vSphere Contracts in London

VMware vSphere
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 417 453
Rank change year-on-year +77 +36 -81
Contract jobs citing vSphere 53 70 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.28% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 2.94% 2.38% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 51 121
10th Percentile £256 £350 £350
25th Percentile £513 £419 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £547 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +1.30% +20.00%
75th Percentile £594 £594 £631
90th Percentile £634 £638 £675
England median daily rate £511 £455 £475
% change year-on-year +12.25% -4.12% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £22.48
25th Percentile - £61.25 £23.19
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - +117.39% -37.50%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £48.06
90th Percentile - - £57.03
England median hourly rate £70.66 £68.50 £27.38
% change year-on-year +3.15% +150.23% -38.09%

All System Software Skills
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 London with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,804 2,941 4,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.30% 11.56% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,307 2,153 3,692
10th Percentile £237 £243 £310
25th Percentile £379 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.50% +4.81%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £744
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 34 31
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.98 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.06 £18.11
Median hourly rate £22.50 £60.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +118.18% -45.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £73.63 £46.62
90th Percentile £48.89 £84.40 £63.00
England median hourly rate £22.23 £52.50 £18.55
% change year-on-year -57.67% +183.02% -2.37%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in London

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in London

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in London

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +31 3 £650 +30.00% 1
South London +8 2 £238 -32.14%
East London - 2 £225 -
vSphere
England

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 10 (18.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.77%) IBM Domino
2 2 (3.77%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (24.53%) Azure
3 4 (7.55%) Nutanix
4 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 3 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.77%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.89%) GitHub
6 1 (1.89%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.42%) DHCP
1 14 (26.42%) DNS
2 6 (11.32%) VSAN
3 4 (7.55%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (7.55%) SAN
3 4 (7.55%) VPN
4 3 (5.66%) NetScaler
5 2 (3.77%) LAN
5 2 (3.77%) NX-OS
5 2 (3.77%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.77%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.77%) WAN
6 1 (1.89%) NAS
6 1 (1.89%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) GitLab
General
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Banking
3 4 (7.55%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Billing
6 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) Wintel Engineer
3 8 (15.09%) Architect
4 7 (13.21%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (13.21%) VMware Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Senior
6 5 (9.43%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Senior Wintel Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Consultant
7 4 (7.55%) Data Centre Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Network Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Active Directory Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Windows Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (28.30%) Data Centre
2 10 (18.87%) PKI
3 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.77%) Clustering
4 2 (3.77%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.89%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Replication
5 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.89%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 28 (52.83%) Windows
2 23 (43.40%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.21%) Linux
4 3 (5.66%) VMS
4 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.77%) Android
5 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.89%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (13.21%) Migration
4 5 (9.43%) Data Migration
4 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
4 5 (9.43%) DevOps
4 5 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (9.43%) ITIL
5 4 (7.55%) Asset Management
5 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
5 4 (7.55%) Customer Service
6 3 (5.66%) Change Control
6 3 (5.66%) High Availability
6 3 (5.66%) ITSM
6 3 (5.66%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (5.66%) Problem Management
6 3 (5.66%) Process Improvement
6 3 (5.66%) Service Management
7 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (3.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) PowerShell
2 8 (15.09%) Python
3 5 (9.43%) Bash
4 3 (5.66%) SQL
5 2 (3.77%) C
6 1 (1.89%) C#
6 1 (1.89%) Go
6 1 (1.89%) Java
6 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.87%) SC Cleared
3 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (11.32%) Degree
5 4 (7.55%) CCNP
5 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.77%) CCIE
6 2 (3.77%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 31 (58.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (47.17%) Active Directory
3 15 (28.30%) VMware NSX
4 7 (13.21%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (9.43%) Hyper-V
6 4 (7.55%) KVM
7 3 (5.66%) Docker
7 3 (5.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (3.77%) Firmware
8 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (3.77%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.89%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) SCOM
2 9 (16.98%) vCenter Server
3 4 (7.55%) Ansible
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.66%) SCCM
4 3 (5.66%) Terraform
4 3 (5.66%) VxRail
5 2 (3.77%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (1.89%) vRealize
6 1 (1.89%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 46 (86.79%) VMware
2 22 (41.51%) Microsoft
3 17 (32.08%) Cisco
4 16 (30.19%) Dell
5 5 (9.43%) HP
6 4 (7.55%) Citrix
7 2 (3.77%) F5
7 2 (3.77%) IBM
7 2 (3.77%) NetApp
7 2 (3.77%) Nexthink
7 2 (3.77%) Splunk
7 2 (3.77%) Veeam
8 1 (1.89%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.89%) Brocade
8 1 (1.89%) Dell Compellent
8 1 (1.89%) Google
8 1 (1.89%) Infoblox
8 1 (1.89%) Okta
8 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.89%) Turbonomic