vSphere Contracts in England

VMware vSphere
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring vSphere skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited vSphere over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 410 419
Rank change year-on-year +63 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing vSphere 206 236 416
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.50% 0.59%
As % of the System Software category 4.96% 3.91% 4.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 178 312
10th Percentile £300 £305 £301
25th Percentile £456 £350 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.08% -4.12% +8.94%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £600
90th Percentile £655 £658 £675
UK median daily rate £508 £498 £475
% change year-on-year +2.01% +4.74% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile - £33.40 £21.02
25th Percentile - £36.75 £22.59
Median hourly rate £70.66 £68.50 £27.38
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% +150.23% -38.09%
75th Percentile - £76.50 £55.53
90th Percentile - £78.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year +7.06% +129.57% -34.98%

All System Software Skills
England

vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,150 6,031 9,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.06% 12.82% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 4,317 6,885
10th Percentile £205 £200 £190
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 208 252
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.01
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £22.40 £50.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.20% +163.16% +2.43%
75th Percentile £58.69 £66.38 £29.00
90th Percentile £74.48 £76.95 £56.61
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in England

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in England

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in England

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in England

vSphere
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +46 79 £475 +4.40% 27
South West +34 67 £538 +7.50% 11
London +64 50 £525 -4.02% 16
West Midlands +24 20 £650 +104.72% 13
Midlands +7 20 £650 +85.71% 15
North of England +6 4 £450 +28.57% 10
North West +6 2 £450 +24.65% 6
North East - 2 £403 - 1
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (12.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.94%) Confluence
3 4 (1.94%) IBM Domino
4 3 (1.46%) IIS
5 2 (0.97%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.97%) WordPress
6 1 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.49%) nginx
6 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.49%) Site Server
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 39 (18.93%) Azure
2 23 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (9.22%) AWS
4 10 (4.85%) IaaS
5 9 (4.37%) GitHub
6 6 (2.91%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.91%) Nutanix
7 4 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.46%) GCP
9 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.97%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (19.42%) VSAN
2 39 (18.93%) DNS
3 38 (18.45%) Firewall
4 35 (16.99%) SAN
5 34 (16.50%) DHCP
6 18 (8.74%) NAS
6 18 (8.74%) TCP/IP
7 16 (7.77%) NX-OS
7 16 (7.77%) SD-WAN
8 13 (6.31%) VLAN
9 12 (5.83%) Fibre Channel
10 11 (5.34%) iSCSI
11 10 (4.85%) VPN
12 8 (3.88%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (3.88%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (2.91%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (2.91%) Wireless
14 5 (2.43%) LAN
14 5 (2.43%) WAN
15 4 (1.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.88%) MongoDB
3 7 (3.40%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.94%) MySQL
4 4 (1.94%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.94%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.80%) GitLab
2 9 (4.37%) JIRA
3 6 (2.91%) Git
4 4 (1.94%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.97%) MSI
5 2 (0.97%) Subversion
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
General
1 46 (22.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.19%) Public Sector
3 17 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.83%) Finance
5 8 (3.88%) Banking
5 8 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.43%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.94%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.46%) Front Office
9 2 (0.97%) Electronics
9 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Legal
9 2 (0.97%) Marketing
9 2 (0.97%) Military
10 1 (0.49%) Advertising
10 1 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 57 (27.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (18.93%) VMware Engineer
3 33 (16.02%) Architect
4 25 (12.14%) Senior
5 24 (11.65%) Network Engineer
6 16 (7.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (7.28%) Network Architect
8 13 (6.31%) Wintel Engineer
9 12 (5.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 9 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.88%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (3.40%) Database Specialist
13 7 (3.40%) Platform Specialist
13 7 (3.40%) VMware Architect
14 6 (2.91%) Consultant
14 6 (2.91%) Platform Engineer
14 6 (2.91%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.88%) .NET
2 2 (0.97%) LAMP
2 2 (0.97%) Middleware
2 2 (0.97%) YAML
3 1 (0.49%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 75 (36.41%) Data Centre
2 40 (19.42%) PKI
3 18 (8.74%) Private Cloud
4 16 (7.77%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (6.80%) Cloud Native
5 14 (6.80%) Clustering
6 10 (4.85%) Replication
7 7 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.46%) Smart Meter
11 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.97%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.97%) Tandem
11 2 (0.97%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.97%) VxBlock/Vblock
12 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (36.89%) Windows
2 75 (36.41%) Linux
3 45 (21.84%) Windows Server
4 16 (7.77%) Unix
5 14 (6.80%) VMS
6 13 (6.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (4.85%) Ubuntu
8 9 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (2.43%) CentOS
12 4 (1.94%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.94%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.97%) Android
13 2 (0.97%) Solaris
13 2 (0.97%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.97%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (13.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 25 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (10.68%) Converged Infrastructure
5 22 (10.68%) Migration
6 21 (10.19%) Agile
7 18 (8.74%) Task Automation
8 17 (8.25%) Resource Management
9 16 (7.77%) Computer Science
9 16 (7.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (7.77%) Network Packet Capture
9 16 (7.77%) Network Virtualisation
10 15 (7.28%) Computer Security
10 15 (7.28%) High Availability
10 15 (7.28%) Incident Response
10 15 (7.28%) ITIL
10 15 (7.28%) Password Management
10 15 (7.28%) Penetration Testing
11 14 (6.80%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.36%) PowerShell
2 35 (16.99%) Python
3 30 (14.56%) Bash
4 12 (5.83%) SQL
5 6 (2.91%) C
5 6 (2.91%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.46%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.97%) C#
7 2 (0.97%) C++
7 2 (0.97%) Java
7 2 (0.97%) Perl
8 1 (0.49%) Go
8 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.49%) Ruby
8 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (56.31%) Security Cleared
2 70 (33.98%) SC Cleared
3 45 (21.84%) DV Cleared
4 27 (13.11%) Degree
5 19 (9.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (9.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (4.37%) VCAP
8 7 (3.40%) MCSE
9 6 (2.91%) CCNP
10 4 (1.94%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.94%) CCNA
11 3 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.97%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.49%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.43%) SLA
2 3 (1.46%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (0.97%) GDPR
4 1 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 128 (62.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 80 (38.83%) VMware NSX
3 67 (32.52%) Active Directory
4 49 (23.79%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (8.74%) Hyper-V
6 14 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.40%) VMware Server
8 6 (2.91%) Firmware
8 6 (2.91%) KVM
8 6 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.94%) XenDesktop
10 3 (1.46%) Docker
10 3 (1.46%) XenApp
11 2 (0.97%) Ceph
11 2 (0.97%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.97%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 40 (19.42%) vCenter Server
2 26 (12.62%) Ansible
3 17 (8.25%) Terraform
3 17 (8.25%) vRealize
4 16 (7.77%) SCCM
5 15 (7.28%) CSIRT
6 11 (5.34%) WSUS
7 10 (4.85%) Kubernetes
7 10 (4.85%) SCOM
8 8 (3.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 7 (3.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 7 (3.40%) VxRail
10 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (2.91%) Nessus
10 6 (2.91%) Packer
11 3 (1.46%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.97%) Podman
12 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 188 (91.26%) VMware
2 67 (32.52%) Microsoft
3 32 (15.53%) Cisco
4 18 (8.74%) Dell
5 15 (7.28%) Red Hat
6 14 (6.80%) Oracle
7 13 (6.31%) SolarWinds
8 11 (5.34%) Citrix
9 7 (3.40%) HP
9 7 (3.40%) Veritas
10 6 (2.91%) Qualys
10 6 (2.91%) Veeam
11 5 (2.43%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.94%) Arqiva
12 4 (1.94%) Avaya
12 4 (1.94%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.46%) Fortinet
13 3 (1.46%) Juniper
13 3 (1.46%) Symantec
14 2 (0.97%) ProCurve