VMware Contracts in the Midlands

VMware
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 40 38 65
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 -15
Contract jobs citing VMware 104 159 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.72% 4.86% 3.35%
As % of the Vendors category 8.71% 9.71% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 103 118
10th Percentile £263 £330 £213
25th Percentile £380 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £624 £675 £500
90th Percentile £675 £715 £575
England median daily rate £508 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £26.70 £12.00
25th Percentile - £36.75 £14.19
Median hourly rate £19.95 £38.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.18% +133.33% -54.79%
75th Percentile - £66.00 £19.19
90th Percentile - - £20.00
England median hourly rate £45.01 £59.90 £28.41
% change year-on-year -24.86% +110.84% -38.90%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,194 1,638 2,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.77% 50.09% 43.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 1,102 1,522
10th Percentile £213 £206 £187
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +13.58%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £563
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 48 70
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.64 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.00 £13.26
Median hourly rate £15.61 £20.71 £17.30
Median % change year-on-year -24.63% +19.66% +15.35%
75th Percentile £26.50 £32.56 £23.13
90th Percentile £45.50 £66.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% +7.50%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Midlands region 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
West Midlands +2 76 £550 +29.41% 58
East Midlands -10 27 £500 - 36
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England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) IIS
3 2 (1.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (22.12%) Azure
1 23 (22.12%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.85%) AWS
2 4 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.92%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.04%) DNS
2 21 (20.19%) DHCP
3 19 (18.27%) SAN
4 18 (17.31%) TCP/IP
5 17 (16.35%) WAN
6 14 (13.46%) Firewall
7 13 (12.50%) LAN
8 12 (11.54%) SD-WAN
9 11 (10.58%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (7.69%) NX-OS
10 8 (7.69%) VPN
11 7 (6.73%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (5.77%) VLAN
13 5 (4.81%) Internet
14 4 (3.85%) MPLS
14 4 (3.85%) NAS
14 4 (3.85%) Wireless
15 3 (2.88%) VoIP
15 3 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (1.92%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.58%) Git
2 2 (1.92%) GitLab
3 1 (0.96%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.96%) TeamCity
General
1 18 (17.31%) Public Sector
1 18 (17.31%) Social Skills
2 5 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.88%) Finance
3 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (0.96%) Back Office
5 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (26.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (16.35%) Architect
3 10 (9.62%) Network Architect
4 9 (8.65%) Administrator
5 6 (5.77%) Support Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (4.81%) IT Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Server Administrator
6 5 (4.81%) Support Officer
6 5 (4.81%) Technical Support
6 5 (4.81%) Technical Support Officer
6 5 (4.81%) VMWare Administrator
7 4 (3.85%) Developer
7 4 (3.85%) Implementation Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Python Developer
8 3 (2.88%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.58%) YAML
2 2 (1.92%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.73%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.81%) PKI
4 4 (3.85%) Clustering
5 3 (2.88%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.88%) Grid Computing
6 2 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.92%) Replication
7 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (63.46%) Windows
2 36 (34.62%) Windows Server
3 31 (29.81%) Linux
4 22 (21.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (9.62%) Ubuntu
7 9 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (6.73%) Windows 10
10 5 (4.81%) Unix
11 4 (3.85%) CentOS
11 4 (3.85%) Debian
12 3 (2.88%) Mac OS
12 3 (2.88%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (1.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (20.19%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (15.38%) Validation
3 16 (15.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 15 (14.42%) Configuration Management
5 14 (13.46%) Network Virtualisation
6 12 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (10.58%) Infrastructure Automation
8 10 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (8.65%) Incident Response
9 9 (8.65%) ITIL
10 8 (7.69%) Network Packet Capture
11 7 (6.73%) Computer Security
11 7 (6.73%) Customer Service
11 7 (6.73%) Migration
11 7 (6.73%) Password Management
11 7 (6.73%) Virtual Environments
12 6 (5.77%) Decision-Making
12 6 (5.77%) Server Patching
12 6 (5.77%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.81%) C#
2 5 (4.81%) Java
2 5 (4.81%) SQL
3 4 (3.85%) Bash
3 4 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 39 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 16 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 7 (6.73%) Degree
5 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.96%) MCP
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.81%) NIST
2 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.96%) GDPR
2 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (68.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (31.73%) Active Directory
3 22 (21.15%) VMware NSX
4 19 (18.27%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (16.35%) vSphere
6 14 (13.46%) Hyper-V
6 14 (13.46%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (5.77%) VMware Server
9 5 (4.81%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (3.85%) VMFS
11 2 (1.92%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (21.15%) SCCM
2 16 (15.38%) vCenter Server
3 13 (12.50%) Ansible
3 13 (12.50%) Terraform
4 12 (11.54%) Progress Chef
4 12 (11.54%) Puppet
5 11 (10.58%) Salt
6 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (6.73%) CSIRT
7 7 (6.73%) SCOM
8 6 (5.77%) VxRail
9 3 (2.88%) Autotask
9 3 (2.88%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (2.88%) Kubernetes
10 2 (1.92%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.92%) SCSM
10 2 (1.92%) WSUS
11 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.96%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (36.54%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.35%) Red Hat
3 16 (15.38%) Cisco
4 9 (8.65%) SaltStack
5 8 (7.69%) Veeam
6 5 (4.81%) Citrix
7 4 (3.85%) Apple
8 3 (2.88%) Datto
8 3 (2.88%) Dell
9 2 (1.92%) Aruba
9 2 (1.92%) NetApp
9 2 (1.92%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.92%) ProCurve
9 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.92%) Synology
9 2 (1.92%) Zerto
10 1 (0.96%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.96%) Meraki
10 1 (0.96%) Netskope