Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > Northern Ireland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 1.42% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | - | 8.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £300 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £313 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £501 | £543 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.74% | +3.33% | +5.00% |
All System Software Skills
Northern Ireland
Virtual Machines is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for system software skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 8 | 32 | 36 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 5.41% | 15.92% | 17.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £366 | £164 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £200 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £525 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +7.69% | +21.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £491 | £650 | £513 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | - | £576 |
| UK median daily rate | £488 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.14% | - | +8.81% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £10.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.63 | - | £10.64 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.25 | - | £12.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +23.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.88 | - | £13.89 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £22.50 | £52.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -57.14% | +162.50% | - |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Northern Ireland.