vSphere Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 256 272
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 +20
Contract jobs citing vSphere 165 177 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 0.78% 0.85%
As % of the System Software category 6.50% 5.18% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 142 203
10th Percentile £318 £305 £288
25th Percentile £438 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £454
Median % change year-on-year +9.84% +0.27% +8.10%
75th Percentile £590 £550 £539
90th Percentile £655 £686 £673
UK median daily rate £508 £498 £475
% change year-on-year +2.01% +4.74% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - £25.03 £21.23
25th Percentile - £32.56 £23.02
Median hourly rate £70.66 £38.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.53% +48.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £49.13 £56.75
90th Percentile - £65.10 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year +7.06% +129.57% -34.98%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,540 3,419 4,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.91% 15.07% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 2,407 3,261
10th Percentile £185 £181 £158
25th Percentile £313 £305 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £553
90th Percentile £650 £688 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 165 226
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £17.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +144.72% -1.73%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £23.69
90th Percentile £78.80 £75.00 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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% 28
South West +34 67 £538 +7.50% 12
West Midlands +24 20 £650 +104.72% 14
Midlands +7 20 £650 +85.71% 16
Scotland +39 10 £542 +7.65% 1
North of England +6 4 £450 +28.57% 10
North West +6 2 £450 +24.65% 6
North East - 2 £403 - 1
Wales +7 1 £425 -22.73% 1
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 14 (8.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.42%) Confluence
4 3 (1.82%) IIS
5 2 (1.21%) IBM Domino
5 2 (1.21%) WordPress
6 1 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.61%) nginx
6 1 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.61%) Site Server
Business Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.97%) Azure
2 17 (10.30%) AWS
3 10 (6.06%) IaaS
4 9 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.85%) GitHub
6 5 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.42%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.21%) GCP
8 2 (1.21%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (23.03%) VSAN
2 37 (22.42%) Firewall
3 33 (20.00%) SAN
4 26 (15.76%) DNS
5 21 (12.73%) DHCP
6 17 (10.30%) NAS
7 15 (9.09%) TCP/IP
8 13 (7.88%) NX-OS
8 13 (7.88%) SD-WAN
8 13 (7.88%) VLAN
9 12 (7.27%) Fibre Channel
10 11 (6.67%) iSCSI
11 8 (4.85%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (4.24%) VPN
13 6 (3.64%) Software-Defined Networking
13 6 (3.64%) Wireless
14 4 (2.42%) LAN
14 4 (2.42%) SSL
14 4 (2.42%) VoIP
14 4 (2.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.24%) MongoDB
3 6 (3.64%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.42%) MySQL
4 4 (2.42%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.42%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.21%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (7.88%) GitLab
2 11 (6.67%) JIRA
3 6 (3.64%) Git
4 4 (2.42%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.21%) MSI
5 2 (1.21%) Subversion
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle APEX
General
1 37 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.52%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.67%) Finance
5 7 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.03%) Banking
6 5 (3.03%) Billing
7 4 (2.42%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.42%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.82%) Front Office
9 2 (1.21%) Electronics
9 2 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.21%) Legal
9 2 (1.21%) Marketing
9 2 (1.21%) Military
9 2 (1.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (20.00%) VMware Engineer
3 25 (15.15%) Architect
4 21 (12.73%) Network Engineer
5 19 (11.52%) Senior
6 16 (9.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.88%) Network Architect
8 12 (7.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (6.06%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (6.06%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Consultant
11 6 (3.64%) Database Specialist
11 6 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.64%) Platform Specialist
11 6 (3.64%) Support Engineer
11 6 (3.64%) VMware Architect
11 6 (3.64%) VMware Consultant
11 6 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.64%) .NET
2 2 (1.21%) LAMP
2 2 (1.21%) Middleware
2 2 (1.21%) YAML
3 1 (0.61%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 66 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 30 (18.18%) PKI
3 17 (10.30%) Private Cloud
4 16 (9.70%) Linux Command Line
5 12 (7.27%) Clustering
6 11 (6.67%) Cloud Native
7 9 (5.45%) Replication
8 6 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.42%) VxBlock/Vblock
11 3 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.82%) Smart Meter
12 2 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.21%) Tandem
13 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.61%) Fat Client
13 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 1 (0.61%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 68 (41.21%) Linux
2 48 (29.09%) Windows
3 23 (13.94%) Windows Server
4 16 (9.70%) Unix
5 13 (7.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (6.67%) VMS
7 10 (6.06%) Ubuntu
8 8 (4.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (4.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (3.03%) CentOS
10 4 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.21%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.21%) Solaris
11 2 (1.21%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.21%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (31.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (16.36%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 23 (13.94%) Agile
4 23 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (13.94%) Migration
5 22 (13.33%) Converged Infrastructure
6 20 (12.12%) Resource Management
7 16 (9.70%) Data Migration
7 16 (9.70%) Task Automation
8 15 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
9 14 (8.48%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 13 (7.88%) High Availability
10 13 (7.88%) Network Packet Capture
10 13 (7.88%) Network Virtualisation
10 13 (7.88%) Project Delivery
11 12 (7.27%) Computer Science
11 12 (7.27%) Computer Security
11 12 (7.27%) Incident Response
11 12 (7.27%) Password Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.61%) PowerShell
2 27 (16.36%) Python
3 25 (15.15%) Bash
4 9 (5.45%) SQL
5 6 (3.64%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.42%) C
7 3 (1.82%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.21%) C++
8 2 (1.21%) Perl
9 1 (0.61%) C#
9 1 (0.61%) Java
9 1 (0.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (63.03%) Security Cleared
2 59 (35.76%) SC Cleared
3 41 (24.85%) DV Cleared
4 25 (15.15%) Degree
5 17 (10.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (5.45%) VCAP
8 7 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.24%) MCSE
9 6 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.42%) CCNA
11 3 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.21%) CCNP
12 2 (1.21%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.03%) PMO
1 5 (3.03%) SLA
2 3 (1.82%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.21%) GDPR
System Software
1 108 (65.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 70 (42.42%) VMware NSX
3 45 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
4 41 (24.85%) Active Directory
5 16 (9.70%) Hyper-V
6 12 (7.27%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.03%) VMware Server
8 4 (2.42%) Firmware
9 3 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.21%) Ceph
10 2 (1.21%) Docker
10 2 (1.21%) KVM
10 2 (1.21%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.21%) XenApp
10 2 (1.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (21.82%) vCenter Server
2 24 (14.55%) Ansible
3 16 (9.70%) Terraform
3 16 (9.70%) vRealize
4 12 (7.27%) CSIRT
4 12 (7.27%) SCCM
5 11 (6.67%) WSUS
6 9 (5.45%) Kubernetes
7 8 (4.85%) VxRail
8 7 (4.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 6 (3.64%) Nessus
9 6 (3.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 6 (3.64%) Packer
10 2 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.21%) Pacemaker
10 2 (1.21%) Podman
10 2 (1.21%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.21%) SELinux
Vendors
1 154 (93.33%) VMware
2 49 (29.70%) Microsoft
3 23 (13.94%) Cisco
4 15 (9.09%) Red Hat
5 14 (8.48%) Dell
6 13 (7.88%) Oracle
7 12 (7.27%) SolarWinds
8 7 (4.24%) Veritas
9 6 (3.64%) Citrix
9 6 (3.64%) Qualys
10 5 (3.03%) Atlassian
10 5 (3.03%) Veeam
11 4 (2.42%) Arqiva
11 4 (2.42%) Avaya
11 4 (2.42%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.82%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.82%) Juniper
12 3 (1.82%) Symantec
13 2 (1.21%) Aruba
13 2 (1.21%) ProCurve