VMware Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

VMware
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring knowledge or experience of VMware products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VMware over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 30 15
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 +18
Contract jobs citing VMware 85 7 40
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.75% 2.87% 8.97%
As % of the Vendors category 25.15% 5.30% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 6 35
10th Percentile £456 £469 £485
25th Percentile £511 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +0.33% +8.46%
75th Percentile £610 £541 £555
90th Percentile £723 £551 £619
South East median daily rate £550 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -3.25% +8.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.58
Median hourly rate - - £36.17
75th Percentile - - £36.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £30.39 £53.08
% change year-on-year - -42.76% -9.65%

All Vendors
Buckinghamshire

VMware falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 338 132 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 38.76% 54.10% 43.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 71 139
10th Percentile £322 £313 £202
25th Percentile £456 £356 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -6.86%
75th Percentile £595 £555 £538
90th Percentile £624 £600 £592
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.15% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 16
10th Percentile - £13.25 £16.94
25th Percentile - - £20.44
Median hourly rate - £14.20 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year - -38.83% +36.96%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £39.75
90th Percentile - £67.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £21.07 £47.50
% change year-on-year +125.63% -55.64% +5.56%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

VMware job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Buckinghamshire

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VMware

VMware
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 within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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 +14 78 £575 +8.80% 9
VMware
South East

VMware
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 51 (60.00%) Azure
2 44 (51.76%) AWS
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.71%) GCP
5 4 (4.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.53%) IaaS
6 3 (3.53%) PaaS
6 3 (3.53%) SaaS
7 2 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.06%) VSAN
2 18 (21.18%) Cisco Firepower
3 17 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 16 (18.82%) Firewall
5 15 (17.65%) WAN
6 14 (16.47%) LAN
7 13 (15.29%) Cisco Nexus
7 13 (15.29%) IPsec
8 11 (12.94%) BGP
9 10 (11.76%) Network Security
9 10 (11.76%) VPN
10 9 (10.59%) DNS
10 9 (10.59%) OSPF
11 8 (9.41%) BIG-IP
11 8 (9.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 8 (9.41%) NGFW
11 8 (9.41%) TCP/IP
12 6 (7.06%) ICMP
12 6 (7.06%) SD-WAN
13 5 (5.88%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
2 5 (5.88%) Finance
2 5 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 5 (5.88%) Retail
2 5 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (38.82%) Senior
2 32 (37.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (28.24%) VMware Engineer
4 21 (24.71%) Architect
4 21 (24.71%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (22.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (17.65%) Network Engineer
6 15 (17.65%) Technical Architect
7 12 (14.12%) Senior VMware Engineer
8 11 (12.94%) Citrix Engineer
8 11 (12.94%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) Linux Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (9.41%) Network Architect
11 7 (8.24%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (8.24%) Test Manager
12 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 6 (7.06%) Lead
13 5 (5.88%) NOC Engineer
13 5 (5.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 17 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 15 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (17.65%) PKI
3 13 (15.29%) Private Cloud
4 5 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.18%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (38.82%) Linux
2 18 (21.18%) Windows
3 6 (7.06%) Debian
4 3 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.18%) VMS
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (27.06%) ITIL
3 18 (21.18%) CI/CD
4 14 (16.47%) TOGAF
5 13 (15.29%) Migration
6 12 (14.12%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (14.12%) Network Monitoring
6 12 (14.12%) Virtual Environments
7 10 (11.76%) High Availability
7 10 (11.76%) Network Virtualisation
7 10 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (10.59%) Agile
8 9 (10.59%) Continuous Delivery
8 9 (10.59%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (10.59%) Microservices
8 9 (10.59%) Roadmaps
8 9 (10.59%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (9.41%) Project Delivery
9 8 (9.41%) Technology Strategy
9 8 (9.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) SQL
2 3 (3.53%) Python
3 2 (2.35%) Bicep
3 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 67 (78.82%) Security Cleared
2 42 (49.41%) SC Cleared
3 40 (47.06%) DV Cleared
4 18 (21.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 17 (20.00%) CCNP
5 17 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (14.12%) VCAP
7 8 (9.41%) ISTQB
7 8 (9.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 7 (8.24%) Degree
8 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (5.88%) CCSE
9 5 (5.88%) CCSM
9 5 (5.88%) MCSE
10 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.53%) CCIE
11 2 (2.35%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.82%) NCSC
2 14 (16.47%) NIST
3 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.88%) SLA
4 4 (4.71%) QA
5 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 54 (63.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (48.24%) VMware NSX
3 20 (23.53%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (9.41%) Active Directory
5 5 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (4.71%) vSphere
7 3 (3.53%) Hyper-V
8 2 (2.35%) vCloud
8 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (14.12%) vCenter Server
2 5 (5.88%) Terraform
3 3 (3.53%) Ansible
4 2 (2.35%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.35%) SCOM
5 1 (1.18%) CASB
Vendors
1 32 (37.65%) Cisco
2 23 (27.06%) Palo Alto
3 20 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 19 (22.35%) Citrix
5 9 (10.59%) SolarWinds
6 8 (9.41%) Broadcom
6 8 (9.41%) F5
7 7 (8.24%) ServiceNow
8 6 (7.06%) CheckPoint
8 6 (7.06%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.53%) Becrypt
10 2 (2.35%) Google
11 1 (1.18%) Arista
11 1 (1.18%) Aruba
11 1 (1.18%) HP
11 1 (1.18%) Juniper
11 1 (1.18%) Meraki
11 1 (1.18%) Zscaler