VMware NSX Contracts

VMware NSX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VMware NSX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware NSX 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 371 482 612
Rank change year-on-year +111 +130 -79
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 212 205 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the System Software category 4.51% 2.80% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 148 139
10th Percentile £427 £413 £441
25th Percentile £463 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% +13.68%
75th Percentile £631 £591 £638
90th Percentile £655 £668 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
10th Percentile £52.75 £61.25 £42.04
25th Percentile £56.88 £62.00 £43.31
Median hourly rate £67.50 £63.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.75% +33.12% +156.48%
75th Percentile £74.63 £66.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £76.65 £70.82 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.75 £63.23 £47.50
% change year-on-year +15.06% +33.12% +156.48%

All System Software Skills
UK

VMware NSX is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,701 7,331 11,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.92% 13.08% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,266 5,173 8,348
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £450
% change year-on-year -0.84% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 248 287
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.23 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £19.75 £14.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 £55.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.04% +189.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £37.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.82 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £48.40 £17.50
% change year-on-year -43.18% +176.57% -3.39%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware NSX within the UK 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
England +121 184 £550 +7.32% 24
UK excluding London +83 156 £538 +7.50% 18
South East +44 68 £550 +10.00% 8
South West +48 64 £538 -2.27% 3
Work from Home +82 59 £550 +0.55% 8
London +76 33 £535 -2.73% 4
Midlands +38 23 £550 +20.76% 6
West Midlands +30 22 £550 +10.00% 5
Scotland +29 10 £438 -11.96%
North West +12 3 £513 +17.14%
North of England +11 3 £513 +20.59%

VMware NSX
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 15 (7.08%) Confluence
2 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.89%) IBM Domino
4 3 (1.42%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.47%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.43%) Azure
2 14 (6.60%) AWS
3 12 (5.66%) OpenShift
4 9 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.77%) GCP
5 8 (3.77%) Nutanix
6 5 (2.36%) IaaS
7 4 (1.89%) GitHub
7 4 (1.89%) PaaS
8 2 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (24.06%) VSAN
2 50 (23.58%) Firewall
3 26 (12.26%) SD-WAN
4 25 (11.79%) WAN
5 21 (9.91%) SAN
6 20 (9.43%) DNS
7 18 (8.49%) NX-OS
8 17 (8.02%) VPN
9 16 (7.55%) DHCP
9 16 (7.55%) LAN
10 15 (7.08%) Cisco Nexus
10 15 (7.08%) TCP/IP
11 11 (5.19%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (4.72%) Network Security
13 9 (4.25%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (2.83%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (2.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (2.83%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (2.83%) MPLS
14 6 (2.83%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.94%) MySQL
1 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (8.96%) JIRA
2 11 (5.19%) Bitbucket
3 8 (3.77%) Git
4 7 (3.30%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.36%) GitLab
6 2 (0.94%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.47%) Robot Framework
General
1 54 (25.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.04%) Public Sector
3 19 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.66%) Finance
5 8 (3.77%) Banking
6 7 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.83%) Billing
7 6 (2.83%) Legal
7 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.42%) Electronics
8 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.42%) Marketing
8 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 35 (16.51%) VMware Engineer
2 31 (14.62%) Architect
2 31 (14.62%) Consultant
3 28 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (12.74%) Network Engineer
5 20 (9.43%) Network Architect
5 20 (9.43%) VMware Consultant
6 16 (7.55%) Senior
7 11 (5.19%) Network Consultant
7 11 (5.19%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.30%) Network Security Engineer
10 7 (3.30%) VMware Expert
11 6 (2.83%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (2.83%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (2.83%) Senior Network Consultant
12 5 (2.36%) Administrator
12 5 (2.36%) Network Specialist
12 5 (2.36%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.77%) YAML
2 7 (3.30%) REST
3 6 (2.83%) .NET
3 6 (2.83%) ModSecurity
4 5 (2.36%) Flash
4 5 (2.36%) JSON
5 4 (1.89%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.42%) EDI
6 3 (1.42%) Node.js
6 3 (1.42%) RESTful
6 3 (1.42%) SOAP
6 3 (1.42%) XML
7 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 61 (28.77%) Data Centre
2 28 (13.21%) PKI
3 14 (6.60%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.72%) Clustering
5 9 (4.25%) Replication
6 8 (3.77%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.83%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.83%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.89%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.42%) CCTV
10 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.42%) SCADA
11 2 (0.94%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.94%) Thin Client
12 1 (0.47%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 65 (30.66%) Linux
2 47 (22.17%) Windows
3 36 (16.98%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.77%) Unix
6 5 (2.36%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.89%) CentOS
8 3 (1.42%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.94%) VMS
9 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.47%) Android
10 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.87%) Network Virtualisation
2 35 (16.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 33 (15.57%) Agile
4 27 (12.74%) Migration
5 26 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (11.79%) CI/CD
7 23 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (9.43%) Converged Infrastructure
9 16 (7.55%) DevOps
9 16 (7.55%) High Availability
10 15 (7.08%) Computer Science
10 15 (7.08%) Infrastructure Automation
10 15 (7.08%) Network Packet Capture
11 14 (6.60%) Computer Security
11 14 (6.60%) Incident Response
11 14 (6.60%) Password Management
11 14 (6.60%) Time Management
12 13 (6.13%) ITIL
12 13 (6.13%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.51%) Python
2 33 (15.57%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.60%) Bash
4 8 (3.77%) C#
4 8 (3.77%) Java
5 6 (2.83%) C
6 4 (1.89%) Go
6 4 (1.89%) Ruby
6 4 (1.89%) SQL
7 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 135 (63.68%) Security Cleared
2 80 (37.74%) DV Cleared
3 61 (28.77%) SC Cleared
4 26 (12.26%) Degree
5 25 (11.79%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (8.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 17 (8.02%) CCNP
8 10 (4.72%) CCIE
8 10 (4.72%) VCAP
9 9 (4.25%) CCNA
9 9 (4.25%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.94%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.47%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 1 (0.47%) RHCE
14 1 (0.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.25%) PMO
2 7 (3.30%) NIST
3 1 (0.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 129 (60.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 82 (38.68%) vSphere
3 59 (27.83%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (9.91%) Active Directory
5 15 (7.08%) Hyper-V
6 14 (6.60%) vCloud
7 10 (4.72%) Docker
8 5 (2.36%) VMware Server
9 4 (1.89%) KVM
10 2 (0.94%) Ceph
10 2 (0.94%) Firmware
10 2 (0.94%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.94%) XenApp
11 1 (0.47%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.47%) UAG
11 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (22.64%) vCenter Server
2 34 (16.04%) Ansible
3 23 (10.85%) Kubernetes
4 22 (10.38%) Terraform
5 18 (8.49%) vRealize
6 15 (7.08%) VxRail
7 14 (6.60%) CSIRT
8 12 (5.66%) SCCM
9 6 (2.83%) OPNET
10 5 (2.36%) PowerCLI
10 5 (2.36%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 4 (1.89%) Puppet
12 3 (1.42%) Autotask
12 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (1.42%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.94%) Pacemaker
13 2 (0.94%) Podman
13 2 (0.94%) Rancher
13 2 (0.94%) vMotion
Vendors
1 207 (97.64%) VMware
2 70 (33.02%) Cisco
3 37 (17.45%) Microsoft
4 31 (14.62%) Dell
4 31 (14.62%) Palo Alto
5 20 (9.43%) F5
6 18 (8.49%) Atlassian
7 17 (8.02%) Veeam
8 10 (4.72%) CheckPoint
9 7 (3.30%) Juniper
10 6 (2.83%) Google
11 5 (2.36%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.36%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.89%) Citrix
12 4 (1.89%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.89%) Red Hat
13 3 (1.42%) Arista
13 3 (1.42%) BMC
13 3 (1.42%) Dell Compellent
13 3 (1.42%) Remedy