Microsoft Virtual Server Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Virtual Server
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.15% - 0.092%
As % of the System Software category 1.69% - 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 - -

All System Software Skills
Bristol

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 59 96 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.60% 10.42% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 78 44
10th Percentile £235 £375 £192
25th Percentile £288 £463 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £529 £438
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% +20.91% -12.50%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £600
90th Percentile £738 £699 £643
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £79.09 £62.60 £17.21
25th Percentile £79.68 £67.13 £19.16
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +68.42% -4.43%
75th Percentile £95.00 £85.00 £77.19
90th Percentile - £90.50 £78.88
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £73.75 £52.09
% change year-on-year +8.47% +41.60% +7.44%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Virtual Server in Bristol

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware