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 19 September 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
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +19 -8 0
Contract jobs citing VMware 74 7 22
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 10.76% 2.93% 7.51%
As % of the Vendors category 24.34% 5.69% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 5 18
10th Percentile £461 - £497
25th Percentile £507 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% +0.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £543 £538
90th Percentile £652 £553 £583
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £590 £529 £525
% change year-on-year +11.64% +0.67% +5.00%
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 - - -
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 304 123 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 44.19% 51.46% 52.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 82 114
10th Percentile £362 £251 £241
25th Percentile £463 £331 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £456
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.95% -13.92%
75th Percentile £595 £533 £538
90th Percentile £623 £574 £596
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -15.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £14.32 £13.46 £17.63
25th Percentile £28.88 £14.16 £21.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £16.27 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.98% -45.77% +121.08%
75th Percentile £50.37 £18.00 £36.75
90th Percentile £70.25 - £37.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £30.00
% change year-on-year +172.68% -52.67% +82.93%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VMware in Milton Keynes

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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

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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 4 (5.41%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 33 (44.59%) Azure
2 26 (35.14%) AWS
3 5 (6.76%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (5.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.70%) GCP
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.32%) Firewall
2 17 (22.97%) VSAN
3 16 (21.62%) Cisco Firepower
4 14 (18.92%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (16.22%) VPN
6 11 (14.86%) DNS
6 11 (14.86%) IPsec
6 11 (14.86%) LAN
6 11 (14.86%) WAN
7 9 (12.16%) Network Security
8 8 (10.81%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (10.81%) NGFW
8 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
8 8 (10.81%) VLAN
9 7 (9.46%) DHCP
9 7 (9.46%) SSL
10 5 (6.76%) BGP
10 5 (6.76%) SD-WAN
11 4 (5.41%) CATAPAN
11 4 (5.41%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (9.46%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.05%) Finance
4 3 (4.05%) Retail
4 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (47.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (45.95%) Senior
3 25 (33.78%) VMware Engineer
4 23 (31.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 22 (29.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (17.57%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 11 (14.86%) Citrix Engineer
7 11 (14.86%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (14.86%) Network Engineer
8 10 (13.51%) Architect
9 9 (12.16%) Linux Engineer
9 9 (12.16%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (9.46%) Technical Architect
12 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 6 (8.11%) Network Architect
13 5 (6.76%) Monitoring Engineer
13 5 (6.76%) Test Manager
14 4 (5.41%) Senior Citrix Engineer
14 4 (5.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) 802.1X
1 3 (4.05%) Terraform
2 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) PKI
2 12 (16.22%) Private Cloud
2 12 (16.22%) Public Cloud
3 11 (14.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (13.51%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.41%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.41%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (5.41%) Life Science
5 4 (5.41%) Operational Technology
5 4 (5.41%) SCADA
6 3 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (39.19%) Linux
2 25 (33.78%) Windows
3 9 (12.16%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.11%) Debian
5 2 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (28.38%) ITIL
3 13 (17.57%) CI/CD
4 10 (13.51%) Network Monitoring
4 10 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (12.16%) High Availability
5 9 (12.16%) Network Virtualisation
5 9 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (12.16%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (10.81%) Project Delivery
7 7 (9.46%) TOGAF
7 7 (9.46%) Virtual Environments
8 6 (8.11%) Agile
8 6 (8.11%) Continuous Delivery
8 6 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (8.11%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (8.11%) Performance Testing
8 6 (8.11%) Security Operations
8 6 (8.11%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.46%) SQL
3 2 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (79.73%) Security Cleared
2 35 (47.30%) SC Cleared
3 32 (43.24%) DV Cleared
4 16 (21.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 12 (16.22%) VCAP
6 9 (12.16%) CCNP
6 9 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (12.16%) Degree
7 6 (8.11%) ISTQB
7 6 (8.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (4.05%) CCSE
8 3 (4.05%) CCSM
8 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.70%) CCIE
9 2 (2.70%) MCSE
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) NCSC
1 9 (12.16%) NIST
2 4 (5.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (5.41%) GxP
2 4 (5.41%) QA
3 3 (4.05%) SLA
4 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 49 (66.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (52.70%) VMware NSX
3 17 (22.97%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
5 5 (6.76%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (5.41%) vSphere
7 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (14.86%) vCenter Server
2 5 (6.76%) SCOM
3 4 (5.41%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (31.08%) Cisco
2 17 (22.97%) Citrix
2 17 (22.97%) Palo Alto
3 14 (18.92%) Microsoft
4 11 (14.86%) SolarWinds
5 6 (8.11%) Broadcom
5 6 (8.11%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.41%) Becrypt
6 4 (5.41%) F5
6 4 (5.41%) Rockwell
7 3 (4.05%) CheckPoint
7 3 (4.05%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.70%) Google
9 1 (1.35%) Sophos