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 July 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 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 31 16
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 +9
Contract jobs citing VMware 78 6 33
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 10.41% 2.86% 9.35%
As % of the Vendors category 27.18% 5.50% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 5 28
10th Percentile £459 - £460
25th Percentile £511 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% +0.67% +6.33%
75th Percentile £610 £543 £538
90th Percentile £647 £553 £583
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £590 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +12.01% +0.33% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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 287 109 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 38.32% 51.90% 46.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 68 120
10th Percentile £362 £316 £202
25th Percentile £463 £350 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £425 £474
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% -10.41% -7.44%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £538
90th Percentile £612 £609 £562
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £441 £463
% change year-on-year +18.98% -4.59% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 13
10th Percentile - £13.92 £18.00
25th Percentile £33.70 £14.90 £21.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £18.00 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +115.11% -26.32% +80.03%
75th Percentile £43.75 £19.25 £48.75
90th Percentile - £40.30 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £23.51
% change year-on-year +172.68% -39.59% +43.32%

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 July 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 (2.56%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 44 (56.41%) Azure
2 38 (48.72%) AWS
3 7 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.85%) GCP
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.28%) IaaS
8 1 (1.28%) PaaS
8 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.21%) VSAN
2 17 (21.79%) Cisco Firepower
3 16 (20.51%) Cisco ASA
4 15 (19.23%) Firewall
5 13 (16.67%) WAN
6 12 (15.38%) IPsec
6 12 (15.38%) LAN
7 11 (14.10%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (12.82%) VPN
9 9 (11.54%) DNS
9 9 (11.54%) Network Security
9 9 (11.54%) TCP/IP
10 8 (10.26%) BGP
10 8 (10.26%) OSPF
11 7 (8.97%) BIG-IP
11 7 (8.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (8.97%) NGFW
12 6 (7.69%) SD-WAN
12 6 (7.69%) VLAN
13 5 (6.41%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (8.97%) Manufacturing
2 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.41%) Finance
3 5 (6.41%) Retail
4 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (39.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 31 (39.74%) Senior
2 24 (30.77%) VMware Engineer
3 21 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
4 18 (23.08%) Architect
4 18 (23.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (16.67%) Technical Architect
6 12 (15.38%) Network Engineer
6 12 (15.38%) Senior VMware Engineer
7 11 (14.10%) Citrix Engineer
7 11 (14.10%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (11.54%) Linux Engineer
8 9 (11.54%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.69%) Network Architect
9 6 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 5 (6.41%) NOC Engineer
10 5 (6.41%) Senior Architect
10 5 (6.41%) Test Manager
11 4 (5.13%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) PKI
2 14 (17.95%) Public Cloud
3 12 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 12 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (14.10%) Private Cloud
5 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.56%) Life Science
7 2 (2.56%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.56%) SCADA
8 1 (1.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.28%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (42.31%) Linux
2 20 (25.64%) Windows
3 6 (7.69%) Debian
4 5 (6.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.28%) VMS
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (28.21%) ITIL
3 16 (20.51%) CI/CD
4 12 (15.38%) Migration
4 12 (15.38%) TOGAF
5 11 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (14.10%) Network Monitoring
5 11 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.54%) Agile
6 9 (11.54%) Continuous Delivery
6 9 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
6 9 (11.54%) Microservices
6 9 (11.54%) Network Virtualisation
6 9 (11.54%) Virtual Environments
7 8 (10.26%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (10.26%) DevSecOps
7 8 (10.26%) IT Strategy
7 8 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (10.26%) Technology Strategy
7 8 (10.26%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.69%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.85%) Python
4 2 (2.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 59 (75.64%) Security Cleared
2 38 (48.72%) SC Cleared
3 34 (43.59%) DV Cleared
4 15 (19.23%) CCNP
4 15 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (19.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 11 (14.10%) VCAP
6 7 (8.97%) Degree
6 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (7.69%) ISTQB
7 6 (7.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 5 (6.41%) CCSE
8 5 (6.41%) CCSM
8 5 (6.41%) MCSE
9 3 (3.85%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.85%) CCIE
10 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.28%) CCIP
11 1 (1.28%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.51%) NCSC
2 14 (17.95%) NIST
3 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (6.41%) SLA
4 4 (5.13%) QA
5 2 (2.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (2.56%) GxP
6 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 50 (64.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (48.72%) VMware NSX
3 19 (24.36%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (10.26%) Active Directory
5 5 (6.41%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (5.13%) vSphere
7 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
8 2 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (14.10%) vCenter Server
2 5 (6.41%) Terraform
3 3 (3.85%) Ansible
4 2 (2.56%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.56%) SCOM
5 1 (1.28%) CASB
Vendors
1 27 (34.62%) Cisco
2 22 (28.21%) Palo Alto
3 19 (24.36%) Citrix
4 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
5 9 (11.54%) SolarWinds
6 7 (8.97%) Broadcom
6 7 (8.97%) F5
7 6 (7.69%) CheckPoint
7 6 (7.69%) Fortinet
7 6 (7.69%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.85%) Becrypt
9 2 (2.56%) Google
9 2 (2.56%) Rockwell
10 1 (1.28%) Arista
10 1 (1.28%) Aruba
10 1 (1.28%) HP
10 1 (1.28%) Juniper
10 1 (1.28%) Meraki
10 1 (1.28%) Zscaler