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 8 November 2025, 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
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing VMware 7 27 41
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.46% 9.03% 7.14%
As % of the Vendors category 4.52% 16.88% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 37
10th Percentile - £414 £462
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £523 £524
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% -0.19% -0.29%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £560
90th Percentile £553 £621 £635
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £529 £523 £524
% change year-on-year +1.15% -0.19% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £36.17 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £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 155 160 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 54.39% 53.51% 55.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 116 254
10th Percentile £269 £242 £275
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -11.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £613
90th Percentile £608 £630 £680
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £431 £467 £525
% change year-on-year -7.56% -11.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 11
10th Percentile £17.65 £13.61 £13.17
25th Percentile £20.90 £16.73 £13.57
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% +31.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile - £35.06 £24.00
90th Percentile - £37.37 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £29.61 £26.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year +12.80% +34.62% +44.44%

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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

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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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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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) SAN
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) MPLS
4 1 (14.29%) NAS
4 1 (14.29%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Python Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Linux Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
3 5 (71.43%) Debian
3 5 (71.43%) Ubuntu
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
3 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 1 (14.29%) Presales
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Red Hat
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) F5
3 1 (14.29%) Isilon
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam