Virtual Machine (VM)
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 9 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 23 | - |
Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 9 | 0 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness | - | 5.39% | - |
As % of the System Software category | - | 45.00% | - |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £670 | - |
Cumbria median daily rate | £525 | £670 | - |
% change year-on-year | -21.64% | - | - |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Median hourly rate | - | £84.67 | - |
Cumbria median hourly rate | - | £84.67 | - |
All System Software Skills
Barrow-in-Furness
Virtual Machines falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Barrow-in-Furness.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 11 | 20 | 8 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness | 7.80% | 11.98% | 19.51% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 15 | 8 |
10th Percentile | £473 | £479 | £443 |
25th Percentile | £496 | £515 | - |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £545 | £515 | £450 |
Median % change year-on-year | +5.79% | +14.49% | +172.73% |
75th Percentile | £596 | £668 | £456 |
90th Percentile | £621 | £670 | £520 |
Cumbria median daily rate | £525 | £515 | £450 |
% change year-on-year | +1.92% | +14.47% | +5.88% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Median hourly rate | - | £84.67 | - |
Cumbria median hourly rate | - | £84.67 | - |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Barrow-in-Furness.