Virtual Machines Contracts in Yorkshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 112 140
Rank change year-on-year +37 +28 -42
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 27 11 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.61% 0.48% 0.036%
As % of the System Software category 10.27% 4.17% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 1
10th Percentile £314 £500 -
25th Percentile £319 £509 £690
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year -35.24% -25.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile £360 £609 £710
90th Percentile £366 £638 -
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.06 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £14.63 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% - -
75th Percentile £15.19 £33.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £39.73
% change year-on-year -77.84% +66.14% -9.72%

All System Software Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 263 264 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.72% 11.56% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 213 292
10th Percentile £178 £156 £140
25th Percentile £270 £213 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £390
Median % change year-on-year - +8.97% -10.86%
75th Percentile £556 £571 £538
90th Percentile £615 £600 £600
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 23
10th Percentile - £10.03 £14.49
25th Percentile £14.06 £17.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £14.63 £32.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +85.71% -2.83%
75th Percentile £15.19 £63.75 £19.88
90th Percentile £15.64 £70.00 £22.95
England median hourly rate £21.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -47.50% +110.53% +2.43%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Machines in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Machines in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Yorkshire +41 16 £339 -44.69% 5
South Yorkshire -1 1 £340 -33.66% 1
Virtual Machines
England

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (25.93%) DHCP
1 7 (25.93%) DNS
1 7 (25.93%) Remote Desktop
1 7 (25.93%) Wi-Fi
General
1 27 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Banking
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Data Centre Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) IT Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) IT Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Data Centre Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Data Technician
4 1 (3.70%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (74.07%) Driving Licence
2 7 (25.93%) Data Centre
3 4 (14.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
1 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
1 7 (25.93%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Migration
1 7 (25.93%) Network Monitoring
1 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (25.93%) Runbook
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 3 (11.11%) Project Management
3 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
3 3 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (3.70%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (14.81%) A+ Certification
2 4 (14.81%) CCNA
2 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
1 7 (25.93%) KVM
1 7 (25.93%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Workstation
2 4 (14.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) BT
1 20 (74.07%) Virgin Media
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) VMware