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 21 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
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 29 20
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +4
Contract jobs citing VMware 87 7 26
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 11.31% 2.98% 8.61%
As % of the Vendors category 26.85% 5.83% 17.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 5 22
10th Percentile £456 - £501
25th Percentile £510 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% +0.67% +3.96%
75th Percentile £610 £543 £560
90th Percentile £648 £553 £630
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £575 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +9.16% +0.33% +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 324 120 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 42.13% 51.06% 49.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 80 110
10th Percentile £375 £256 £225
25th Percentile £463 £344 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% -11.46% -8.57%
75th Percentile £598 £538 £538
90th Percentile £622 £625 £604
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +23.53% -8.11% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £14.23 £13.62 £18.24
25th Percentile £19.26 £14.54 £21.58
Median hourly rate £38.72 £15.50 £26.29
Median % change year-on-year +149.81% -41.04% +93.74%
75th Percentile £43.75 £18.00 £35.06
90th Percentile - - £37.37
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £26.29
% change year-on-year +172.68% -45.99% +60.30%

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 21 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 (4.60%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 39 (44.83%) Azure
2 32 (36.78%) AWS
3 5 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (5.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (4.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.74%) VSAN
2 21 (24.14%) Cisco Firepower
2 21 (24.14%) Firewall
3 19 (21.84%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (16.09%) IPsec
4 14 (16.09%) LAN
4 14 (16.09%) WAN
5 12 (13.79%) DNS
5 12 (13.79%) Network Security
5 12 (13.79%) VPN
6 11 (12.64%) NGFW
6 11 (12.64%) TCP/IP
7 10 (11.49%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (9.20%) DHCP
8 8 (9.20%) VLAN
9 7 (8.05%) BGP
9 7 (8.05%) BIG-IP
9 7 (8.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 7 (8.05%) OSPF
9 7 (8.05%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (10.34%) Manufacturing
2 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.75%) Finance
3 5 (5.75%) Retail
4 4 (4.60%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.30%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (47.13%) Senior
2 39 (44.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (34.48%) VMware Engineer
4 26 (29.89%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (28.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (19.54%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 16 (18.39%) Network Engineer
8 11 (12.64%) Citrix Engineer
8 11 (12.64%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (11.49%) Architect
9 10 (11.49%) Senior Network Engineer
10 9 (10.34%) Linux Engineer
10 9 (10.34%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (9.20%) Technical Architect
12 7 (8.05%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 5 (5.75%) Monitoring Engineer
13 5 (5.75%) Network Architect
13 5 (5.75%) NOC Engineer
13 5 (5.75%) Test Manager
14 4 (4.60%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.30%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) PKI
2 13 (14.94%) Public Cloud
3 12 (13.79%) Data Centre
3 12 (13.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (13.79%) Private Cloud
4 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.60%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (4.60%) Life Science
4 4 (4.60%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.60%) SCADA
5 3 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (36.78%) Linux
2 28 (32.18%) Windows
3 10 (11.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.90%) Debian
5 2 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (45.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (28.74%) ITIL
3 14 (16.09%) CI/CD
3 14 (16.09%) Network Monitoring
4 12 (13.79%) High Availability
4 12 (13.79%) Network Virtualisation
4 12 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
5 11 (12.64%) Virtual Environments
6 9 (10.34%) Migration
6 9 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.34%) Security Operations
7 8 (9.20%) Project Delivery
8 7 (8.05%) Continuous Delivery
8 7 (8.05%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (8.05%) SIEM
8 7 (8.05%) TOGAF
9 6 (6.90%) Performance Testing
9 6 (6.90%) Test Automation
9 6 (6.90%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.05%) SQL
3 2 (2.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 70 (80.46%) Security Cleared
2 41 (47.13%) SC Cleared
3 39 (44.83%) DV Cleared
4 20 (22.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (18.39%) VCAP
6 11 (12.64%) CCNP
6 11 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (10.34%) Degree
8 6 (6.90%) ISTQB
8 6 (6.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (5.75%) CCSE
9 5 (5.75%) CCSM
10 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.30%) CCIE
11 2 (2.30%) MCSE
12 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) NCSC
1 10 (11.49%) NIST
2 5 (5.75%) SLA
3 4 (4.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (4.60%) GxP
3 4 (4.60%) QA
4 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 61 (70.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (51.72%) VMware NSX
3 24 (27.59%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (9.20%) Active Directory
5 6 (6.90%) vSphere
6 5 (5.75%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (18.39%) vCenter Server
2 5 (5.75%) SCOM
3 4 (4.60%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (32.18%) Cisco
2 23 (26.44%) Palo Alto
3 17 (19.54%) Citrix
4 16 (18.39%) Microsoft
5 11 (12.64%) SolarWinds
6 10 (11.49%) Broadcom
7 7 (8.05%) F5
7 7 (8.05%) ServiceNow
8 5 (5.75%) CheckPoint
8 5 (5.75%) Fortinet
9 4 (4.60%) Becrypt
9 4 (4.60%) Rockwell
10 2 (2.30%) Google
11 1 (1.15%) Sophos