Virtual Servers Contracts in the Thames Valley

Virtual Servers
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Virtual Servers skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 146 163
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 -34
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 5 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.14% 0.057%
As % of the System Software category 1.45% 1.12% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £546 £369 £139
25th Percentile £550 £397 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £463 £153
Median % change year-on-year +21.08% +203.28% -61.88%
75th Percentile £584 £526 £166
90th Percentile - £529 £168
South East median daily rate £550 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +50.00%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

Virtual Servers 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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 345 356 519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.89% 12.12% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 265 388
10th Percentile £175 £236 £150
25th Percentile £310 £365 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £481 £451
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% +6.50% +4.21%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £589
90th Percentile £650 £675 £656
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 16 14
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.86 £10.92
25th Percentile £46.25 £48.18 £12.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £14.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +270.37% -36.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £20.00
90th Percentile - £78.56 £53.25
South East median hourly rate £50.75 £54.03 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.07% +170.15% -4.76%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Virtual Servers as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the Thames Valley

Virtual Servers
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Servers in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Servers in the Thames Valley

Virtual Servers
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Servers in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Servers in the Thames Valley

Virtual Servers
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Servers within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Berkshire -3 5 £560 +31.76% 2
Virtual Servers
South East

Virtual Servers
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 5 (100.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (80.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) ActionScript
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) F5