VMware Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 32 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -2
Contract jobs citing VMware 916 1,321 1,422
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.30% 5.82% 4.68%
As % of the Vendors category 10.19% 12.94% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 923 1,037
10th Percentile £280 £308 £256
25th Percentile £400 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +13.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -3.57% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 68 37
10th Percentile £37.63 £25.93 £13.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £36.75 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.22 £52.13 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.10% +100.50% -34.18%
75th Percentile £72.19 £66.38 £49.52
90th Percentile £80.41 £82.08 £63.56
UK median hourly rate £45.01 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.98% +40.45% -5.32%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,987 10,207 12,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.14% 44.98% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,356 6,960 8,400
10th Percentile £211 £205 £189
25th Percentile £375 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,004 428 636
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.41 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.95 £59.41 £41.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.08 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for VMware in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for VMware in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware in the UK excluding London

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware in the UK excluding London

VMware
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 VMware 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 0 412 £525 +1.16% 149
South West +3 203 £525 -4.55% 63
North of England -23 120 £380 -11.63% 103
Midlands -1 115 £536 +8.88% 85
West Midlands +4 82 £550 +25.00% 46
North West -23 76 £350 -22.22% 53
Scotland -15 46 £438 -12.40% 17
East of England -40 46 £550 -9.28% 46
Yorkshire +1 35 £400 -3.90% 41
East Midlands -6 32 £488 -7.14% 39
North East +3 9 £400 +23.08% 11
Wales -12 8 £220 -58.10% 12
Northern Ireland -8 1 £525 +23.53% 2
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UK

VMware
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 88 (9.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (4.26%) Confluence
3 34 (3.71%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.31%) IIS
5 8 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.76%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.66%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.22%) WordPress
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Site Server
10 1 (0.11%) Traefik
10 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 37 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.11%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 192 (20.96%) Azure
2 118 (12.88%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (9.39%) AWS
4 27 (2.95%) Entra ID
5 25 (2.73%) PaaS
6 24 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (2.62%) IaaS
7 21 (2.29%) OpenShift
8 18 (1.97%) GCP
9 14 (1.53%) OCI
9 14 (1.53%) SaaS
10 13 (1.42%) GitHub
11 10 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 7 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.76%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.44%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 153 (16.70%) Firewall
2 148 (16.16%) DNS
3 123 (13.43%) SAN
4 121 (13.21%) DHCP
5 76 (8.30%) WAN
6 70 (7.64%) LAN
7 64 (6.99%) VPN
8 61 (6.66%) TCP/IP
9 57 (6.22%) VSAN
10 38 (4.15%) NAS
11 34 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (3.60%) VLAN
13 29 (3.17%) Wireless
14 25 (2.73%) SD-WAN
15 23 (2.51%) Remote Desktop
16 21 (2.29%) Network Security
17 16 (1.75%) VoIP
18 15 (1.64%) MPLS
19 14 (1.53%) Fibre Channel
20 13 (1.42%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.02%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (1.31%) MySQL
4 9 (0.98%) MongoDB
4 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.76%) Metadata
5 7 (0.76%) PowerPivot
5 7 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Power View
7 5 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.44%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.44%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.33%) Power BI
10 2 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.22%) CouchDB
11 1 (0.11%) Big Data
11 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.11%) Navicat
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 49 (5.35%) JIRA
2 31 (3.38%) GitLab
3 26 (2.84%) Git
4 23 (2.51%) Robot Framework
5 16 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (1.42%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.87%) Jenkins
8 7 (0.76%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.76%) Selenium
9 5 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.33%) MSI
10 3 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.33%) Subversion
10 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.22%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.22%) PVCS
11 2 (0.22%) Snyk
12 1 (0.11%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 204 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 95 (10.37%) Public Sector
3 86 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (3.49%) Finance
5 23 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (2.40%) Telecoms
7 21 (2.29%) Military
8 18 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 16 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.42%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.42%) Legal
11 12 (1.31%) Marketing
12 10 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.98%) Electronics
14 8 (0.87%) Banking
15 7 (0.76%) Publishing
16 5 (0.55%) Billing
17 4 (0.44%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.44%) Local Government
18 3 (0.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 195 (21.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 102 (11.14%) Architect
3 80 (8.73%) VMware Engineer
4 65 (7.10%) Network Engineer
5 58 (6.33%) Senior
6 56 (6.11%) Storage Engineer
7 45 (4.91%) Support Engineer
8 43 (4.69%) Analyst
9 37 (4.04%) Wintel Engineer
10 36 (3.93%) Consultant
11 32 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 29 (3.17%) Integration Engineer
13 28 (3.06%) Linux Engineer
14 25 (2.73%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (2.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 22 (2.40%) Developer
17 22 (2.40%) IT Engineer
17 22 (2.40%) Server Engineer
18 21 (2.29%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.29%) YAML
2 17 (1.86%) .NET
3 9 (0.98%) CSS
3 9 (0.98%) HTML
4 8 (0.87%) Middleware
4 8 (0.87%) Web Services
5 6 (0.66%) LDAP
5 6 (0.66%) ModSecurity
6 5 (0.55%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.44%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.44%) Flash
7 4 (0.44%) Node.js
7 4 (0.44%) REST
8 3 (0.33%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.33%) EDI
8 3 (0.33%) J2EE
8 3 (0.33%) React
8 3 (0.33%) Vue
8 3 (0.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 144 (15.72%) Data Centre
2 94 (10.26%) PKI
3 45 (4.91%) Clustering
4 34 (3.71%) Client/Server
5 24 (2.62%) Replication
6 23 (2.51%) Private Cloud
7 19 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
9 15 (1.64%) Driving Licence
10 13 (1.42%) NHS
11 11 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.20%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.87%) Grid Computing
13 7 (0.76%) Security Posture
14 6 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.66%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.66%) VxBlock/Vblock
15 5 (0.55%) Enterprise Storage
15 5 (0.55%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 445 (48.58%) Windows
2 288 (31.44%) Windows Server
3 283 (30.90%) Linux
4 96 (10.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 92 (10.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 89 (9.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 67 (7.31%) Windows 10
8 60 (6.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 46 (5.02%) Unix
10 30 (3.28%) Ubuntu
11 21 (2.29%) Solaris
12 19 (2.07%) Debian
13 18 (1.97%) VMS
14 17 (1.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 16 (1.75%) Windows XP
16 14 (1.53%) CentOS
17 10 (1.09%) Mac OS
18 7 (0.76%) AIX
19 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
19 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (28.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 140 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (13.86%) Agile
4 109 (11.90%) Migration
5 99 (10.81%) ITIL
6 68 (7.42%) DevOps
7 58 (6.33%) Infrastructure as Code
8 52 (5.68%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (5.57%) High Availability
10 45 (4.91%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 44 (4.80%) Converged Infrastructure
11 44 (4.80%) Customer Service
12 43 (4.69%) Project Delivery
13 41 (4.48%) Change Management
14 40 (4.37%) Configuration Management
14 40 (4.37%) Data Protection
15 39 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
15 39 (4.26%) Validation
16 38 (4.15%) CI/CD
16 38 (4.15%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 206 (22.49%) PowerShell
2 113 (12.34%) Python
3 54 (5.90%) SQL
4 37 (4.04%) Bash
5 22 (2.40%) VBScript
6 15 (1.64%) Java
7 14 (1.53%) C#
8 11 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.20%) Shell Script
9 7 (0.76%) Perl
10 6 (0.66%) Go
11 5 (0.55%) C++
12 4 (0.44%) Ruby
13 3 (0.33%) Bicep
13 3 (0.33%) PHP
13 3 (0.33%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.22%) C
15 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 504 (55.02%) Security Cleared
2 250 (27.29%) SC Cleared
3 246 (26.86%) DV Cleared
4 102 (11.14%) Degree
5 55 (6.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 51 (5.57%) Cisco Certification
6 51 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 43 (4.69%) CCNA
8 37 (4.04%) MCSE
9 29 (3.17%) CCNP
10 25 (2.73%) MCSA
11 16 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.42%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.20%) VCAP
14 10 (1.09%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.66%) RHCT
16 5 (0.55%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.29%) SLA
2 11 (1.20%) NIST
3 7 (0.76%) RMADS
4 6 (0.66%) GDPR
4 6 (0.66%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.55%) NCSC
5 5 (0.55%) PMO
6 4 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (0.33%) QA
8 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 581 (63.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 311 (33.95%) Active Directory
3 161 (17.58%) VMware NSX
4 156 (17.03%) Hyper-V
5 154 (16.81%) vSphere
6 131 (14.30%) VMware ESXi
7 51 (5.57%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (2.84%) Docker
9 20 (2.18%) Virtual Servers
10 17 (1.86%) VMware Workstation
11 16 (1.75%) KVM
11 16 (1.75%) XenApp
12 13 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
13 11 (1.20%) Firmware
14 10 (1.09%) vCloud
15 9 (0.98%) Terminal Services
16 8 (0.87%) BitLocker
16 8 (0.87%) VMFS
17 7 (0.76%) VMware Server
18 4 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 111 (12.12%) vCenter Server
2 104 (11.35%) Ansible
3 101 (11.03%) SCCM
4 71 (7.75%) Terraform
5 66 (7.21%) Kubernetes
6 60 (6.55%) WSUS
7 42 (4.59%) SCOM
8 32 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 28 (3.06%) NetBackup
10 27 (2.95%) vRealize
11 26 (2.84%) VxRail
12 20 (2.18%) Puppet
12 20 (2.18%) Red Hat Satellite
13 16 (1.75%) Progress Chef
14 14 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (1.53%) Nessus
14 14 (1.53%) Rancher
15 13 (1.42%) Salt
16 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
16 11 (1.20%) Nagios
Vendors
1 296 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 117 (12.77%) Cisco
3 95 (10.37%) Red Hat
4 77 (8.41%) Dell
5 59 (6.44%) Veeam
6 55 (6.00%) Citrix
7 50 (5.46%) Oracle
8 40 (4.37%) Palo Alto
9 35 (3.82%) HP
10 29 (3.17%) EMC
10 29 (3.17%) NetApp
11 25 (2.73%) SolarWinds
12 24 (2.62%) Juniper
13 21 (2.29%) Symantec
14 18 (1.97%) F5
15 17 (1.86%) Google
16 16 (1.75%) 3PAR
17 15 (1.64%) Atlassian
18 14 (1.53%) Aruba
18 14 (1.53%) Ivanti