VMware Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

VMware
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 24 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
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 29 19
Rank change year-on-year +18 -10 +5
Contract jobs citing VMware 89 7 27
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 11.44% 3.08% 7.99%
As % of the Vendors category 28.80% 5.69% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 5 22
10th Percentile £458 - £501
25th Percentile £513 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.64% +0.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £615 £543 £547
90th Percentile £650 £553 £630
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £590 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +12.01% +0.33% +9.25%
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 - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 - £36.17

All Vendors
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 309 123 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 39.72% 54.19% 48.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 81 120
10th Percentile £358 £325 £225
25th Percentile £463 £375 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £425 £468
Median % change year-on-year +26.35% -9.21% -8.66%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £630 £591
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £536 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +20.88% -1.39% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile £20.22 £13.92 £17.72
25th Percentile £28.88 £14.90 £18.81
Median hourly rate £38.72 £18.00 £22.54
Median % change year-on-year +115.11% -20.14% +66.10%
75th Percentile £43.75 £19.25 £35.06
90th Percentile - £40.30 £39.08
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £22.54
% change year-on-year +172.68% -37.00% +37.44%

VMware
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

VMware job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

VMware
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing VMware.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing VMware

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Milton Keynes

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing VMware.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing VMware

VMware
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.37%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 44 (49.44%) Azure
2 38 (42.70%) AWS
3 8 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.37%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.37%) GCP
7 2 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.12%) IaaS
8 1 (1.12%) PaaS
8 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.21%) VSAN
2 21 (23.60%) Cisco Firepower
2 21 (23.60%) Firewall
3 19 (21.35%) Cisco ASA
4 15 (16.85%) IPsec
4 15 (16.85%) WAN
5 14 (15.73%) LAN
6 13 (14.61%) VPN
7 12 (13.48%) DNS
7 12 (13.48%) Network Security
8 11 (12.36%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (12.36%) NGFW
9 10 (11.24%) TCP/IP
10 8 (8.99%) BGP
10 8 (8.99%) DHCP
10 8 (8.99%) OSPF
11 7 (7.87%) BIG-IP
11 7 (7.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (7.87%) SSL
11 7 (7.87%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (8.99%) Manufacturing
2 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.62%) Finance
3 5 (5.62%) Retail
4 3 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (3.37%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (42.70%) Senior
2 34 (38.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (31.46%) VMware Engineer
4 24 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (22.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (20.22%) Architect
7 16 (17.98%) Network Engineer
8 15 (16.85%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 13 (14.61%) Technical Architect
10 11 (12.36%) Citrix Engineer
10 11 (12.36%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (11.24%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (10.11%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (10.11%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (7.87%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 6 (6.74%) Network Architect
15 5 (5.62%) NOC Engineer
15 5 (5.62%) Senior Architect
15 5 (5.62%) Test Manager
16 4 (4.49%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.22%) PKI
2 16 (17.98%) Public Cloud
3 13 (14.61%) Data Centre
4 12 (13.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (13.48%) Private Cloud
5 5 (5.62%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.49%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (3.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.37%) Life Science
7 3 (3.37%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.37%) SCADA
8 1 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (38.20%) Linux
2 25 (28.09%) Windows
3 6 (6.74%) Debian
3 6 (6.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.12%) VMS
4 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (40.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (25.84%) ITIL
3 16 (17.98%) CI/CD
4 14 (15.73%) Network Monitoring
5 13 (14.61%) Migration
6 12 (13.48%) High Availability
6 12 (13.48%) Network Virtualisation
6 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (13.48%) Technical Leadership
6 12 (13.48%) TOGAF
6 12 (13.48%) Virtual Environments
7 11 (12.36%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (11.24%) Security Operations
9 9 (10.11%) Agile
9 9 (10.11%) Continuous Delivery
9 9 (10.11%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (10.11%) Microservices
10 8 (8.99%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (8.99%) DevSecOps
10 8 (8.99%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.74%) SQL
2 5 (5.62%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.37%) Python
4 2 (2.25%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 69 (77.53%) Security Cleared
2 41 (46.07%) SC Cleared
3 40 (44.94%) DV Cleared
4 19 (21.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (16.85%) CCNP
5 15 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (16.85%) VCAP
6 8 (8.99%) Degree
7 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (6.74%) ISTQB
8 6 (6.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (5.62%) CCSE
9 5 (5.62%) CCSM
9 5 (5.62%) MCSE
10 3 (3.37%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.37%) CCIE
11 2 (2.25%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.12%) CCIP
12 1 (1.12%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.98%) NCSC
2 15 (16.85%) NIST
3 5 (5.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.62%) SLA
4 4 (4.49%) QA
5 3 (3.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (3.37%) GxP
6 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (66.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (51.69%) VMware NSX
3 23 (25.84%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (12.36%) Active Directory
5 5 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (5.62%) vSphere
6 3 (3.37%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (16.85%) vCenter Server
2 5 (5.62%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (5.62%) Terraform
3 3 (3.37%) Ansible
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.25%) SCOM
5 1 (1.12%) CASB
Vendors
1 31 (34.83%) Cisco
2 26 (29.21%) Palo Alto
3 19 (21.35%) Citrix
4 18 (20.22%) Microsoft
5 12 (13.48%) SolarWinds
6 10 (11.24%) Broadcom
7 7 (7.87%) F5
8 6 (6.74%) CheckPoint
8 6 (6.74%) Fortinet
8 6 (6.74%) ServiceNow
9 4 (4.49%) Becrypt
10 3 (3.37%) Rockwell
11 2 (2.25%) Google
12 1 (1.12%) Arista
12 1 (1.12%) Aruba
12 1 (1.12%) HP
12 1 (1.12%) Juniper
12 1 (1.12%) Meraki
12 1 (1.12%) Sophos
12 1 (1.12%) Zscaler