Virtualisation Engineer Contracts in the South East

Virtualization Engineer
England > South East

The median Virtualization Engineer daily rate in the South East is £441 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 206 247
Rank change year-on-year +13 +41 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Engineer 8 13 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
10th Percentile £408 £410 £410
25th Percentile £416 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £455 £460
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -1.09% +10.51%
75th Percentile £469 £456 £570
90th Percentile £488 £458 -
England median daily rate £450 £483 £455
% change year-on-year -6.74% +6.04% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £58.97
25th Percentile - - £62.36
Median hourly rate - - £68.02
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £68.02

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 5,135 5,467 7,435
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.57% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,083 3,809 5,039
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.28% +8.64%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 241 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £17.72 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.60
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

Virtualisation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Virtualisation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Virtualisation Engineer in the South East

Virtualisation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtualisation Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Virtualisation Engineer in the South East

Virtualisation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtualisation Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Virtualisation Engineer in the South East

Virtualisation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtualisation Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -9 4 £431 -5.23%
Buckinghamshire +15 3 £431 -5.23%
West Sussex - 2 £450 -
East Sussex - 1 £475 -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Virtualisation Engineer
England

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Virtualisation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Virtualisation Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) VMware
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) VMware NSX
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) vSphere
3 3 (37.50%) VCAP
3 3 (37.50%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (37.50%) VSAN
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (37.50%) Release Management
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (25.00%) SCCM
4 2 (25.00%) XenApp
4 2 (25.00%) GDPR
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) NetScaler
5 1 (12.50%) VBScript
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) CA Service Virtualization
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) VSAN
2 2 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) ITSM
2 3 (37.50%) Release Management
2 3 (37.50%) Virtual Environments
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) VCAP
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (62.50%) VMware NSX
3 3 (37.50%) vSphere
4 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (25.00%) XenApp
5 1 (12.50%) DFS Replication
5 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) CA Service Virtualization
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) CA
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) Ivanti
3 1 (12.50%) Micro Focus
3 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Symantec