Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.29% - 0.41%
As % of the System Software category 4.35% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +230.91%
75th Percentile £325 - £519
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £425 £538 £602
% change year-on-year -20.93% -10.71% +20.40%

All System Software Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 23 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 6.78% 9.55% 6.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 9
10th Percentile £248 £174 £173
25th Percentile £475 £207 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £375 £275
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% +36.36% -18.52%
75th Percentile £638 £525 £388
90th Percentile - - £526
East of England median daily rate £450 £468 £425
% change year-on-year -3.74% +10.00% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £41.06 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £85.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £88.00 -
90th Percentile - £90.70 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.46 £14.16
% change year-on-year +4.85% +51.55% -42.49%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Dunstable - 1 £300 - 1
Virtual Machines
East of England

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Unix Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware