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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 40 35
Rank change year-on-year +20 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 59 3 13
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 7.75% 0.90% 3.45%
As % of the System Software category 49.17% 7.50% 28.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 1 12
10th Percentile £420 - £491
25th Percentile £485 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £525 £516
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.82% +3.12%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £542
90th Percentile £789 - £559
South East median daily rate £538 £525 £539
% change year-on-year +2.38% -2.55% +4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 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 £57.49 - £29.28
% change year-on-year - - -51.20%

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 120 40 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 15.77% 12.05% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 17 42
10th Percentile £420 £188 £308
25th Percentile £513 £200 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £577 £274 £471
Median % change year-on-year +110.97% -41.96% +0.53%
75th Percentile £622 £538 £550
90th Percentile £713 £605 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +5.85% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £15.75 - -
25th Percentile £21.55 - £35.58
Median hourly rate £38.72 - £36.17
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.41%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £81.00 £57.87
% change year-on-year -25.93% +39.97% +5.22%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +15 50 £525 - 8
Wycombe - 3 £806 -
High Wycombe - 2 £875 - 1
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 4 (6.78%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 20 (33.90%) Azure
2 13 (22.03%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.69%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.69%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (28.81%) VSAN
2 14 (23.73%) Firewall
3 11 (18.64%) Cisco ASA
3 11 (18.64%) Cisco Firepower
4 9 (15.25%) DNS
5 8 (13.56%) DHCP
5 8 (13.56%) IPsec
5 8 (13.56%) VPN
6 7 (11.86%) Network Security
6 7 (11.86%) SSL
7 6 (10.17%) LAN
7 6 (10.17%) VLAN
7 6 (10.17%) WAN
8 5 (8.47%) NGFW
8 5 (8.47%) TCP/IP
9 4 (6.78%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (5.08%) CATAPAN
11 2 (3.39%) BGP
12 1 (1.69%) ICMP
12 1 (1.69%) MPLS
General
1 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Manufacturing
3 6 (10.17%) Finance
4 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.78%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (5.08%) Retail
6 3 (5.08%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (40.68%) Senior
2 22 (37.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (27.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (27.12%) VMware Engineer
4 15 (25.42%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (16.95%) Network Engineer
6 9 (15.25%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (10.17%) Test Manager
9 5 (8.47%) Architect
9 5 (8.47%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (8.47%) Monitoring Engineer
10 4 (6.78%) Automation Specialist
10 4 (6.78%) Project Manager
11 3 (5.08%) NOC Engineer
11 3 (5.08%) QA Manager
11 3 (5.08%) QA Test Manager
11 3 (5.08%) Technical Manager
11 3 (5.08%) Technical Project Manager
12 2 (3.39%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
2 1 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (11.86%) PKI
4 6 (10.17%) Private Cloud
4 6 (10.17%) Public Cloud
5 4 (6.78%) Cloud Native
5 4 (6.78%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (6.78%) Life Science
5 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
5 4 (6.78%) SCADA
6 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.39%) Data Fabric
7 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (32.20%) Windows
2 12 (20.34%) Linux
3 9 (15.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (27.12%) ITIL
3 12 (20.34%) CI/CD
4 10 (16.95%) Network Monitoring
4 10 (16.95%) Test Automation
5 9 (15.25%) High Availability
5 9 (15.25%) Network Virtualisation
5 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.56%) Virtual Environments
7 7 (11.86%) Continuous Delivery
7 7 (11.86%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (11.86%) Migration
7 7 (11.86%) Non-Functional Testing
7 7 (11.86%) SDLC
7 7 (11.86%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (11.86%) Test Management
8 6 (10.17%) Project Delivery
9 5 (8.47%) Defect Management
9 5 (8.47%) Log Analytics
9 5 (8.47%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 8 (13.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (79.66%) Security Cleared
2 26 (44.07%) SC Cleared
3 22 (37.29%) DV Cleared
4 15 (25.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (23.73%) VCAP
6 8 (13.56%) ISTQB
7 7 (11.86%) Degree
7 7 (11.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 4 (6.78%) CCNP
8 4 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (5.08%) CCSE
9 3 (5.08%) CCSM
10 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) NIST
2 4 (6.78%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (6.78%) GxP
2 4 (6.78%) QA
3 3 (5.08%) SLA
4 2 (3.39%) NCSC
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 24 (40.68%) VMware NSX
2 16 (27.12%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (11.86%) Active Directory
4 5 (8.47%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (6.78%) vSphere
6 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (20.34%) vCenter Server
2 6 (10.17%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.47%) SCOM
4 4 (6.78%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (32.20%) Cisco
3 11 (18.64%) Palo Alto
4 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
5 8 (13.56%) SolarWinds
6 6 (10.17%) Broadcom
6 6 (10.17%) ServiceNow
7 4 (6.78%) Becrypt
7 4 (6.78%) Rockwell
8 3 (5.08%) CheckPoint
8 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.69%) Citrix
9 1 (1.69%) F5
9 1 (1.69%) Sophos