VMware Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring VMware Infrastructure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 40 40
Rank change year-on-year +15 0 +5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 54 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.24% 0.70% 2.04%
As % of the System Software category 48.65% 5.88% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 1 8
10th Percentile £456 - £460
25th Percentile £493 £513 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £501
90th Percentile £643 - £586
South East median daily rate £538 £578 £538
% change year-on-year -6.93% +7.44% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.70 - £35.58
Median hourly rate £38.72 - £36.17
75th Percentile £43.75 - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.72 £28.00 £53.08
% change year-on-year +38.29% -47.25% +1.54%

All System Software Skills
Buckinghamshire

VMware Infrastructure falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 111 34 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 12.82% 11.85% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 11 36
10th Percentile £415 £213 £223
25th Percentile £510 £287 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £340 £478
Median % change year-on-year +69.12% -28.80% +4.95%
75th Percentile £610 £506 £516
90th Percentile £665 £600 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £20.74 - -
25th Percentile £25.60 - £35.58
Median hourly rate £38.72 - £36.17
Median % change year-on-year - - +60.73%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.78% +11.53%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Infrastructure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

VMware Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Buckinghamshire

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VMware Infrastructure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VMware Infrastructure

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 13 July 2026. 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
Milton Keynes +9 50 £560 +6.67% 9
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.70%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Azure
2 22 (40.74%) AWS
3 6 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.70%) GCP
6 1 (1.85%) IaaS
6 1 (1.85%) PaaS
6 1 (1.85%) SaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (40.74%) VSAN
2 14 (25.93%) Cisco ASA
2 14 (25.93%) Cisco Firepower
3 12 (22.22%) Firewall
4 10 (18.52%) IPsec
5 9 (16.67%) WAN
6 8 (14.81%) LAN
6 8 (14.81%) Network Security
7 7 (12.96%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
8 6 (11.11%) BGP
8 6 (11.11%) NGFW
8 6 (11.11%) OSPF
8 6 (11.11%) VPN
9 5 (9.26%) BIG-IP
9 5 (9.26%) DNS
9 5 (9.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 5 (9.26%) ICMP
9 5 (9.26%) Wireless
10 4 (7.41%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
2 5 (9.26%) Finance
2 5 (9.26%) Retail
3 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Senior
2 15 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (27.78%) VMware Engineer
3 13 (24.07%) Network Engineer
4 12 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (18.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (14.81%) Architect
6 8 (14.81%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 7 (12.96%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (11.11%) Test Manager
9 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (9.26%) NOC Engineer
9 5 (9.26%) Technical Architect
10 3 (5.56%) QA Manager
10 3 (5.56%) QA Test Manager
10 3 (5.56%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 2 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
11 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
11 2 (3.70%) Monitoring Engineer
11 2 (3.70%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (12.96%) PKI
3 7 (12.96%) Public Cloud
4 4 (7.41%) Private Cloud
5 2 (3.70%) Life Science
5 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.70%) SCADA
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (29.63%) Linux
2 13 (24.07%) Windows
3 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) ITIL
2 16 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (24.07%) Migration
4 12 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
4 12 (22.22%) Virtual Environments
5 11 (20.37%) CI/CD
6 10 (18.52%) Network Virtualisation
7 8 (14.81%) Continuous Delivery
7 8 (14.81%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (14.81%) High Availability
7 8 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (12.96%) Non-Functional Testing
8 7 (12.96%) Security Operations
8 7 (12.96%) SIEM
8 7 (12.96%) Test Automation
8 7 (12.96%) Test Management
9 6 (11.11%) Load Balancing
9 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.26%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.70%) Bicep
4 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (75.93%) Security Cleared
2 24 (44.44%) DV Cleared
3 22 (40.74%) SC Cleared
4 13 (24.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (22.22%) VCAP
6 7 (12.96%) CCNP
6 7 (12.96%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (12.96%) ISTQB
6 7 (12.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 5 (9.26%) CCSE
7 5 (9.26%) CCSM
7 5 (9.26%) Degree
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (3.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.85%) CCIE
10 1 (1.85%) CCIP
10 1 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) NIST
2 6 (11.11%) NCSC
3 5 (9.26%) SLA
4 4 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (5.56%) QA
6 2 (3.70%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (3.70%) GxP
7 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (40.74%) VMware NSX
2 18 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (12.96%) Active Directory
4 5 (9.26%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 3 (5.56%) vSphere
6 2 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (22.22%) vCenter Server
2 3 (5.56%) Terraform
3 2 (3.70%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.70%) SCOM
4 1 (1.85%) Ansible
4 1 (1.85%) CASB
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) VMware
2 25 (46.30%) Cisco
3 18 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
5 8 (14.81%) Broadcom
6 7 (12.96%) ServiceNow
7 6 (11.11%) CheckPoint
7 6 (11.11%) Fortinet
7 6 (11.11%) SolarWinds
8 5 (9.26%) F5
9 3 (5.56%) Becrypt
9 3 (5.56%) Citrix
10 2 (3.70%) Rockwell
11 1 (1.85%) Arista
11 1 (1.85%) Aruba
11 1 (1.85%) HP
11 1 (1.85%) Juniper
11 1 (1.85%) Meraki
11 1 (1.85%) Zscaler