VMware Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 61 95
Rank change year-on-year -41 +34 -20
Contract jobs citing VMware 321 866 1,238
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.18% 3.63% 2.82%
As % of the Vendors category 5.12% 8.24% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 584 905
10th Percentile £309 £334 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +15.44% -3.23%
75th Percentile £553 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.57% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 48 21
10th Percentile - £47.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £37.63 £61.25 £28.41
Median hourly rate £45.13 £66.00 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% +8.32% +16.61%
75th Percentile £53.25 £78.56 £66.00
90th Percentile £59.10 £85.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £45.01 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.98% +40.45% -5.32%

All Vendors
Work from Home

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,268 10,513 17,342
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.48% 44.03% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,982 7,074 11,904
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £631
90th Percentile £720 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 248 250
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £16.53 £24.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.62 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.40% +31.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £51.25 £66.00 £57.09
90th Percentile £71.25 £79.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

VMware
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware.

VMware daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

VMware daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware.

VMware hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

VMware hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 33 (10.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.36%) Confluence
3 9 (2.80%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.49%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.56%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 98 (30.53%) Azure
2 54 (16.82%) AWS
3 52 (16.20%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.98%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.36%) IaaS
6 13 (4.05%) PaaS
7 12 (3.74%) GCP
8 9 (2.80%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.18%) SaaS
11 6 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.87%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.87%) Serverless
12 5 (1.56%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.56%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.56%) Route 53
12 5 (1.56%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 67 (20.87%) Firewall
2 45 (14.02%) SAN
3 43 (13.40%) DNS
4 33 (10.28%) DHCP
5 30 (9.35%) TCP/IP
6 22 (6.85%) WAN
7 19 (5.92%) LAN
8 14 (4.36%) NAS
9 13 (4.05%) SD-WAN
10 12 (3.74%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (3.43%) VLAN
12 10 (3.12%) VPN
13 9 (2.80%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (2.80%) Internet
14 8 (2.49%) Wireless
15 7 (2.18%) VSAN
16 6 (1.87%) NetScaler
16 6 (1.87%) NX-OS
16 6 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (1.56%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.98%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.74%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.93%) Metadata
5 3 (0.93%) PowerPivot
6 2 (0.62%) DB2
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Power View
7 1 (0.31%) Power BI
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (7.17%) JIRA
2 15 (4.67%) Git
3 14 (4.36%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.43%) GitLab
5 5 (1.56%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.62%) Snyk
6 2 (0.62%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.31%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.31%) Subversion
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 46 (14.33%) Finance
3 18 (5.61%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.74%) Banking
5 12 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.18%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.56%) Billing
8 5 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.93%) Local Government
9 3 (0.93%) Military
10 2 (0.62%) Electronics
10 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.62%) Law
10 2 (0.62%) Legal
10 2 (0.62%) Marketing
10 2 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (15.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (12.15%) Architect
3 37 (11.53%) Consultant
4 29 (9.03%) Senior
5 17 (5.30%) VMware Engineer
6 14 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (4.36%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (4.36%) VMware Consultant
7 12 (3.74%) IT Engineer
8 11 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 10 (3.12%) Developer
9 10 (3.12%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 10 (3.12%) Infrastructure Technician
9 10 (3.12%) Lead
9 10 (3.12%) Python Developer
9 10 (3.12%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.12%) Wintel Engineer
10 9 (2.80%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.12%) Middleware
2 8 (2.49%) LDAP
2 8 (2.49%) REST
2 8 (2.49%) YAML
3 7 (2.18%) .NET
4 6 (1.87%) Node.js
5 4 (1.25%) JSON
6 3 (0.93%) CSS
6 3 (0.93%) EDI
6 3 (0.93%) HTML
6 3 (0.93%) RESTful
6 3 (0.93%) SOAP
6 3 (0.93%) XML
7 2 (0.62%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.62%) ADSI
7 2 (0.62%) Web Services
8 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.31%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.05%) NHS
3 12 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.43%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.80%) Clustering
6 8 (2.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (2.49%) Replication
7 6 (1.87%) PKI
7 6 (1.87%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 5 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.25%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.25%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.93%) CCTV
10 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.93%) SCADA
10 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 131 (40.81%) Windows
2 82 (25.55%) Windows Server
3 79 (24.61%) Linux
4 21 (6.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (6.54%) Windows 10
5 19 (5.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (5.30%) Unix
7 15 (4.67%) Ubuntu
8 13 (4.05%) Solaris
9 11 (3.43%) VMS
10 10 (3.12%) Debian
10 10 (3.12%) Oracle Linux
10 10 (3.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.62%) CentOS
14 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.31%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (21.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (16.82%) Migration
3 44 (13.71%) Agile
3 44 (13.71%) ITIL
4 36 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (9.35%) DevOps
6 27 (8.41%) Vulnerability Management
7 25 (7.79%) High Availability
8 22 (6.85%) Customer Service
9 21 (6.54%) Configuration Management
9 21 (6.54%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (5.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (5.61%) Network Virtualisation
12 15 (4.67%) CI/CD
12 15 (4.67%) Containerisation
12 15 (4.67%) Time Management
13 14 (4.36%) Cost Optimisation
13 14 (4.36%) ITSM
13 14 (4.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.95%) PowerShell
2 42 (13.08%) Python
3 25 (7.79%) SQL
4 13 (4.05%) Bash
5 6 (1.87%) Perl
6 4 (1.25%) Go
6 4 (1.25%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.25%) Ruby
7 3 (0.93%) Bicep
7 3 (0.93%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.62%) C++
8 2 (0.62%) Java
8 2 (0.62%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.31%) C#
9 1 (0.31%) PHP
9 1 (0.31%) R
9 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.07%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.10%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.79%) Degree
5 15 (4.67%) Azure Certification
6 14 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (4.05%) CCNP
8 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.18%) CCIE
10 6 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.87%) MCSE
11 5 (1.56%) CCNA
11 5 (1.56%) MCSA
11 5 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.62%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.62%) JNCIP
14 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.23%) SLA
2 9 (2.80%) GDPR
3 6 (1.87%) PMO
4 5 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.62%) NIST
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 182 (56.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 85 (26.48%) Active Directory
3 56 (17.45%) VMware NSX
4 50 (15.58%) vSphere
5 40 (12.46%) Hyper-V
6 23 (7.17%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (6.54%) Docker
8 19 (5.92%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (2.18%) KVM
9 7 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (2.18%) XenApp
10 5 (1.56%) vCloud
10 5 (1.56%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.56%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.93%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.93%) VMFS
11 3 (0.93%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.62%) QEMU
12 2 (0.62%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 42 (13.08%) Ansible
2 37 (11.53%) Terraform
3 36 (11.21%) SCCM
4 34 (10.59%) Kubernetes
5 13 (4.05%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.43%) Puppet
7 10 (3.12%) VxRail
8 8 (2.49%) Nessus
8 8 (2.49%) Progress Chef
8 8 (2.49%) WSUS
9 5 (1.56%) Avamar
9 5 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.56%) Netcool
9 5 (1.56%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (1.56%) Salt
9 5 (1.56%) SCOM
9 5 (1.56%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 127 (39.56%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.77%) Cisco
3 28 (8.72%) Red Hat
4 26 (8.10%) Qualys
5 25 (7.79%) Dell
6 23 (7.17%) Citrix
7 22 (6.85%) Oracle
8 17 (5.30%) Veeam
9 16 (4.98%) ServiceNow
10 15 (4.67%) Palo Alto
11 11 (3.43%) Splunk
12 10 (3.12%) EMC
13 9 (2.80%) CA
13 9 (2.80%) CyberArk
13 9 (2.80%) SolarWinds
14 8 (2.49%) HP
15 6 (1.87%) CheckPoint
15 6 (1.87%) Commvault
16 5 (1.56%) Apple
16 5 (1.56%) Serena