VMware NSX Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

VMware NSX
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring VMware NSX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware NSX over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 286 402
Rank change year-on-year +24 +116 +108
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 42 59 75
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.38% 0.29%
As % of the System Software category 3.59% 4.06% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 44 47
10th Percentile £513 £438 £423
25th Percentile £525 £472 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £628 £594
90th Percentile £630 £638 £669
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £513
% change year-on-year +2.42% +4.78% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £66.08
25th Percentile - - £66.19
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year - -25.65% -9.12%
75th Percentile - - £69.19
90th Percentile - - £69.83
UK median hourly rate £82.50 £63.75 £63.23
% change year-on-year +29.41% +0.82% +33.12%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

VMware NSX falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,169 1,452 3,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 9.46% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 1,058 2,296
10th Percentile £358 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -3.84% -
75th Percentile £625 £618 £633
90th Percentile £775 £677 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 34 101
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £52.44 £15.88 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £43.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -33.35% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £84.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

VMware NSX
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware NSX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware NSX trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware NSX.

VMware NSX daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

VMware NSX daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VMware NSX.

VMware NSX hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (23.81%) Confluence
2 1 (2.38%) IIS
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Azure
1 8 (19.05%) PaaS
2 7 (16.67%) IaaS
3 6 (14.29%) AWS
3 6 (14.29%) SaaS
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.38%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.38%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.38%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) GitHub
6 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (28.57%) VSAN
2 10 (23.81%) Firewall
3 6 (14.29%) VPN
4 5 (11.90%) Network Security
5 4 (9.52%) BGP
5 4 (9.52%) DNS
5 4 (9.52%) MPLS
5 4 (9.52%) NGFW
5 4 (9.52%) OSPF
5 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
5 4 (9.52%) WAN
6 3 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (7.14%) NX-OS
6 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
6 3 (7.14%) VLAN
7 2 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (2.38%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.38%) iSCSI
8 1 (2.38%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) JIRA
General
1 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 16 (38.10%) Public Sector
3 11 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Architect
2 10 (23.81%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) Technical Architect
4 8 (19.05%) Senior
4 8 (19.05%) Senior Architect
4 8 (19.05%) Senior Technical Architect
5 6 (14.29%) Consultant
6 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 4 (9.52%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (9.52%) VMware Architect
7 3 (7.14%) VMware Consultant
8 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Network Architect
8 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Senior VMware Architect
8 2 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
9 1 (2.38%) Lead
9 1 (2.38%) Principal Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) Flash
2 1 (2.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Clustering
1 11 (26.19%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 7 (16.67%) PKI
3 4 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) Replication
4 1 (2.38%) RSA SecurID
4 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (2.38%) CentOS
3 1 (2.38%) Unix
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 12 (28.57%) Agile
2 12 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (26.19%) High Availability
3 11 (26.19%) Service Management
3 11 (26.19%) Validation
3 11 (26.19%) Waterfall
4 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
4 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
4 10 (23.81%) Critical Thinking
4 10 (23.81%) DevSecOps
4 10 (23.81%) NsoIT
4 10 (23.81%) Power Management
4 10 (23.81%) System Testing
4 10 (23.81%) TOGAF
5 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (19.05%) ITIL
6 8 (19.05%) Use Case
7 7 (16.67%) Containerisation
8 6 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) Bash
3 1 (2.38%) C
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (61.90%) Security Cleared
2 25 (59.52%) SC Cleared
3 18 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 13 (30.95%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (28.57%) CCNA
6 10 (23.81%) Degree
6 10 (23.81%) Master's Degree
7 7 (16.67%) MCSE
7 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (11.90%) DV Cleared
9 3 (7.14%) CCNP
10 2 (4.76%) VCAP
11 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
11 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.81%) NIST
2 9 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (21.43%) NCSC
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (80.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (40.48%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (16.67%) vSphere
4 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.38%) NFS
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) vCenter Server
2 4 (9.52%) vRealize
3 3 (7.14%) Ansible
3 3 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 3 (7.14%) PowerCLI
3 3 (7.14%) Terraform
4 2 (4.76%) Prometheus
4 2 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 2 (4.76%) VxRail
5 1 (2.38%) Grafana
5 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.38%) Nagios
5 1 (2.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) VMware
2 25 (59.52%) Cisco
3 12 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 10 (23.81%) Atlassian
5 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
6 3 (7.14%) Broadcom
6 3 (7.14%) Dell
7 2 (4.76%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.38%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.38%) CyberArk
8 1 (2.38%) F5
8 1 (2.38%) Google
8 1 (2.38%) HP
8 1 (2.38%) IBM
8 1 (2.38%) Meraki
8 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.38%) Sophos
8 1 (2.38%) Splunk
8 1 (2.38%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (2.38%) Zscaler