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 29 May 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 23 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +17
Contract jobs citing VMware 70 7 39
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 9.10% 4.24% 9.90%
As % of the Vendors category 23.97% 9.86% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 6 35
10th Percentile £485 £456 £445
25th Percentile £513 £515 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £574 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% +9.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £610 £622 £564
90th Percentile £640 £630 £638
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £573 £574 £530
% change year-on-year -0.22% +8.25% +11.58%

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 292 71 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 37.97% 43.03% 49.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 51 150
10th Percentile £358 £325 £225
25th Percentile £463 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £474
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +0.13% -5.13%
75th Percentile £595 £588 £550
90th Percentile £610 £630 £638
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.53% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 13
10th Percentile - £13.68 £18.90
25th Percentile - £14.69 £22.58
Median hourly rate - £17.25 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year - -29.39% +77.67%
75th Percentile - £32.88 £48.75
90th Percentile - £55.15 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £14.20 £23.82
% change year-on-year - -40.39% +36.13%

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 29 May 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 2 (2.86%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 36 (51.43%) Azure
2 32 (45.71%) AWS
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.29%) IaaS
5 3 (4.29%) PaaS
5 3 (4.29%) SaaS
6 2 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (30.00%) VSAN
2 12 (17.14%) Cisco ASA
2 12 (17.14%) Cisco Firepower
3 8 (11.43%) Cisco Nexus
3 8 (11.43%) Firewall
3 8 (11.43%) IPsec
3 8 (11.43%) WAN
4 7 (10.00%) LAN
4 7 (10.00%) Network Security
5 6 (8.57%) BGP
5 6 (8.57%) TCP/IP
6 5 (7.14%) DHCP
6 5 (7.14%) DNS
6 5 (7.14%) VPN
7 4 (5.71%) NGFW
7 4 (5.71%) OSPF
7 4 (5.71%) SAN
7 4 (5.71%) SSL
7 4 (5.71%) Wireless
8 3 (4.29%) CATAPAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
2 5 (7.14%) Finance
2 5 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 5 (7.14%) Retail
3 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (40.00%) Senior
2 27 (38.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (28.57%) VMware Engineer
4 17 (24.29%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (22.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (20.00%) Network Engineer
7 13 (18.57%) Architect
8 11 (15.71%) Citrix Engineer
8 11 (15.71%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (15.71%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (14.29%) Senior VMware Engineer
9 10 (14.29%) Technical Architect
10 9 (12.86%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (8.57%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 6 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
12 5 (7.14%) NOC Engineer
13 4 (5.71%) Senior Architect
13 4 (5.71%) Senior Citrix Engineer
13 4 (5.71%) Senior Linux Engineer
13 4 (5.71%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.43%) PKI
2 13 (18.57%) Public Cloud
3 10 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 7 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (8.57%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.43%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.43%) Replication
6 1 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (51.43%) Linux
2 18 (25.71%) Windows
3 9 (12.86%) Debian
4 3 (4.29%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.43%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.43%) VMS
5 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (31.43%) ITIL
3 11 (15.71%) CI/CD
3 11 (15.71%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (15.71%) Migration
3 11 (15.71%) Network Monitoring
4 9 (12.86%) Agile
4 9 (12.86%) Microservices
4 9 (12.86%) Virtual Environments
5 8 (11.43%) IT Strategy
5 8 (11.43%) Matrix Organization
5 8 (11.43%) Network Virtualisation
5 8 (11.43%) Technology Strategy
6 7 (10.00%) Containerisation
6 7 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 7 (10.00%) High Availability
6 7 (10.00%) SIEM
6 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (10.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.29%) SQL
2 2 (2.86%) Bicep
2 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.86%) Python
2 2 (2.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (74.29%) Security Cleared
2 38 (54.29%) SC Cleared
3 34 (48.57%) DV Cleared
4 11 (15.71%) CCNP
4 11 (15.71%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (14.29%) VCAP
5 10 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (7.14%) CCSE
7 5 (7.14%) CCSM
7 5 (7.14%) MCSE
8 3 (4.29%) ISTQB
8 3 (4.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.86%) Degree
10 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.43%) CCIP
10 1 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.00%) NIST
2 11 (15.71%) NCSC
3 5 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (7.14%) SLA
4 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 44 (62.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (48.57%) VMware NSX
3 18 (25.71%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (11.43%) Active Directory
5 4 (5.71%) vSphere
6 3 (4.29%) Hyper-V
6 3 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.86%) vCloud
7 2 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.43%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (14.29%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.29%) Terraform
3 2 (2.86%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.86%) SCOM
4 1 (1.43%) Ansible
4 1 (1.43%) CASB
4 1 (1.43%) SnapMirror
4 1 (1.43%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 22 (31.43%) Cisco
2 19 (27.14%) Citrix
3 17 (24.29%) Palo Alto
4 13 (18.57%) Microsoft
5 7 (10.00%) Broadcom
6 6 (8.57%) CheckPoint
6 6 (8.57%) Fortinet
6 6 (8.57%) ServiceNow
7 5 (7.14%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.29%) Becrypt
8 3 (4.29%) F5
8 3 (4.29%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.43%) Arista
9 1 (1.43%) Aruba
9 1 (1.43%) HP
9 1 (1.43%) Juniper
9 1 (1.43%) Meraki
9 1 (1.43%) NetApp
9 1 (1.43%) Zscaler