VMware Contracts in the South East

VMware
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 20 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +5
Contract jobs citing VMware 402 470 485
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.12% 8.29% 6.31%
As % of the Vendors category 15.07% 16.45% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 332 353
10th Percentile £356 £310 £263
25th Percentile £425 £386 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 16
10th Percentile £66.50 £47.13 £12.63
25th Percentile £68.75 £53.02 £13.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £63.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +215.00% +54.08%
75th Percentile £78.75 £80.25 £67.63
90th Percentile £79.50 £81.98 £83.13
England median hourly rate £45.01 £59.90 £28.41
% change year-on-year -24.86% +110.84% -38.90%

All Vendors
South East

VMware is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,667 2,858 3,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.23% 50.41% 44.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,589 1,948 2,364
10th Percentile £225 £205 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +5.41%
75th Percentile £608 £601 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 128 139
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £17.06 £19.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £46.25 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +136.94% -11.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.19 £41.73
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £58.33
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VMware in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VMware in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VMware in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Hampshire -2 179 £550 +4.76% 51
Thames Valley -3 136 £525 +2.44% 35
Berkshire -23 77 £501 -12.87% 18
Buckinghamshire +18 46 £525 +9.38% 10
West Sussex +4 41 £463 -20.67% 7
Surrey +16 32 £400 +25.00% 10
Oxfordshire +9 13 £500 +42.86% 7
Kent -13 7 £338 -3.57% 18
Middlesex - 4 £275 -
East Sussex +5 3 £475 +19.87% 6
VMware
England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 24 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.23%) Confluence
3 7 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.50%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) nginx
5 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.74%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 79 (19.65%) Azure
2 40 (9.95%) AWS
3 23 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (4.73%) IaaS
5 14 (3.48%) OCI
6 11 (2.74%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.24%) GitHub
7 9 (2.24%) SaaS
8 8 (1.99%) OpenShift
8 8 (1.99%) PaaS
9 6 (1.49%) GCP
10 4 (1.00%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.00%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.75%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.75%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 75 (18.66%) DNS
2 62 (15.42%) Firewall
3 59 (14.68%) DHCP
4 58 (14.43%) SAN
5 32 (7.96%) TCP/IP
6 28 (6.97%) WAN
7 24 (5.97%) NAS
8 22 (5.47%) VPN
9 21 (5.22%) VSAN
10 18 (4.48%) LAN
11 13 (3.23%) VLAN
12 12 (2.99%) SD-WAN
12 12 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (2.99%) Wireless
13 11 (2.74%) Network Security
14 7 (1.74%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (1.49%) Software-Defined Networking
16 5 (1.24%) Cisco Nexus
16 5 (1.24%) iSCSI
16 5 (1.24%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.74%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.74%) MySQL
4 7 (1.74%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.24%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.50%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 23 (5.72%) GitLab
2 21 (5.22%) Git
2 21 (5.22%) Robot Framework
3 20 (4.98%) JIRA
4 15 (3.73%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.49%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.49%) Selenium
6 4 (1.00%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.50%) Subversion
9 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.25%) MSI
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 79 (19.65%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (6.97%) Public Sector
4 10 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (2.24%) Military
6 7 (1.74%) Finance
7 6 (1.49%) Legal
7 6 (1.49%) Marketing
7 6 (1.49%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.75%) Electronics
10 3 (0.75%) Front Office
10 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Advertising
11 2 (0.50%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 90 (22.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (13.43%) Architect
3 31 (7.71%) Senior
4 25 (6.22%) VMware Engineer
5 22 (5.47%) Storage Engineer
6 20 (4.98%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (4.48%) Wintel Engineer
8 17 (4.23%) Linux Engineer
8 17 (4.23%) Network Engineer
9 16 (3.98%) Developer
9 16 (3.98%) Python Developer
10 15 (3.73%) Analyst
10 15 (3.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.48%) Security Architect
11 14 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (3.23%) Support Engineer
12 13 (3.23%) VMware Architect
13 11 (2.74%) Consultant
13 11 (2.74%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.98%) YAML
2 7 (1.74%) .NET
3 4 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.00%) Node.js
4 3 (0.75%) EDI
4 3 (0.75%) Web Services
4 3 (0.75%) XMPP
5 2 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.50%) CSS
5 2 (0.50%) HTML
5 2 (0.50%) LDAP
5 2 (0.50%) Middleware
5 2 (0.50%) React
5 2 (0.50%) Vue
6 1 (0.25%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.44%) Data Centre
2 32 (7.96%) PKI
3 22 (5.47%) Client/Server
4 16 (3.98%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (2.74%) Clustering
6 10 (2.49%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.24%) Replication
8 6 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.00%) Fat Client
10 4 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.00%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.00%) Thin Client
11 3 (0.75%) CCTV
11 3 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.75%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.75%) SCADA
11 3 (0.75%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 186 (46.27%) Windows
2 138 (34.33%) Windows Server
3 137 (34.08%) Linux
4 56 (13.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 55 (13.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 49 (12.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 30 (7.46%) Windows 10
8 27 (6.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 19 (4.73%) Ubuntu
9 19 (4.73%) Unix
10 14 (3.48%) Windows XP
11 10 (2.49%) Debian
12 9 (2.24%) Solaris
12 9 (2.24%) VMS
13 6 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.25%) Android
15 1 (0.25%) CentOS
15 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (27.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (21.39%) Agile
3 52 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (11.19%) Migration
5 42 (10.45%) ITIL
6 41 (10.20%) DevOps
7 30 (7.46%) Project Delivery
8 29 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (6.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (6.72%) Configuration Management
10 27 (6.72%) Test Automation
11 26 (6.47%) High Availability
12 25 (6.22%) Storage Management
13 24 (5.97%) Performance Tuning
14 23 (5.72%) Release Management
14 23 (5.72%) Scrum
15 22 (5.47%) Converged Infrastructure
15 22 (5.47%) Server Management
16 21 (5.22%) Application Packaging
16 21 (5.22%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 116 (28.86%) PowerShell
2 82 (20.40%) Python
3 27 (6.72%) Bash
4 21 (5.22%) VBScript
5 20 (4.98%) SQL
6 6 (1.49%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.24%) C#
7 5 (1.24%) Java
8 4 (1.00%) Go
9 3 (0.75%) C++
9 3 (0.75%) PHP
9 3 (0.75%) Ruby
9 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.50%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 250 (62.19%) Security Cleared
2 118 (29.35%) SC Cleared
3 117 (29.10%) DV Cleared
4 40 (9.95%) Degree
5 27 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (5.72%) CCNP
7 23 (5.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 22 (5.47%) CCNA
9 18 (4.48%) MCSE
10 10 (2.49%) MCSA
11 9 (2.24%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.99%) VCAP
13 4 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.75%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (0.75%) RHCSA
15 2 (0.50%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.99%) SLA
2 7 (1.74%) RMADS
3 6 (1.49%) NCSC
3 6 (1.49%) NIST
4 5 (1.24%) GDPR
4 5 (1.24%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 272 (67.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 139 (34.58%) Active Directory
3 68 (16.92%) vSphere
4 67 (16.67%) VMware NSX
5 65 (16.17%) Hyper-V
6 37 (9.20%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (6.97%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (3.73%) XenApp
9 10 (2.49%) vCloud
10 5 (1.24%) Docker
11 4 (1.00%) BitLocker
11 4 (1.00%) Firmware
11 4 (1.00%) KVM
12 3 (0.75%) VMFS
12 3 (0.75%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.50%) Ceph
13 2 (0.50%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 2 (0.50%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.25%) UAG
Systems Management
1 64 (15.92%) Ansible
2 50 (12.44%) WSUS
3 47 (11.69%) SCCM
4 44 (10.95%) Terraform
5 37 (9.20%) vCenter Server
6 29 (7.21%) Kubernetes
7 22 (5.47%) SCOM
8 19 (4.73%) vRealize
9 14 (3.48%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (3.48%) NetBackup
10 12 (2.99%) Nessus
11 11 (2.74%) Red Hat Satellite
12 10 (2.49%) VxRail
13 9 (2.24%) Progress Chef
13 9 (2.24%) Puppet
13 9 (2.24%) Salt
14 8 (1.99%) Rancher
15 7 (1.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 7 (1.74%) Packer
16 6 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 116 (28.86%) Microsoft
2 58 (14.43%) Red Hat
3 47 (11.69%) Cisco
4 39 (9.70%) Oracle
5 31 (7.71%) Dell
6 25 (6.22%) HP
7 24 (5.97%) EMC
8 23 (5.72%) Palo Alto
8 23 (5.72%) Veeam
9 19 (4.73%) Citrix
10 17 (4.23%) Juniper
10 17 (4.23%) Symantec
11 16 (3.98%) SolarWinds
12 14 (3.48%) 3PAR
12 14 (3.48%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (3.48%) F5
13 12 (2.99%) Ivanti
14 11 (2.74%) Aruba
15 8 (1.99%) SaltStack
15 8 (1.99%) ServiceNow