VMware Contracts in the South West

VMware
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 25 24 40
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 +15
Contract jobs citing VMware 199 236 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 6.12% 6.94% 5.09%
As % of the Vendors category 14.93% 17.72% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 169 128
10th Percentile £208 £300 £313
25th Percentile £463 £456 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £482
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.05% +20.64%
75th Percentile £585 £675 £588
90th Percentile £672 £719 £658
England median daily rate £508 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 20 6
10th Percentile - £18.95 £33.39
25th Percentile - £59.95 £47.58
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £55.03
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +13.58% +11.23%
75th Percentile £70.66 £67.75 £60.07
90th Percentile £71.13 £84.13 £60.93
England median hourly rate £45.01 £59.90 £28.41
% change year-on-year -24.86% +110.84% -38.90%

All Vendors
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,333 1,332 1,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 40.96% 39.15% 37.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 998 978
10th Percentile £202 £263 £215
25th Percentile £413 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £594
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 69 55
10th Percentile £13.79 £17.31 £15.10
25th Percentile £36.25 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £60.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +34.83% -6.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £55.92
90th Percentile £76.00 £84.50 £60.93
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the South West 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
Wiltshire +2 115 £538 -2.27% 29
Bristol +8 36 £500 -25.93% 15
Dorset -1 17 £185 -56.52% 4
Gloucestershire -13 14 £500 - 10
Somerset +2 9 - - 9
Devon -5 6 £550 +57.14% 2
Cornwall - 1 £225 -
VMware
England

VMware
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 28 (14.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (11.56%) Confluence
3 5 (2.51%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.50%) nginx
4 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.61%) Azure
2 26 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (10.05%) AWS
4 12 (6.03%) PaaS
5 10 (5.03%) OpenShift
6 9 (4.52%) GCP
7 5 (2.51%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.01%) GitHub
8 4 (2.01%) SaaS
9 2 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.01%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.01%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (25.63%) Firewall
2 28 (14.07%) SAN
3 26 (13.07%) DNS
4 23 (11.56%) DHCP
5 22 (11.06%) VSAN
6 16 (8.04%) WAN
7 15 (7.54%) LAN
8 8 (4.02%) MPLS
8 8 (4.02%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (3.52%) Network Security
9 7 (3.52%) NX-OS
9 7 (3.52%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (3.52%) SD-WAN
9 7 (3.52%) VPN
10 6 (3.02%) FTP
10 6 (3.02%) NAS
11 5 (2.51%) Skype
11 5 (2.51%) VLAN
12 4 (2.01%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.03%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.01%) MySQL
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 25 (12.56%) JIRA
2 12 (6.03%) Git
3 8 (4.02%) Bitbucket
4 6 (3.02%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.51%) GitLab
5 3 (1.51%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.01%) Snyk
6 2 (1.01%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.50%) JMeter
7 1 (0.50%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 38 (19.10%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.08%) Public Sector
3 28 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.53%) Military
5 9 (4.52%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.01%) Legal
7 4 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.51%) Digital Economy
8 3 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Electronics
9 2 (1.01%) Finance
9 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 40 (20.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (15.08%) Network Engineer
3 26 (13.07%) VMware Engineer
4 21 (10.55%) Architect
5 14 (7.04%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (6.03%) Infrastructure Technician
7 11 (5.53%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Analyst
8 10 (5.03%) Wintel Engineer
9 9 (4.52%) IT Analyst
9 9 (4.52%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (4.02%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (4.02%) Network Architect
10 8 (4.02%) Senior
10 8 (4.02%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 7 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.02%) Lead
12 6 (3.02%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.03%) YAML
2 6 (3.02%) .NET
2 6 (3.02%) ModSecurity
3 5 (2.51%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.51%) Flash
4 4 (2.01%) REST
5 2 (1.01%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.01%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.50%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.50%) React
6 1 (0.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (28.14%) Data Centre
2 37 (18.59%) PKI
3 19 (9.55%) Private Cloud
4 17 (8.54%) Clustering
5 12 (6.03%) NHS
6 8 (4.02%) Client/Server
6 8 (4.02%) Replication
7 7 (3.52%) Public Cloud
8 6 (3.02%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.02%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.01%) Blackberry
9 4 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.50%) Fat Client
12 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 86 (43.22%) Windows
2 54 (27.14%) Linux
3 51 (25.63%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (6.53%) Unix
6 12 (6.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (3.02%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.01%) VMS
10 2 (1.01%) Windows 2000
10 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.01%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.50%) Android
11 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (32.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (15.08%) Agile
3 28 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (14.07%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 27 (13.57%) Validation
5 26 (13.07%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (11.56%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (11.06%) Network Management
8 18 (9.05%) Infrastructure Automation
8 18 (9.05%) Resource Management
9 17 (8.54%) ITIL
10 16 (8.04%) Converged Infrastructure
10 16 (8.04%) Decision-Making
10 16 (8.04%) DevOps
10 16 (8.04%) Migration
11 15 (7.54%) CI/CD
11 15 (7.54%) Configuration Management
11 15 (7.54%) Critical Thinking
11 15 (7.54%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (6.53%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 43 (21.61%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.04%) SQL
3 12 (6.03%) Python
4 6 (3.02%) Bash
5 2 (1.01%) Bicep
5 2 (1.01%) C#
5 2 (1.01%) Java
5 2 (1.01%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 153 (76.88%) Security Cleared
2 96 (48.24%) SC Cleared
3 63 (31.66%) DV Cleared
4 25 (12.56%) Degree
5 21 (10.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (5.53%) MCSE
6 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (5.03%) Master's Degree
8 9 (4.52%) MCSA
9 6 (3.02%) CCNA
10 5 (2.51%) CCNP
11 4 (2.01%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.51%) HND
12 3 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.50%) GIAC
14 1 (0.50%) MCP
14 1 (0.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.51%) SLA
2 2 (1.01%) NIST
System Software
1 121 (60.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 59 (29.65%) VMware NSX
3 53 (26.63%) vSphere
4 47 (23.62%) Active Directory
5 46 (23.12%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (8.04%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (7.04%) Hyper-V
8 12 (6.03%) Docker
9 11 (5.53%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (4.02%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (2.51%) VMFS
12 4 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.50%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.50%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 37 (18.59%) vCenter Server
2 30 (15.08%) Ansible
3 22 (11.06%) Terraform
4 18 (9.05%) Kubernetes
5 16 (8.04%) SCCM
6 11 (5.53%) Puppet
7 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Clustering
8 9 (4.52%) NetBackup
8 9 (4.52%) Progress Chef
8 9 (4.52%) Salt
9 8 (4.02%) Nagios
9 8 (4.02%) OPNET
10 6 (3.02%) CSIRT
10 6 (3.02%) PowerCLI
11 5 (2.51%) VxRail
12 4 (2.01%) vRealize
13 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (1.01%) Argo
14 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (27.64%) Microsoft
2 32 (16.08%) Cisco
3 21 (10.55%) Veeam
4 16 (8.04%) Atlassian
5 15 (7.54%) Dell
6 13 (6.53%) Palo Alto
7 11 (5.53%) Red Hat
8 9 (4.52%) Google
9 8 (4.02%) Hitachi
9 8 (4.02%) NetApp
9 8 (4.02%) SaltStack
10 7 (3.52%) Juniper
11 6 (3.02%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.51%) Avaya
12 5 (2.51%) Citrix
13 4 (2.01%) CyberArk
13 4 (2.01%) Ericsson
13 4 (2.01%) HP
13 4 (2.01%) Nokia
13 4 (2.01%) Ribbon