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 10 October 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
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 32 26
Rank change year-on-year +18 -6 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware 69 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 11.33% 2.79% 6.25%
As % of the Vendors category 24.21% 5.19% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 5 17
10th Percentile £456 - £464
25th Percentile £503 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £529 £520
Median % change year-on-year +7.85% +1.63% +4.00%
75th Percentile £610 £543 £538
90th Percentile £655 £553 £547
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £575 £529 £520
% change year-on-year +8.80% +1.63% +4.00%
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 285 135 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 46.80% 53.78% 52.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 88 112
10th Percentile £355 £256 £252
25th Percentile £458 £325 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £420 £456
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% -7.95% -14.56%
75th Percentile £599 £538 £538
90th Percentile £626 £575 £585
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £523 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +24.40% -6.67% -15.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 5
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.54 £17.63
25th Percentile £33.70 £18.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £29.61 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -1.30% +121.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 - £36.75
90th Percentile £70.95 - £37.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.23 £18.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.42% -40.00% +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

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 10 October 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 (5.80%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 28 (40.58%) Azure
2 21 (30.43%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (5.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.90%) GCP
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.54%) Firewall
2 17 (24.64%) VSAN
3 16 (23.19%) Cisco Firepower
4 14 (20.29%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (17.39%) DNS
5 12 (17.39%) VPN
6 11 (15.94%) IPsec
6 11 (15.94%) LAN
6 11 (15.94%) WAN
7 9 (13.04%) Network Security
7 9 (13.04%) VLAN
8 8 (11.59%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (11.59%) DHCP
8 8 (11.59%) NGFW
8 8 (11.59%) TCP/IP
9 7 (10.14%) SSL
10 5 (7.25%) BGP
10 5 (7.25%) SD-WAN
11 4 (5.80%) CATAPAN
11 4 (5.80%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.80%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.35%) Finance
4 3 (4.35%) Retail
4 3 (4.35%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (46.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 32 (46.38%) Senior
2 22 (31.88%) VMware Engineer
3 21 (30.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (28.99%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (17.39%) Senior VMware Engineer
6 11 (15.94%) Network Engineer
7 8 (11.59%) Citrix Engineer
7 8 (11.59%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (11.59%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (10.14%) Architect
9 6 (8.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 6 (8.70%) Linux Engineer
9 6 (8.70%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (8.70%) Network Architect
10 5 (7.25%) Monitoring Engineer
10 5 (7.25%) Test Manager
11 4 (5.80%) Automation Specialist
11 4 (5.80%) Lead
11 4 (5.80%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) 802.1X
1 3 (4.35%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 11 (15.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (15.94%) PKI
2 11 (15.94%) Private Cloud
3 9 (13.04%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.80%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.80%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (5.80%) Life Science
4 4 (5.80%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.80%) SCADA
5 3 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.78%) Linux
2 23 (33.33%) Windows
3 9 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.80%) Debian
5 2 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (46.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (27.54%) ITIL
3 11 (15.94%) CI/CD
4 10 (14.49%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (13.04%) High Availability
5 9 (13.04%) Network Virtualisation
5 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
6 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (10.14%) Test Automation
8 6 (8.70%) Migration
8 6 (8.70%) Non-Functional Testing
8 6 (8.70%) Performance Testing
8 6 (8.70%) Security Operations
8 6 (8.70%) Test Management
8 6 (8.70%) Virtual Environments
9 5 (7.25%) Analytics
9 5 (7.25%) Continuous Delivery
9 5 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 7 (10.14%) SQL
3 2 (2.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (76.81%) Security Cleared
2 29 (42.03%) SC Cleared
3 28 (40.58%) DV Cleared
4 17 (24.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 13 (18.84%) VCAP
6 9 (13.04%) Degree
7 7 (10.14%) CCNP
7 7 (10.14%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (10.14%) ISTQB
8 6 (8.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (4.35%) CCSE
9 3 (4.35%) CCSM
10 2 (2.90%) CCIE
11 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) NCSC
1 6 (8.70%) NIST
2 5 (7.25%) QA
3 4 (5.80%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (5.80%) GxP
4 3 (4.35%) SLA
5 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 50 (72.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (49.28%) VMware NSX
3 16 (23.19%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
5 5 (7.25%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (5.80%) vSphere
7 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (17.39%) vCenter Server
2 5 (7.25%) SCOM
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.90%) Ansible
5 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (31.88%) Cisco
2 16 (23.19%) Palo Alto
3 13 (18.84%) Citrix
3 13 (18.84%) Microsoft
4 11 (15.94%) SolarWinds
5 6 (8.70%) Broadcom
5 6 (8.70%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.80%) Becrypt
6 4 (5.80%) F5
6 4 (5.80%) Rockwell
7 3 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 3 (4.35%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.90%) Google
9 1 (1.45%) Sophos