VMware Contracts

VMware
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 69 54 75
Rank change year-on-year -15 +21 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware 1,280 2,278 2,852
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.97% 4.04% 3.25%
As % of the Vendors category 7.00% 9.30% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 1,594 2,083
10th Percentile £286 £316 £286
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £575 £624 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -0.98% +13.89% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 111 60
10th Percentile £23.50 £27.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £46.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £62.50 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -26.11% +41.85% -4.22%
75th Percentile £71.25 £68.75 £58.36
90th Percentile £80.12 £82.50 £66.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.18 £52.13 £24.25
% change year-on-year -11.41% +114.97% -34.46%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,286 24,482 35,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.43% 43.42% 40.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,377 16,346 23,689
10th Percentile £263 £265 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 644 856
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.89 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.63 £48.46
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VMware as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the UK

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the UK

VMware
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the UK 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
England -9 1,176 £508 -3.33% 586
UK excluding London -4 894 £508 -0.98% 475
South East -1 402 £525 +0.96% 138
Work from Home -39 325 £500 -3.85% 187
London -19 320 £500 -6.98% 120
South West -1 199 £525 -4.55% 71
North of England -20 124 £385 -10.47% 108
Midlands -2 104 £550 +14.58% 92
North West -24 79 £350 -22.22% 59
West Midlands +2 76 £550 +29.41% 56
Scotland -17 48 £438 -12.40% 16
East of England -43 41 £550 -8.33% 48
Yorkshire +8 37 £390 -7.14% 41
East Midlands -10 27 £500 - 36
North East +5 8 £500 +53.85% 9
Wales -13 8 £220 -58.10% 13
Northern Ireland -2 1 £525 +23.53% 3

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 138 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (4.22%) Confluence
3 51 (3.98%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.48%) IIS
5 17 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (1.33%) OpenStack
6 14 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
7 8 (0.63%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.55%) SharePoint 2010
9 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.47%) nginx
10 4 (0.31%) IBM Domino
11 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.16%) Apache
12 2 (0.16%) MQSeries
12 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.16%) Traefik
12 2 (0.16%) WordPress
13 1 (0.078%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.078%) WildFly
Applications
1 41 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.078%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.078%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.16%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.078%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.078%) Eikon
4 1 (0.078%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.078%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 319 (24.92%) Azure
2 187 (14.61%) Microsoft 365
3 167 (13.05%) AWS
4 51 (3.98%) Entra ID
5 44 (3.44%) IaaS
6 38 (2.97%) GCP
6 38 (2.97%) PaaS
7 31 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (2.19%) Nutanix
9 24 (1.88%) GitHub
10 23 (1.80%) OpenShift
10 23 (1.80%) SaaS
11 22 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
12 16 (1.25%) OCI
13 15 (1.17%) OneDrive
14 12 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (0.78%) Mimecast
17 9 (0.70%) Rubrik
18 8 (0.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 222 (17.34%) Firewall
2 210 (16.41%) DNS
3 164 (12.81%) SAN
4 153 (11.95%) DHCP
5 106 (8.28%) WAN
6 96 (7.50%) LAN
7 89 (6.95%) VPN
8 79 (6.17%) TCP/IP
9 62 (4.84%) VSAN
10 55 (4.30%) NAS
11 42 (3.28%) VLAN
11 42 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (3.13%) Wireless
13 39 (3.05%) SD-WAN
14 32 (2.50%) Network Security
15 26 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
16 25 (1.95%) MPLS
17 20 (1.56%) VoIP
18 18 (1.41%) Cisco Nexus
18 18 (1.41%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.64%) Oracle Database
4 19 (1.48%) MySQL
5 14 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.55%) Metadata
9 7 (0.55%) PowerPivot
10 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Power View
10 6 (0.47%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.47%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.31%) Power BI
12 3 (0.23%) DB2
13 2 (0.16%) CouchDB
13 2 (0.16%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.16%) SAP HANA
14 1 (0.078%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (6.02%) JIRA
2 48 (3.75%) Git
3 42 (3.28%) GitLab
4 34 (2.66%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.80%) Robot Framework
6 16 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 15 (1.17%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.63%) Artifactory
8 8 (0.63%) Selenium
9 7 (0.55%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.23%) CppUnit
11 3 (0.23%) PVCS
11 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.23%) Subversion
11 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.16%) Snyk
13 1 (0.078%) CircleCI
General
1 278 (21.72%) Social Skills
2 114 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (8.75%) Public Sector
4 83 (6.48%) Finance
5 36 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (2.50%) Banking
7 23 (1.80%) Military
7 23 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 19 (1.48%) Legal
10 17 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 17 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.02%) Aerospace
12 10 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (0.78%) Marketing
13 9 (0.70%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.55%) Publishing
15 6 (0.47%) Billing
15 6 (0.47%) Electronics
16 4 (0.31%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 269 (21.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 157 (12.27%) Architect
3 107 (8.36%) VMware Engineer
4 90 (7.03%) Senior
5 78 (6.09%) Consultant
6 76 (5.94%) Network Engineer
7 59 (4.61%) Support Engineer
8 58 (4.53%) Storage Engineer
9 48 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
10 47 (3.67%) Wintel Engineer
11 46 (3.59%) Analyst
12 45 (3.52%) Administrator
13 36 (2.81%) VMware Architect
14 35 (2.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 35 (2.73%) Integration Engineer
15 34 (2.66%) VMware Consultant
16 32 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
16 32 (2.50%) Linux Engineer
17 31 (2.42%) IT Engineer
18 29 (2.27%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.27%) YAML
2 23 (1.80%) LDAP
3 22 (1.72%) .NET
4 15 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
5 11 (0.86%) Node.js
6 10 (0.78%) Middleware
6 10 (0.78%) Web Services
7 9 (0.70%) CSS
7 9 (0.70%) HTML
8 8 (0.63%) REST
9 6 (0.47%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.39%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.39%) Flash
10 5 (0.39%) JSON
10 5 (0.39%) RESTful
11 4 (0.31%) .NET Core
11 4 (0.31%) EDI
11 4 (0.31%) XML
12 3 (0.23%) Apache NiFi
12 3 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 198 (15.47%) Data Centre
2 106 (8.28%) PKI
3 63 (4.92%) Clustering
4 38 (2.97%) Client/Server
5 35 (2.73%) Replication
6 32 (2.50%) Public Cloud
7 28 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.19%) Private Cloud
8 22 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
9 20 (1.56%) NHS
10 16 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.17%) Cloud Native
11 15 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.17%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.09%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.02%) VxBlock/Vblock
14 11 (0.86%) Fat Client
14 11 (0.86%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.86%) Thin Client
15 9 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 614 (47.97%) Windows
2 396 (30.94%) Windows Server
3 372 (29.06%) Linux
4 115 (8.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 112 (8.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 100 (7.81%) Windows 10
6 100 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 68 (5.31%) Unix
8 66 (5.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 38 (2.97%) VMS
10 34 (2.66%) Windows Server 2008
11 32 (2.50%) Ubuntu
12 29 (2.27%) Solaris
13 23 (1.80%) CentOS
14 20 (1.56%) Debian
15 19 (1.48%) Windows 7
16 17 (1.33%) Mac OS
16 17 (1.33%) Windows XP
17 16 (1.25%) Oracle Linux
18 8 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 193 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
3 181 (14.14%) Agile
4 161 (12.58%) Migration
5 160 (12.50%) ITIL
6 99 (7.73%) DevOps
7 89 (6.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 82 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 79 (6.17%) High Availability
10 66 (5.16%) Customer Service
11 63 (4.92%) CI/CD
12 60 (4.69%) Cybersecurity
13 59 (4.61%) Configuration Management
14 56 (4.38%) Computer Science
14 56 (4.38%) Data Protection
15 55 (4.30%) Virtual Infrastructure
16 54 (4.22%) Project Delivery
17 53 (4.14%) Infrastructure Automation
18 52 (4.06%) Change Management
18 52 (4.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 266 (20.78%) PowerShell
2 163 (12.73%) Python
3 84 (6.56%) SQL
4 59 (4.61%) Bash
5 23 (1.80%) VBScript
6 21 (1.64%) Java
6 21 (1.64%) Shell Script
7 15 (1.17%) C#
8 13 (1.02%) Go
9 12 (0.94%) JavaScript
10 9 (0.70%) Ruby
11 8 (0.63%) Perl
12 7 (0.55%) C++
13 5 (0.39%) C
14 3 (0.23%) Bicep
14 3 (0.23%) PHP
14 3 (0.23%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.078%) Ada
15 1 (0.078%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.078%) VB
Qualifications
1 564 (44.06%) Security Cleared
2 303 (23.67%) SC Cleared
3 269 (21.02%) DV Cleared
4 132 (10.31%) Degree
5 78 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 76 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
7 59 (4.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 49 (3.83%) CCNA
9 46 (3.59%) CCNP
9 46 (3.59%) MCSE
10 33 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.50%) Azure Certification
12 30 (2.34%) MCSA
13 16 (1.25%) Master's Degree
14 15 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (0.94%) CCIE
16 10 (0.78%) VCAP
17 8 (0.63%) DBS Check
18 7 (0.55%) AWS Certification
19 6 (0.47%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.05%) SLA
2 16 (1.25%) NIST
3 14 (1.09%) GDPR
4 12 (0.94%) PMO
5 10 (0.78%) NCSC
6 7 (0.55%) RMADS
7 6 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.23%) QA
11 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.078%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.078%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.078%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 804 (62.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 429 (33.52%) Active Directory
3 214 (16.72%) Hyper-V
4 207 (16.17%) VMware NSX
5 203 (15.86%) vSphere
6 144 (11.25%) VMware ESXi
7 71 (5.55%) Virtual Machines
8 54 (4.22%) Docker
9 35 (2.73%) KVM
10 30 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
11 21 (1.64%) XenApp
12 19 (1.48%) Firmware
13 17 (1.33%) VMware Workstation
14 16 (1.25%) vCloud
14 16 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
15 12 (0.94%) BitLocker
16 11 (0.86%) Terminal Services
17 9 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
17 9 (0.70%) VMFS
17 9 (0.70%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 153 (11.95%) Ansible
2 143 (11.17%) SCCM
3 133 (10.39%) vCenter Server
4 121 (9.45%) Terraform
5 100 (7.81%) Kubernetes
6 65 (5.08%) WSUS
7 56 (4.38%) SCOM
8 48 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 37 (2.89%) VxRail
10 35 (2.73%) NetBackup
10 35 (2.73%) Puppet
11 33 (2.58%) vRealize
12 25 (1.95%) Progress Chef
13 20 (1.56%) Red Hat Satellite
14 19 (1.48%) EMC NetWorker
15 17 (1.33%) Salt
16 16 (1.25%) Nessus
17 14 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
18 13 (1.02%) Rancher
Vendors
1 415 (32.42%) Microsoft
2 181 (14.14%) Cisco
3 118 (9.22%) Dell
4 117 (9.14%) Red Hat
5 89 (6.95%) Citrix
6 81 (6.33%) Oracle
6 81 (6.33%) Veeam
7 55 (4.30%) Palo Alto
8 50 (3.91%) HP
9 41 (3.20%) EMC
10 38 (2.97%) Juniper
11 32 (2.50%) NetApp
11 32 (2.50%) SolarWinds
12 28 (2.19%) Qualys
12 28 (2.19%) ServiceNow
13 26 (2.03%) F5
14 24 (1.88%) Google
14 24 (1.88%) Splunk
15 22 (1.72%) IBM
15 22 (1.72%) Symantec