VMware Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

VMware Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median VMware Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 116 132
Rank change year-on-year +12 +16 +46
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 15 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.87% 0.46% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.51% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile - - £500
25th Percentile - £513 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +17.78%
75th Percentile £522 £538 £576
90th Percentile £561 - £584
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +8.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,570 1,979 2,522
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 91.49% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,129 1,705
10th Percentile £255 £278 £213
25th Percentile £400 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £588 £613 £615
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £510
% change year-on-year -1.67% -0.29% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 84 101
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.91 £25.12 £24.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +12.62% +193.00%
75th Percentile £54.00 £63.75 £67.75
90th Percentile £84.28 £96.38 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.77 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.30% +10.80% +66.51%

VMware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'VMware Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

VMware Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

VMware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for VMware Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

VMware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. 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
Berkshire +27 15 £500 - 1
VMware Engineer
South East

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, VMware Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring VMware Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) VMware
1 15 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
2 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
2 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
3 10 (66.67%) vSphere
4 9 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (60.00%) Validation
5 2 (13.33%) PaaS
6 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (6.67%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (6.67%) PowerCLI
6 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
6 1 (6.67%) VCAP
6 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
6 1 (6.67%) Veeam
6 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
6 1 (6.67%) vRealize
6 1 (6.67%) VSAN

VMware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) VSAN
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (60.00%) Validation
2 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) DV Cleared
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) VCAP
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (66.67%) vSphere
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) PowerCLI
1 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
1 1 (6.67%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Veeam