Virtualisation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Virtualization Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Virtualization Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £568 - -
25th Percentile £584 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £610 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 676 228 275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.55% 94.61% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 155 200
10th Percentile £369 £213 £249
25th Percentile £457 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £595 £538 £538
90th Percentile £630 £631 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 8
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.08 £17.52
25th Percentile £15.05 £14.98 £18.65
Median hourly rate £38.63 £16.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year +134.19% -37.16% +93.44%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £36.19
90th Percentile £59.90 £28.73 £37.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.50 £15.25 £19.35
% change year-on-year +47.54% -21.19% +17.99%

Virtualisation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Virtualisation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Virtualisation Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Virtualisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 17 September 2026, Virtualisation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Virtualisation Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) VCAP
1 4 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 4 (100.00%) VSAN
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VSAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) VCAP
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 4 (100.00%) VMware