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 8 December 2025, 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
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 19 17
Rank change year-on-year -19 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing VMware 12 38 49
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.93% 9.97% 8.43%
As % of the Vendors category 5.91% 18.01% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 43
10th Percentile £513 £413 £462
25th Percentile £514 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +1.14% -
75th Percentile £553 £630 £595
90th Percentile £560 £743 £666
South East median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.17 -
South East median hourly rate £87.00 £36.17 £66.13
% change year-on-year +140.56% -45.31% +19.16%

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 203 211 323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 49.51% 55.38% 55.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 159 253
10th Percentile £255 £214 £235
25th Percentile £366 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% -6.37% +6.80%
75th Percentile £555 £563 £619
90th Percentile £625 £650 £694
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £517
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.55% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 16
10th Percentile £15.86 £12.97 £13.37
25th Percentile £18.00 £14.42 £16.30
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.18 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.11% +23.19% +37.10%
75th Percentile - £37.06 £24.00
90th Percentile - £37.62 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -51.08% -22.02% +121.77%

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
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 8 December 2025. 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 -11 11 £543 -3.13% 8
Aylesbury - 1 - -
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 2 (16.67%) Apache
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Mimecast
3 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) SAN
2 7 (58.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) NAS
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) iSCSI
4 1 (8.33%) MPLS
4 1 (8.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Python Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Consultant
5 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Linux Developer
6 1 (8.33%) NetApp Engineer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Solutions Consultant
6 1 (8.33%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
1 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
1 1 (8.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
2 8 (66.67%) Debian
2 8 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
3 6 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (8.33%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (8.33%) Unix
5 1 (8.33%) VMS
5 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
5 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (41.67%) Data Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Release Management
6 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
7 1 (8.33%) Clean Code
7 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (8.33%) Storage Management
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) NFS
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
1 1 (8.33%) SnapMirror
1 1 (8.33%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) NetApp
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) Dell
4 1 (8.33%) F5
4 1 (8.33%) Isilon
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (8.33%) Remedy
4 1 (8.33%) Veeam