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 29 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
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +20 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing VMware 94 9 27
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 10.68% 2.95% 6.31%
As % of the Vendors category 25.61% 5.52% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 6 22
10th Percentile £456 £469 £500
25th Percentile £511 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +0.33% +6.33%
75th Percentile £621 £541 £550
90th Percentile £687 £551 £630
South East median daily rate £550 £569 £538
% change year-on-year -3.25% +5.77% +7.50%
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 £48.73 £32.77 £36.17
% change year-on-year +48.70% -9.39% -33.72%

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 367 163 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 41.70% 53.44% 45.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 91 139
10th Percentile £315 £325 £221
25th Percentile £456 £375 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -13.38%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £538
90th Percentile £623 £600 £578
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 23 9
10th Percentile £22.15 £13.44 £17.44
25th Percentile £33.70 - £18.00
Median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +172.68% -36.89% +37.20%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £30.00
90th Percentile - £58.10 £37.00
South East median hourly rate £58.74 £19.46 £57.35
% change year-on-year +201.90% -66.08% +27.44%

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 29 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 29 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 +19 87 £590 +11.64% 2
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 4 (4.26%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 48 (51.06%) Azure
2 42 (44.68%) 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 2 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.13%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.06%) IaaS
7 1 (1.06%) PaaS
7 1 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (28.72%) VSAN
2 25 (26.60%) 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
8 12 (12.77%) TCP/IP
9 11 (11.70%) Cisco Nexus
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
11 8 (8.51%) VLAN
12 7 (7.45%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (9.57%) Manufacturing
2 7 (7.45%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.32%) Finance
4 5 (5.32%) Retail
4 5 (5.32%) Social Skills
5 4 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (41.49%) Senior
2 35 (37.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (29.79%) VMware Engineer
4 24 (25.53%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 21 (22.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (19.15%) Architect
7 17 (18.09%) Network Engineer
8 15 (15.96%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 13 (13.83%) Technical Architect
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%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.15%) PKI
2 17 (18.09%) Public Cloud
3 16 (17.02%) Data Centre
4 15 (15.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (13.83%) Private Cloud
6 5 (5.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (4.26%) Cloud Native
7 4 (4.26%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (4.26%) Life Science
7 4 (4.26%) Operational Technology
7 4 (4.26%) SCADA
8 1 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.06%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (36.17%) Linux
2 26 (27.66%) Windows
3 7 (7.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.38%) Debian
5 1 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.06%) VMS
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (39.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (24.47%) ITIL
3 17 (18.09%) CI/CD
4 15 (15.96%) Network Monitoring
4 15 (15.96%) Virtual Environments
5 14 (14.89%) High Availability
6 13 (13.83%) Migration
6 13 (13.83%) Network Virtualisation
6 13 (13.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (13.83%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (11.70%) Security Operations
7 11 (11.70%) TOGAF
8 9 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (8.51%) Continuous Delivery
9 8 (8.51%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (8.51%) Non-Functional Testing
9 8 (8.51%) Project Delivery
9 8 (8.51%) Test Automation
9 8 (8.51%) Test Management
10 7 (7.45%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.51%) SQL
2 6 (6.38%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.19%) Python
4 1 (1.06%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 74 (78.72%) Security Cleared
2 43 (45.74%) DV Cleared
3 42 (44.68%) SC Cleared
4 22 (23.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (17.02%) VCAP
6 15 (15.96%) CCNP
6 15 (15.96%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (11.70%) Degree
8 8 (8.51%) ISTQB
8 8 (8.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (5.32%) CCSE
9 5 (5.32%) CCSM
9 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (3.19%) CCIE
10 3 (3.19%) MCSE
11 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.06%) CCIP
12 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.89%) NCSC
2 13 (13.83%) NIST
3 5 (5.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.32%) SLA
4 4 (4.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (4.26%) GxP
4 4 (4.26%) QA
5 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 63 (67.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (50.00%) VMware NSX
3 24 (25.53%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (10.64%) Active Directory
5 5 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (5.32%) vSphere
6 3 (3.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (17.02%) vCenter Server
2 5 (5.32%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (4.26%) Terraform
4 3 (3.19%) Ansible
5 2 (2.13%) SCOM
6 1 (1.06%) CASB
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (36.17%) Cisco
2 27 (28.72%) Palo Alto
3 20 (21.28%) Microsoft
4 18 (19.15%) 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
10 4 (4.26%) Rockwell
11 2 (2.13%) Google
12 1 (1.06%) Arista
12 1 (1.06%) Aruba
12 1 (1.06%) HP
12 1 (1.06%) Juniper
12 1 (1.06%) Meraki
12 1 (1.06%) Sophos
12 1 (1.06%) Zscaler