vSphere Contracts

VMware vSphere
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 409 429
Rank change year-on-year +29 +20 +38
Contract jobs citing vSphere 224 306 500
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.55% 0.57%
As % of the System Software category 4.74% 4.20% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 229 369
10th Percentile £300 £309 £313
25th Percentile £444 £388 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +5.26% +9.70%
75th Percentile £594 £585 £588
90th Percentile £650 £651 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £454
% change year-on-year +4.35% +0.27% +10.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 7
10th Percentile - £25.03 £21.21
25th Percentile - £42.88 £23.19
Median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% +129.57% -34.98%
75th Percentile - £76.31 £64.50
90th Percentile - £78.00 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.66 £38.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +83.53% +48.08% +18.18%

All System Software Skills
UK

vSphere 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 4,725 7,280 11,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.91% 13.07% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,274 5,128 8,363
10th Percentile £205 £200 £200
25th Percentile £356 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £478 £450
% change year-on-year -0.52% +6.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 250 288
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.19 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £54.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.79% +173.48% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £45.06
90th Percentile £79.20 £75.53 £61.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £48.12 £17.88
% change year-on-year -42.85% +169.14% -2.15%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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 +64 202 £515 +13.08% 80
UK excluding London +18 159 £475 +4.35% 69
South East +36 79 £475 +4.40% 26
South West +37 61 £538 +7.50% 12
Work from Home +42 57 £513 -0.73% 25
London +61 52 £525 -3.85% 10
West Midlands +16 20 £650 +104.72% 13
Midlands +9 20 £650 +85.71% 15
Scotland +28 10 £542 +7.65% 1
North of England +14 4 £450 +28.57% 12
North West +8 2 £450 +24.65% 8
North East - 2 £403 - 1
Wales +3 1 £425 -22.73% 1

vSphere
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 25 (11.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.79%) Confluence
3 4 (1.79%) IBM Domino
3 4 (1.79%) IIS
4 2 (0.89%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.89%) WordPress
5 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.45%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 40 (17.86%) Azure
2 23 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (8.48%) AWS
4 11 (4.91%) IaaS
5 10 (4.46%) GitHub
6 8 (3.57%) Nutanix
7 6 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.68%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.34%) GCP
9 2 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.89%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.89%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 39 (17.41%) DNS
1 39 (17.41%) VSAN
2 37 (16.52%) SAN
3 36 (16.07%) Firewall
4 34 (15.18%) DHCP
5 18 (8.04%) NAS
5 18 (8.04%) SD-WAN
6 17 (7.59%) NX-OS
6 17 (7.59%) TCP/IP
7 13 (5.80%) VLAN
8 12 (5.36%) Fibre Channel
8 12 (5.36%) VPN
9 11 (4.91%) iSCSI
10 8 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (3.57%) Software-Defined Networking
11 6 (2.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (2.68%) LAN
11 6 (2.68%) WAN
11 6 (2.68%) Wireless
12 4 (1.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.46%) MongoDB
2 10 (4.46%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.23%) MySQL
3 5 (2.23%) RDBMS
3 5 (2.23%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.45%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (8.48%) GitLab
2 17 (7.59%) JIRA
3 10 (4.46%) Git
4 4 (1.79%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.34%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.89%) MSI
6 2 (0.89%) Subversion
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 56 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.93%) Public Sector
3 17 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.14%) Finance
5 13 (5.80%) Banking
6 8 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.68%) Billing
8 5 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.34%) Front Office
10 3 (1.34%) Marketing
11 2 (0.89%) Electronics
11 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Legal
11 2 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 56 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (16.52%) Architect
2 37 (16.52%) VMware Engineer
3 25 (11.16%) Senior
4 24 (10.71%) Network Engineer
5 16 (7.14%) Network Architect
6 15 (6.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.80%) Wintel Engineer
8 12 (5.36%) Consultant
8 12 (5.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) Linux Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (4.46%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) VMware Architect
11 9 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.57%) Data Centre Engineer
12 8 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (3.57%) VMware Consultant
13 7 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.02%) .NET
2 5 (2.23%) YAML
3 3 (1.34%) JSON
3 3 (1.34%) Node.js
3 3 (1.34%) REST
3 3 (1.34%) RESTful
3 3 (1.34%) SOAP
3 3 (1.34%) XML
4 2 (0.89%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.89%) LAMP
4 2 (0.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 81 (36.16%) Data Centre
2 35 (15.63%) PKI
3 18 (8.04%) Linux Command Line
4 17 (7.59%) Private Cloud
5 16 (7.14%) Clustering
6 15 (6.70%) Cloud Native
7 12 (5.36%) Replication
8 8 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.68%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 5 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.34%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.34%) Smart Meter
13 2 (0.89%) Fat Client
13 2 (0.89%) Tandem
13 2 (0.89%) Thin Client
14 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
14 1 (0.45%) FMCG
14 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (33.93%) Windows
2 73 (32.59%) Linux
3 47 (20.98%) Windows Server
4 18 (8.04%) Unix
5 15 (6.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (6.70%) VMS
6 9 (4.02%) Ubuntu
6 9 (4.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.23%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.79%) CentOS
10 4 (1.79%) Windows 10
11 3 (1.34%) Android
12 2 (0.89%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.89%) Solaris
12 2 (0.89%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.89%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (27.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (14.29%) Migration
4 31 (13.84%) Agile
5 27 (12.05%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 25 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (9.82%) Data Migration
8 19 (8.48%) High Availability
8 19 (8.48%) Resource Management
9 18 (8.04%) Converged Infrastructure
9 18 (8.04%) Task Automation
10 17 (7.59%) Computer Science
10 17 (7.59%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (7.59%) Network Packet Capture
10 17 (7.59%) Network Virtualisation
11 16 (7.14%) Computer Security
11 16 (7.14%) Incident Response
11 16 (7.14%) Password Management
11 16 (7.14%) Project Delivery
12 15 (6.70%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 37 (16.52%) Python
3 32 (14.29%) Bash
4 12 (5.36%) SQL
5 6 (2.68%) C
5 6 (2.68%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.79%) Go
6 4 (1.79%) Ruby
7 3 (1.34%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.89%) C#
8 2 (0.89%) C++
8 2 (0.89%) Java
8 2 (0.89%) Perl
9 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (49.55%) Security Cleared
2 71 (31.70%) SC Cleared
3 37 (16.52%) DV Cleared
4 33 (14.73%) Degree
5 20 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (8.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (4.02%) VCAP
8 8 (3.57%) MCSE
9 6 (2.68%) CCNP
10 5 (2.23%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.79%) CCNA
12 3 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.89%) CCIE
13 2 (0.89%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.68%) PMO
2 5 (2.23%) SLA
3 3 (1.34%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 144 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 87 (38.84%) VMware NSX
3 67 (29.91%) Active Directory
4 49 (21.88%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (9.82%) Hyper-V
6 16 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.13%) VMware Server
8 6 (2.68%) Firmware
8 6 (2.68%) KVM
9 5 (2.23%) Docker
9 5 (2.23%) vCloud
9 5 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.34%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.34%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.89%) Ceph
11 2 (0.89%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.89%) XenApp
12 1 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 47 (20.98%) vCenter Server
2 36 (16.07%) Ansible
3 23 (10.27%) Terraform
4 18 (8.04%) vRealize
5 16 (7.14%) CSIRT
6 15 (6.70%) SCCM
7 13 (5.80%) Kubernetes
8 11 (4.91%) SCOM
8 11 (4.91%) VxRail
8 11 (4.91%) WSUS
9 8 (3.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 7 (3.13%) Packer
10 7 (3.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (2.23%) Nessus
13 4 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
14 3 (1.34%) Autotask
14 3 (1.34%) Progress Chef
14 3 (1.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 206 (91.96%) VMware
2 71 (31.70%) Microsoft
3 43 (19.20%) Cisco
4 29 (12.95%) Dell
5 17 (7.59%) Oracle
6 16 (7.14%) Red Hat
7 14 (6.25%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.46%) Citrix
9 8 (3.57%) Veritas
10 7 (3.13%) HP
11 6 (2.68%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.68%) Qualys
11 6 (2.68%) Veeam
12 5 (2.23%) Arqiva
13 4 (1.79%) Avaya
13 4 (1.79%) Juniper
14 3 (1.34%) Apple
14 3 (1.34%) BMC
14 3 (1.34%) Fortinet
14 3 (1.34%) Symantec