vSphere Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 268 292
Rank change year-on-year +2 +24 +16
Contract jobs citing vSphere 131 190 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.83% 0.78%
As % of the System Software category 5.47% 5.45% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 153 180
10th Percentile £300 £305 £255
25th Percentile £416 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% +1.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £543 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £455
% change year-on-year +4.15% +5.51% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile - £26.70 £21.82
25th Percentile - £36.75 £24.51
Median hourly rate £70.66 £38.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.53% +16.67% -2.94%
75th Percentile - £40.25 £51.88
90th Percentile - £61.55 £73.25
UK median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £34.38
% change year-on-year +7.06% +92.00% -24.03%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,394 3,486 4,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.80% 15.15% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,625 2,497 3,265
10th Percentile £179 £181 £158
25th Percentile £299 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +6.67% +6.16%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £553
90th Percentile £650 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 176 233
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.53 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.17 £44.93 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -57.33% +154.69% -3.45%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £78.40 £74.38 £49.35
UK median hourly rate £22.30 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.70% +170.00% -9.09%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South East +23 63 £475 +11.76% 19
South West +18 44 £508 +1.50% 12
Scotland +21 10 £542 +8.40% 2
West Midlands +21 9 £550 +69.23% 8
Midlands +5 9 £550 +57.14% 11
North of England +13 4 £475 +35.71% 10
North East - 2 £403 - 1
Yorkshire +10 1 £375 +11.11% 2
North West +8 1 £575 +55.41% 7
Wales +5 1 £425 -22.73%
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.05%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) IIS
3 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.53%) IBM Domino
4 2 (1.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.76%) Site Server
Business Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.79%) Azure
2 13 (9.92%) AWS
3 9 (6.87%) GitHub
4 8 (6.11%) IaaS
4 8 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.05%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.53%) GCP
7 2 (1.53%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.72%) Firewall
2 32 (24.43%) SAN
3 27 (20.61%) VSAN
4 24 (18.32%) DNS
5 19 (14.50%) DHCP
6 16 (12.21%) NAS
7 13 (9.92%) TCP/IP
8 12 (9.16%) Fibre Channel
9 11 (8.40%) iSCSI
9 11 (8.40%) VLAN
10 7 (5.34%) VPN
11 5 (3.82%) LAN
11 5 (3.82%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (3.82%) WAN
12 4 (3.05%) SSL
12 4 (3.05%) VoIP
12 4 (3.05%) Wireless
13 2 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
13 2 (1.53%) Internet
13 2 (1.53%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.69%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (6.87%) MongoDB
3 8 (6.11%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.82%) MySQL
4 5 (3.82%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.82%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.53%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 15 (11.45%) GitLab
2 10 (7.63%) JIRA
3 7 (5.34%) Git
4 4 (3.05%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.53%) Subversion
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
General
1 36 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (7.63%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.11%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (5.34%) Finance
5 5 (3.82%) Banking
5 5 (3.82%) Billing
6 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.29%) Front Office
8 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Legal
8 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.53%) Military
9 1 (0.76%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 44 (33.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (17.56%) VMware Engineer
3 20 (15.27%) Network Engineer
4 19 (14.50%) Senior
5 15 (11.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Architect
7 11 (8.40%) Linux Engineer
8 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 8 (6.11%) Consultant
10 7 (5.34%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Database Specialist
11 6 (4.58%) Platform Specialist
11 6 (4.58%) VMware Consultant
11 6 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (3.82%) Administrator
12 5 (3.82%) Server Administrator
12 5 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
12 5 (3.82%) Virtualisation Architect
12 5 (3.82%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.58%) .NET
2 2 (1.53%) LAMP
2 2 (1.53%) Middleware
2 2 (1.53%) YAML
3 1 (0.76%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 45 (34.35%) Data Centre
2 19 (14.50%) PKI
3 18 (13.74%) Linux Command Line
4 16 (12.21%) Private Cloud
5 12 (9.16%) Clustering
6 10 (7.63%) Replication
7 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 3 (2.29%) Smart Meter
10 2 (1.53%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.53%) Tandem
11 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.76%) LIMS
11 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 60 (45.80%) Linux
2 40 (30.53%) Windows
3 22 (16.79%) Windows Server
4 17 (12.98%) Unix
5 14 (10.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (8.40%) VMS
7 9 (6.87%) Ubuntu
8 7 (5.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (3.05%) CentOS
10 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.53%) Solaris
11 2 (1.53%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.53%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (20.61%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 24 (18.32%) Migration
5 22 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (16.03%) Agile
7 19 (14.50%) Resource Management
8 17 (12.98%) Data Migration
9 14 (10.69%) Penetration Testing
9 14 (10.69%) Project Delivery
10 13 (9.92%) Converged Infrastructure
10 13 (9.92%) Task Automation
10 13 (9.92%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 12 (9.16%) Capacity Management
11 12 (9.16%) High Availability
12 11 (8.40%) Computer Science
12 11 (8.40%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (8.40%) Patch Management
12 11 (8.40%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.37%) Bash
2 21 (16.03%) PowerShell
3 20 (15.27%) Python
4 9 (6.87%) SQL
5 6 (4.58%) Shell Script
6 4 (3.05%) C
7 3 (2.29%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.53%) C++
8 2 (1.53%) Perl
9 1 (0.76%) C#
9 1 (0.76%) Java
9 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (55.73%) Security Cleared
2 45 (34.35%) SC Cleared
3 25 (19.08%) DV Cleared
4 24 (18.32%) Degree
5 14 (10.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.34%) MCSE
8 6 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.58%) VCAP
9 4 (3.05%) CCNA
10 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.53%) CCNP
11 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.82%) PMO
1 5 (3.82%) SLA
2 3 (2.29%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 84 (64.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (30.53%) VMware NSX
3 33 (25.19%) Active Directory
4 31 (23.66%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (8.40%) Hyper-V
6 10 (7.63%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.82%) VMware Server
8 4 (3.05%) Firmware
9 3 (2.29%) Docker
10 2 (1.53%) Ceph
10 2 (1.53%) KVM
10 2 (1.53%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.76%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (25.95%) vCenter Server
2 28 (21.37%) Ansible
3 17 (12.98%) Terraform
4 12 (9.16%) vRealize
5 10 (7.63%) Kubernetes
5 10 (7.63%) WSUS
6 8 (6.11%) VxRail
7 7 (5.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 7 (5.34%) Packer
7 7 (5.34%) SCCM
8 3 (2.29%) Nessus
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.53%) Pacemaker
9 2 (1.53%) Podman
9 2 (1.53%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.53%) SELinux
9 2 (1.53%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 122 (93.13%) VMware
2 41 (31.30%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.21%) Oracle
4 15 (11.45%) Red Hat
5 13 (9.92%) Dell
5 13 (9.92%) SolarWinds
6 12 (9.16%) Cisco
7 8 (6.11%) Veritas
8 5 (3.82%) Arqiva
9 4 (3.05%) Atlassian
9 4 (3.05%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.05%) Qualys
9 4 (3.05%) Veeam
10 3 (2.29%) Aruba
10 3 (2.29%) HP
10 3 (2.29%) Juniper
10 3 (2.29%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.29%) Symantec
11 2 (1.53%) Citrix
11 2 (1.53%) Sun