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 7 August 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
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 28 21
Rank change year-on-year +17 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing VMware 91 7 23
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 11.73% 3.14% 7.30%
As % of the Vendors category 27.91% 5.93% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 5 18
10th Percentile £458 - £497
25th Percentile £510 £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 £554
90th Percentile £650 £553 £638
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £583 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +10.58% +0.33% +6.06%
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 326 118 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 42.01% 52.91% 48.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 76 107
10th Percentile £361 £323 £225
25th Percentile £463 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £598 £545 £538
90th Percentile £622 £613 £594
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +18.31% -1.39% -14.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 7
10th Percentile £22.15 £13.92 £16.89
25th Percentile £33.70 £14.90 £19.63
Median hourly rate £38.72 £18.00 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year +115.11% -20.28% +66.40%
75th Percentile £43.75 £19.25 £33.37
90th Percentile - £40.30 £37.25
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £22.58
% change year-on-year +172.68% -37.11% +37.68%

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 7 August 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 4 (4.40%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 43 (47.25%) Azure
2 35 (38.46%) AWS
3 7 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (5.49%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (4.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (3.30%) GCP
8 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.10%) IaaS
9 1 (1.10%) PaaS
9 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (29.67%) VSAN
2 22 (24.18%) Firewall
3 21 (23.08%) Cisco Firepower
4 19 (20.88%) Cisco ASA
5 15 (16.48%) IPsec
5 15 (16.48%) WAN
6 14 (15.38%) LAN
7 13 (14.29%) VPN
8 12 (13.19%) DNS
8 12 (13.19%) Network Security
9 11 (12.09%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (12.09%) NGFW
9 11 (12.09%) TCP/IP
10 8 (8.79%) BGP
10 8 (8.79%) DHCP
10 8 (8.79%) OSPF
10 8 (8.79%) VLAN
11 7 (7.69%) BIG-IP
11 7 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (7.69%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (9.89%) Manufacturing
2 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.49%) Finance
3 5 (5.49%) Retail
4 4 (4.40%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (46.15%) Senior
2 39 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (32.97%) VMware Engineer
4 26 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (27.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (18.68%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 16 (17.58%) Network Engineer
8 14 (15.38%) Architect
9 11 (12.09%) Citrix Engineer
9 11 (12.09%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (10.99%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (10.99%) Technical Architect
11 9 (9.89%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (9.89%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (7.69%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 6 (6.59%) Network Architect
14 5 (5.49%) Monitoring Engineer
14 5 (5.49%) NOC Engineer
14 5 (5.49%) Test Manager
15 4 (4.40%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.78%) PKI
2 15 (16.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (15.38%) Public Cloud
4 13 (14.29%) Data Centre
5 12 (13.19%) Private Cloud
6 4 (4.40%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.40%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (4.40%) Life Science
6 4 (4.40%) Operational Technology
6 4 (4.40%) SCADA
7 3 (3.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (38.46%) Linux
2 29 (31.87%) Windows
3 10 (10.99%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.59%) Debian
5 2 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.10%) VMS
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (27.47%) ITIL
3 16 (17.58%) CI/CD
4 14 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
5 12 (13.19%) High Availability
5 12 (13.19%) Migration
5 12 (13.19%) Network Virtualisation
5 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (13.19%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (13.19%) Virtual Environments
6 10 (10.99%) Security Operations
7 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (8.79%) Continuous Delivery
8 8 (8.79%) Continuous Integration
8 8 (8.79%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.79%) SIEM
8 8 (8.79%) TOGAF
9 7 (7.69%) DevSecOps
9 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.69%) SQL
3 3 (3.30%) Python
4 1 (1.10%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 72 (79.12%) Security Cleared
2 42 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 41 (45.05%) DV Cleared
4 20 (21.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (17.58%) VCAP
6 12 (13.19%) CCNP
6 12 (13.19%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (9.89%) Degree
8 6 (6.59%) ISTQB
8 6 (6.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (5.49%) CCSE
9 5 (5.49%) CCSM
10 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (3.30%) CCIE
12 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
12 2 (2.20%) MCSE
13 1 (1.10%) CCIP
13 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.29%) NCSC
2 12 (13.19%) NIST
3 5 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.49%) SLA
4 4 (4.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (4.40%) GxP
4 4 (4.40%) QA
5 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 64 (70.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 47 (51.65%) VMware NSX
3 24 (26.37%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (10.99%) Active Directory
5 6 (6.59%) vSphere
6 5 (5.49%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (17.58%) vCenter Server
2 5 (5.49%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (5.49%) SCOM
3 4 (4.40%) Terraform
4 3 (3.30%) Ansible
5 1 (1.10%) CASB
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (34.07%) Cisco
2 26 (28.57%) Palo Alto
3 20 (21.98%) Microsoft
4 18 (19.78%) Citrix
5 12 (13.19%) SolarWinds
6 10 (10.99%) Broadcom
7 7 (7.69%) F5
7 7 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 6 (6.59%) CheckPoint
8 6 (6.59%) Fortinet
9 4 (4.40%) Becrypt
9 4 (4.40%) Rockwell
10 2 (2.20%) Google
11 1 (1.10%) Arista
11 1 (1.10%) Aruba
11 1 (1.10%) HP
11 1 (1.10%) Juniper
11 1 (1.10%) Meraki
11 1 (1.10%) Sophos
11 1 (1.10%) Zscaler