VMware NSX Contracts

VMware NSX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 516 639
Rank change year-on-year +130 +123 -129
Contract jobs citing VMware NSX 190 185 221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.32% 0.25%
As % of the System Software category 4.16% 2.47% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 131 131
10th Percentile £416 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -2.78% +17.39%
75th Percentile £619 £606 £625
90th Percentile £650 £680 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 6
10th Percentile £53.00 £62.00 £42.04
25th Percentile £57.50 £62.92 £43.31
Median hourly rate £63.75 £64.62 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% +36.03% +17.25%
75th Percentile £72.94 £67.06 £59.44
90th Percentile £75.98 £71.97 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £63.23 £47.50
% change year-on-year +6.75% +33.12% +17.25%

All System Software Skills
UK

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 requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,571 7,489 11,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.74% 13.11% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,147 5,323 8,425
10th Percentile £200 £203 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -3.65% +6.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 260 305
10th Percentile £14.06 £15.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.25 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.52% +170.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60.75 £66.00 £40.75
90th Percentile £78.20 £75.77 £60.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.18 £41.88 £18.12
% change year-on-year -54.21% +131.16% -0.85%

VMware NSX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VMware NSX over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VMware NSX in the UK

VMware NSX
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware NSX within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 +127 159 £526 +5.20% 26
UK excluding London +82 136 £525 +5.00% 21
South East +48 56 £530 +12.41% 7
Work from Home +103 54 £550 - 9
South West +48 50 £525 -4.55% 3
London +93 32 £535 -2.73% 7
Scotland +42 14 £438 -11.96%
Midlands +37 13 £488 +7.04% 5
West Midlands +25 12 £488 -2.50% 3
North West +12 3 £513 +20.59% 2
North of England +11 3 £513 +20.59% 4

VMware NSX
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 14 (7.37%) Confluence
2 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.11%) IBM Domino
3 4 (2.11%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.53%) nginx
4 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.47%) Azure
2 13 (6.84%) AWS
3 10 (5.26%) OpenShift
4 8 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.21%) Nutanix
5 6 (3.16%) GCP
6 4 (2.11%) GitHub
7 3 (1.58%) IaaS
8 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.05%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.05%) PaaS
8 2 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (27.89%) Firewall
2 52 (27.37%) VSAN
3 26 (13.68%) WAN
4 24 (12.63%) DNS
5 20 (10.53%) SAN
6 18 (9.47%) LAN
7 17 (8.95%) DHCP
8 16 (8.42%) TCP/IP
9 15 (7.89%) Cisco Nexus
10 14 (7.37%) Network Security
11 13 (6.84%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (6.84%) VPN
12 9 (4.74%) SD-WAN
13 7 (3.68%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (3.68%) MPLS
14 6 (3.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (3.16%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (3.16%) FTP
14 6 (3.16%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (3.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) MySQL
3 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (10.00%) JIRA
2 9 (4.74%) Bitbucket
3 8 (4.21%) Git
4 7 (3.68%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.63%) GitLab
6 2 (1.05%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.53%) Robot Framework
General
1 58 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.84%) Public Sector
3 18 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.79%) Finance
5 8 (4.21%) Banking
6 7 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.16%) Billing
7 6 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.16%) Legal
7 6 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Electronics
8 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.05%) Marketing
8 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (17.37%) Network Engineer
2 31 (16.32%) Consultant
3 30 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (15.26%) VMware Engineer
5 20 (10.53%) VMware Consultant
6 18 (9.47%) Senior
7 12 (6.32%) Security Engineer
7 12 (6.32%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 11 (5.79%) Network Consultant
9 10 (5.26%) Architect
9 10 (5.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 10 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
10 7 (3.68%) VMware Expert
11 6 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.16%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (3.16%) Senior Network Consultant
12 5 (2.63%) Administrator
12 5 (2.63%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (2.63%) Principal Engineer
12 5 (2.63%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.21%) YAML
2 7 (3.68%) REST
3 6 (3.16%) JSON
4 5 (2.63%) Flash
5 4 (2.11%) .NET
5 4 (2.11%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.58%) EDI
6 3 (1.58%) Node.js
6 3 (1.58%) RESTful
6 3 (1.58%) SOAP
6 3 (1.58%) XML
7 2 (1.05%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.05%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.58%) Data Centre
2 23 (12.11%) PKI
3 10 (5.26%) Clustering
4 9 (4.74%) Replication
5 7 (3.68%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.16%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.11%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.58%) CCTV
9 3 (1.58%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.58%) SCADA
10 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.53%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.53%) Smart Meter
11 1 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 59 (31.05%) Linux
2 50 (26.32%) Windows
3 38 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (4.21%) Unix
6 5 (2.63%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.11%) CentOS
7 4 (2.11%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (1.58%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.05%) VMS
10 1 (0.53%) Android
10 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (15.79%) Agile
2 30 (15.79%) Migration
3 24 (12.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 23 (12.11%) CI/CD
4 23 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
6 18 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (8.95%) DevOps
8 16 (8.42%) ITIL
9 15 (7.89%) Time Management
10 14 (7.37%) Computer Science
10 14 (7.37%) Converged Infrastructure
11 13 (6.84%) High Availability
11 13 (6.84%) Virtual Environments
12 11 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (5.79%) Infrastructure Automation
13 10 (5.26%) Data Migration
13 10 (5.26%) NsoIT
13 10 (5.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.79%) Python
2 27 (14.21%) PowerShell
3 14 (7.37%) Bash
4 8 (4.21%) C#
4 8 (4.21%) Java
5 6 (3.16%) C
6 4 (2.11%) Go
6 4 (2.11%) Ruby
6 4 (2.11%) SQL
7 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 108 (56.84%) Security Cleared
2 69 (36.32%) DV Cleared
3 46 (24.21%) SC Cleared
4 27 (14.21%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (13.68%) Degree
6 18 (9.47%) CCNP
6 18 (9.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (5.26%) CCIE
8 9 (4.74%) CCNA
9 8 (4.21%) Master's Degree
9 8 (4.21%) VCAP
10 5 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.11%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (1.05%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.53%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 1 (0.53%) RHCE
14 1 (0.53%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.74%) PMO
2 7 (3.68%) NIST
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.53%) GDPR
3 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 109 (57.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 58 (30.53%) vSphere
3 57 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (11.58%) Active Directory
5 17 (8.95%) Hyper-V
6 14 (7.37%) vCloud
7 8 (4.21%) Docker
8 5 (2.63%) VMware Server
9 4 (2.11%) KVM
10 3 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (1.05%) Ceph
11 2 (1.05%) Firmware
11 2 (1.05%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (1.05%) XenApp
12 1 (0.53%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.53%) UAG
12 1 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 51 (26.84%) vCenter Server
2 33 (17.37%) Ansible
3 21 (11.05%) Kubernetes
3 21 (11.05%) Terraform
4 19 (10.00%) vRealize
5 17 (8.95%) VxRail
6 11 (5.79%) SCCM
7 5 (2.63%) vMotion
8 4 (2.11%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.11%) OPNET
8 4 (2.11%) Puppet
9 3 (1.58%) Autotask
9 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.58%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.58%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (1.05%) Pacemaker
10 2 (1.05%) Podman
10 2 (1.05%) Rancher
10 2 (1.05%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 186 (97.89%) VMware
2 55 (28.95%) Cisco
3 34 (17.89%) Microsoft
3 34 (17.89%) Palo Alto
4 32 (16.84%) Dell
5 17 (8.95%) Atlassian
5 17 (8.95%) Veeam
6 14 (7.37%) F5
7 11 (5.79%) CheckPoint
8 7 (3.68%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.16%) Juniper
9 6 (3.16%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.11%) Citrix
10 4 (2.11%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.11%) Google
10 4 (2.11%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.58%) Arista
11 3 (1.58%) Dell Compellent
11 3 (1.58%) EMC
11 3 (1.58%) Remedy