VMware NSX Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware NSX
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for VMware NSX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware NSX over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 369 520
Rank change year-on-year +79 +151 -112
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 59 90 106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the System Software category 4.11% 3.03% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 61 56
10th Percentile £429 £419 £478
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -0.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £628 £585 £625
90th Percentile £638 £650 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £64.95
25th Percentile - £61.25 £67.88
Median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -10.81% -
75th Percentile - - £81.38
90th Percentile - £68.55 £85.05
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £63.23 £47.50
% change year-on-year +6.75% +33.12% +156.48%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

VMware NSX 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 WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,434 2,974 5,378
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.79% 12.27% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 2,112 4,007
10th Percentile £290 £295 £319
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £684 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 109 86
10th Percentile - £17.72 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.95
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +154.90% +4.08%
75th Percentile £66.25 £70.00 £56.56
90th Percentile £85.23 £75.90 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.92 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.97% +189.03% -5.00%

VMware NSX
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware NSX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VMware NSX trend for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware NSX.

VMware NSX daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

VMware NSX daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VMware NSX.

VMware NSX hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VMware NSX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (8.47%) Confluence
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.39%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) AWS
1 4 (6.78%) OpenShift
2 2 (3.39%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.29%) Firewall
2 11 (18.64%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (15.25%) Cisco Nexus
3 9 (15.25%) WAN
4 6 (10.17%) SAN
4 6 (10.17%) SD-WAN
4 6 (10.17%) TCP/IP
5 5 (8.47%) NX-OS
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (6.78%) LAN
7 3 (5.08%) BGP
7 3 (5.08%) DNS
7 3 (5.08%) MPLS
7 3 (5.08%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (5.08%) VPN
7 3 (5.08%) Wireless
8 2 (3.39%) DHCP
8 2 (3.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (3.39%) FabricPath
8 2 (3.39%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 8 (13.56%) JIRA
2 4 (6.78%) Bitbucket
2 4 (6.78%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.08%) Git
3 3 (5.08%) GitLab
4 1 (1.69%) Robot Framework
General
1 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.47%) Banking
2 5 (8.47%) Billing
2 5 (8.47%) Finance
3 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Consultant
2 10 (16.95%) Senior
3 9 (15.25%) Architect
3 9 (15.25%) VMware Consultant
4 8 (13.56%) Network Consultant
5 7 (11.86%) Network Architect
6 6 (10.17%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (10.17%) Senior Network Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Cisco Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Network Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Test Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Test Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) VMware Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.86%) REST
2 5 (8.47%) YAML
3 4 (6.78%) JSON
4 3 (5.08%) EDI
4 3 (5.08%) Node.js
4 3 (5.08%) RESTful
4 3 (5.08%) SOAP
4 3 (5.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.03%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.08%) CCTV
2 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.08%) Operational Technology
2 3 (5.08%) SCADA
3 2 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.69%) Clustering
4 1 (1.69%) PKI
4 1 (1.69%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.42%) Linux
1 15 (25.42%) Windows
2 8 (13.56%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Android
4 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.69%) CentOS
4 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.69%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Network Virtualisation
2 10 (16.95%) Migration
2 10 (16.95%) Network Design
3 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
4 6 (10.17%) Agile
4 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (10.17%) DevOps
4 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.47%) Business Impact Analysis
5 5 (8.47%) Data Migration
5 5 (8.47%) Impact Analysis
5 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (8.47%) Network Architecture
5 5 (8.47%) Process Improvement
5 5 (8.47%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.78%) Containerisation
6 4 (6.78%) Decision-Making
6 4 (6.78%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (6.78%) Time Management
7 3 (5.08%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.64%) Python
2 8 (13.56%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.47%) Bash
4 4 (6.78%) C
5 3 (5.08%) Go
5 3 (5.08%) Ruby
6 1 (1.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (32.20%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.03%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (20.34%) CCNP
3 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
4 10 (16.95%) DV Cleared
5 7 (11.86%) CCIE
6 6 (10.17%) Degree
7 4 (6.78%) CCNA
8 3 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (3.39%) JNCIP
10 1 (1.69%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.69%) RHCE
10 1 (1.69%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) PMO
2 1 (1.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (64.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (38.98%) vSphere
3 11 (18.64%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (10.17%) Active Directory
5 5 (8.47%) vCloud
6 4 (6.78%) Hyper-V
7 2 (3.39%) Ceph
7 2 (3.39%) Docker
7 2 (3.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.69%) DFS Replication
8 1 (1.69%) UAG
8 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.69%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.69%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (32.20%) Ansible
2 11 (18.64%) Terraform
3 5 (8.47%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.08%) Autotask
4 3 (5.08%) CSIRT
4 3 (5.08%) Progress Chef
4 3 (5.08%) Puppet
4 3 (5.08%) vCenter Server
5 2 (3.39%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.39%) Pacemaker
5 2 (3.39%) Podman
5 2 (3.39%) vRealize
5 2 (3.39%) VxRail
6 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (93.22%) VMware
2 26 (44.07%) Cisco
3 12 (20.34%) Palo Alto
4 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.17%) Dell
6 4 (6.78%) Atlassian
6 4 (6.78%) CheckPoint
6 4 (6.78%) CyberArk
7 3 (5.08%) Arista
7 3 (5.08%) BMC
7 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.08%) Juniper
7 3 (5.08%) Red Hat
7 3 (5.08%) Remedy
7 3 (5.08%) TOWER Software
8 2 (3.39%) Citrix
8 2 (3.39%) F5
8 2 (3.39%) Sun
9 1 (1.69%) Aruba
9 1 (1.69%) Meraki