 £558 £612
UK median daily rate £510 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +7.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £112.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +86.67% +4.23%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

vCenter Server falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,688 1,657 2,373
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.61% 14.07% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,076 1,751
10th Percentile £358 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 47
10th Percentile £29.60 £13.49 £20.45
25th Percentile £34.50 £26.00 £37.44
Median hourly rate £54.50 £32.38 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.34% -48.61% +14.55%
75th Percentile £68.50 £60.63 £77.84
90th Percentile £95.60 £64.75 £83.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +48.15% -41.53% +62.04%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing vCenter Server and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

vCenter Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

vCenter Server daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing vCenter Server

vCenter Server
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.35%) IIS
3 1 (4.35%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) IaaS
2 3 (13.04%) OpenShift
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) DNS
2 6 (26.09%) DHCP
3 5 (21.74%) Skype
4 4 (17.39%) VSAN
5 3 (13.04%) Firewall
6 1 (4.35%) NAS
6 1 (4.35%) PCoIP
6 1 (4.35%) SAN
6 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.70%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) GitLab
3 1 (4.35%) Robot Framework
3 1 (4.35%) Subversion
General
1 7 (30.43%) Public Sector
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Server Migration Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Server Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) VMware Architect
5 1 (4.35%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) ModSecurity
2 1 (4.35%) Middleware
2 1 (4.35%) pytest
2 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) PKI
2 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) Private Cloud
3 3 (13.04%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Blog
4 1 (4.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) Linux
3 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
4 5 (21.74%) Windows 10
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (8.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Migration
2 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
3 5 (21.74%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Patch Management
5 3 (13.04%) Containerisation
5 3 (13.04%) Design Patterns
5 3 (13.04%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Load Balancing
5 3 (13.04%) RBAC
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Service Management
5 3 (13.04%) Storage Management
6 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.70%) High Availability
6 2 (8.70%) NsoIT
6 2 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) Bash
2 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) C++
3 1 (4.35%) Go
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) PHP
3 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.35%) CCNA
5 1 (4.35%) CCNP
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.35%) Degree
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) NCSC
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (91.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (69.57%) VMware ESXi
3 14 (60.87%) vSphere
4 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
4 9 (39.13%) VMware NSX
5 5 (21.74%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (17.39%) Hyper-V
7 3 (13.04%) Docker
8 1 (4.35%) Firmware
8 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Ansible
2 8 (34.78%) Terraform
3 5 (21.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (13.04%) Argo
4 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
4 3 (13.04%) OPNET
5 1 (4.35%) Avamar
5 1 (4.35%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (4.35%) NetApp OnCommand
5 1 (4.35%) Puppet
5 1 (4.35%) SCOM
5 1 (4.35%) vMotion
5 1 (4.35%) vRealize
5 1 (4.35%) VxRail
5 1 (4.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) Veeam
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco
4 3 (13.04%) Pure Storage
4 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
5 2 (8.70%) Dell
5 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.35%) F5