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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 34 21
Rank change year-on-year +21 -13 +11
Contract jobs citing VMware 94 9 29
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 10.74% 3.01% 6.70%
As % of the Vendors category 27.25% 5.49% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 6 24
10th Percentile £456 £469 £500
25th Percentile £513 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +0.33% +8.46%
75th Percentile £630 £541 £541
90th Percentile £678 £551 £614
South East median daily rate £550 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -3.25% +8.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 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 £48.73 £32.77 £53.08
% change year-on-year +48.70% -38.27% -2.71%

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 345 164 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 39.43% 54.85% 42.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 91 134
10th Percentile £313 £325 £200
25th Percentile £456 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £433 £466
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% -7.14% -9.12%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £538
90th Percentile £635 £600 £575
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 12
10th Percentile - £13.44 £16.09
25th Percentile £33.70 - £18.00
Median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £22.54
Median % change year-on-year +172.68% -37.00% +37.44%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £39.75
90th Percentile - £58.10 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £20.33 £55.08
% change year-on-year +170.54% -63.09% +22.39%

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 17 July 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 17 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 +20 87 £590 +11.64% 5
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.19%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 51 (54.26%) Azure
2 44 (46.81%) AWS
3 7 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.26%) GCP
5 4 (4.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.19%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.06%) IaaS
8 1 (1.06%) PaaS
8 1 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (28.72%) VSAN
2 23 (24.47%) Firewall
3 22 (23.40%) Cisco Firepower
4 20 (21.28%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (18.09%) WAN
6 16 (17.02%) IPsec
6 16 (17.02%) LAN
7 13 (13.83%) Network Security
7 13 (13.83%) VPN
8 12 (12.77%) DNS
8 12 (12.77%) NGFW
9 11 (11.70%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (11.70%) TCP/IP
10 9 (9.57%) BGP
10 9 (9.57%) OSPF
11 8 (8.51%) BIG-IP
11 8 (8.51%) DHCP
11 8 (8.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 7 (7.45%) SSL
12 7 (7.45%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (8.51%) Manufacturing
1 8 (8.51%) Public Sector
2 5 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (5.32%) Finance
2 5 (5.32%) Retail
2 5 (5.32%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (3.19%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (41.49%) Senior
2 34 (36.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (28.72%) VMware Engineer
4 23 (24.47%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 21 (22.34%) Architect
6 20 (21.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (18.09%) Network Engineer
8 15 (15.96%) Technical Architect
9 14 (14.89%) Senior VMware Engineer
10 11 (11.70%) Citrix Engineer
10 11 (11.70%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (11.70%) Senior Network Engineer
11 9 (9.57%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (9.57%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (8.51%) Network Architect
13 7 (7.45%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 7 (7.45%) Test Manager
14 6 (6.38%) Lead
15 5 (5.32%) Network Technical Architect
15 5 (5.32%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.21%) Public Cloud
2 18 (19.15%) PKI
3 16 (17.02%) Data Centre
4 15 (15.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (14.89%) Private Cloud
6 5 (5.32%) Cloud Native
6 5 (5.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (4.26%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (3.19%) Life Science
8 3 (3.19%) Operational Technology
8 3 (3.19%) SCADA
9 1 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.06%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (36.17%) Linux
2 24 (25.53%) Windows
3 6 (6.38%) Debian
3 6 (6.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.06%) VMS
4 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (25.53%) ITIL
3 18 (19.15%) CI/CD
4 15 (15.96%) Network Monitoring
4 15 (15.96%) Virtual Environments
5 14 (14.89%) High Availability
5 14 (14.89%) Migration
5 14 (14.89%) TOGAF
6 13 (13.83%) Network Virtualisation
6 13 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (13.83%) Technical Leadership
7 12 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (11.70%) Security Operations
9 9 (9.57%) Agile
9 9 (9.57%) Continuous Delivery
9 9 (9.57%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (9.57%) Microservices
9 9 (9.57%) Roadmaps
10 8 (8.51%) Technology Strategy
10 8 (8.51%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.51%) SQL
2 5 (5.32%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.19%) Python
4 2 (2.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 73 (77.66%) Security Cleared
2 44 (46.81%) DV Cleared
3 43 (45.74%) SC Cleared
4 22 (23.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 17 (18.09%) CCNP
5 17 (18.09%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (17.02%) VCAP
7 10 (10.64%) Degree
8 8 (8.51%) ISTQB
8 8 (8.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (5.32%) CCSE
10 5 (5.32%) CCSM
10 5 (5.32%) MCSE
11 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
11 3 (3.19%) CCIE
12 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (1.06%) CCIP
13 1 (1.06%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.02%) NCSC
2 15 (15.96%) NIST
3 5 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.32%) SLA
4 4 (4.26%) QA
5 3 (3.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (3.19%) GxP
6 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 61 (64.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (50.00%) VMware NSX
3 24 (25.53%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (11.70%) Active Directory
5 5 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (5.32%) vSphere
6 3 (3.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (17.02%) vCenter Server
2 5 (5.32%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (5.32%) Terraform
3 3 (3.19%) Ansible
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.13%) SCOM
5 1 (1.06%) CASB
Vendors
1 34 (36.17%) Cisco
2 27 (28.72%) Palo Alto
3 20 (21.28%) Microsoft
4 19 (20.21%) Citrix
5 12 (12.77%) SolarWinds
6 11 (11.70%) Broadcom
7 8 (8.51%) F5
8 7 (7.45%) ServiceNow
9 6 (6.38%) CheckPoint
9 6 (6.38%) Fortinet
10 4 (4.26%) Becrypt
11 3 (3.19%) Rockwell
12 2 (2.13%) Google
13 1 (1.06%) Arista
13 1 (1.06%) Aruba
13 1 (1.06%) HP
13 1 (1.06%) Juniper
13 1 (1.06%) Meraki
13 1 (1.06%) Zscaler