vSphere Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware vSphere
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 282 330 404
Rank change year-on-year +48 +74 -3
Contract jobs citing vSphere 59 127 227
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.53% 0.52%
As % of the System Software category 4.12% 4.31% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 86 157
10th Percentile £325 £354 £320
25th Percentile £422 £453 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +21.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £602 £575 £575
90th Percentile £662 £631 £650
UK median daily rate £508 £498 £475
% change year-on-year +2.01% +4.74% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 5
10th Percentile - £24.13 £22.95
25th Percentile - £61.25 £24.38
Median hourly rate - £67.25 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +6.75% +186.36%
75th Percentile - £76.88 £66.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £78.90
UK median hourly rate £70.66 £66.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year +7.06% +129.57% -34.98%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,433 2,944 5,279
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 12.33% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 2,081 3,926
10th Percentile £293 £285 £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 £633 £625
90th Percentile £686 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 113 87
10th Percentile - £18.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +136.36% +13.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £59.84
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.60 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

vSphere
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

vSphere trend for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
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 vSphere.

vSphere daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing vSphere over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

vSphere daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
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 vSphere.

vSphere hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
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 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.78%) Confluence
3 1 (1.69%) IIS
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (30.51%) Azure
2 4 (6.78%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) IaaS
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.56%) DHCP
1 8 (13.56%) DNS
1 8 (13.56%) TCP/IP
2 7 (11.86%) Firewall
3 6 (10.17%) VSAN
4 5 (8.47%) SAN
5 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
6 3 (5.08%) NX-OS
6 3 (5.08%) VPN
7 2 (3.39%) LAN
7 2 (3.39%) NAS
7 2 (3.39%) NetScaler
7 2 (3.39%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.39%) VLAN
7 2 (3.39%) WAN
7 2 (3.39%) Wireless
8 1 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (22.03%) JIRA
2 4 (6.78%) Bitbucket
2 4 (6.78%) Git
3 3 (5.08%) GitLab
3 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.69%) Robot Framework
4 1 (1.69%) Subversion
General
1 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Finance
3 8 (13.56%) Banking
4 5 (8.47%) Billing
5 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.39%) Front Office
6 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (25.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Architect
3 8 (13.56%) Senior
4 7 (11.86%) Consultant
5 5 (8.47%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.47%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (8.47%) VMware Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Data Centre Architect
6 4 (6.78%) Data Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Integration Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Migration Consultant
6 4 (6.78%) Senior Integration Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Senior Test Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) .NET
1 5 (8.47%) YAML
2 3 (5.08%) JSON
2 3 (5.08%) Node.js
2 3 (5.08%) REST
2 3 (5.08%) RESTful
2 3 (5.08%) SOAP
2 3 (5.08%) XML
3 2 (3.39%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.42%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.78%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.39%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.39%) Tandem
5 1 (1.69%) Clustering
5 1 (1.69%) CMDB
5 1 (1.69%) FMCG
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.69%) PKI
5 1 (1.69%) Replication
5 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (42.37%) Windows
2 13 (22.03%) Windows Server
3 12 (20.34%) Linux
4 5 (8.47%) Unix
5 4 (6.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.08%) Apple iOS
6 3 (5.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (5.08%) Ubuntu
6 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.69%) Android
8 1 (1.69%) CentOS
8 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.69%) Solaris
8 1 (1.69%) VMS
8 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.69%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.69%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 15 (25.42%) Migration
2 10 (16.95%) Data Migration
2 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.25%) Agile
3 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (11.86%) DevOps
4 7 (11.86%) Project Delivery
5 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
5 6 (10.17%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (8.47%) Business Impact Analysis
6 5 (8.47%) Impact Analysis
6 5 (8.47%) ITIL
6 5 (8.47%) Patch Management
6 5 (8.47%) Process Improvement
6 5 (8.47%) Software Delivery
7 4 (6.78%) Decision-Making
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Automation
7 4 (6.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 17 (28.81%) PowerShell
2 12 (20.34%) Python
3 6 (10.17%) Bash
4 4 (6.78%) C
5 3 (5.08%) Go
5 3 (5.08%) Ruby
5 3 (5.08%) SQL
6 2 (3.39%) C++
6 2 (3.39%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.69%) Perl
7 1 (1.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Degree
2 10 (16.95%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.78%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (3.39%) SLA
3 1 (1.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (62.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (40.68%) VMware NSX
3 22 (37.29%) Active Directory
4 15 (25.42%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (16.95%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (11.86%) Hyper-V
7 5 (8.47%) vCloud
8 3 (5.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (5.08%) VMware Server
9 2 (3.39%) Ceph
9 2 (3.39%) Docker
9 2 (3.39%) Terminal Services
9 2 (3.39%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (1.69%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (1.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (23.73%) Ansible
2 10 (16.95%) Terraform
2 10 (16.95%) vCenter Server
3 4 (6.78%) SCCM
3 4 (6.78%) VxRail
3 4 (6.78%) WSUS
4 3 (5.08%) Autotask
4 3 (5.08%) CSIRT
4 3 (5.08%) Nessus
4 3 (5.08%) Progress Chef
4 3 (5.08%) Puppet
4 3 (5.08%) vRealize
5 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.39%) Pacemaker
5 2 (3.39%) Podman
6 1 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (1.69%) SCOrch
6 1 (1.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 50 (84.75%) VMware
2 20 (33.90%) Microsoft
3 11 (18.64%) Cisco
4 9 (15.25%) Dell
5 5 (8.47%) Atlassian
5 5 (8.47%) Citrix
5 5 (8.47%) HP
6 4 (6.78%) Qualys
6 4 (6.78%) Red Hat
7 3 (5.08%) Arista
7 3 (5.08%) BMC
7 3 (5.08%) Remedy
7 3 (5.08%) TOWER Software
8 2 (3.39%) Apple
8 2 (3.39%) Avaya
8 2 (3.39%) Juniper
8 2 (3.39%) Sun
9 1 (1.69%) Genesys
9 1 (1.69%) Oracle
9 1 (1.69%) Symantec