Virtual Servers Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Virtual Servers
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Virtual Servers skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 75 81
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.55% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the System Software category 6.78% 2.06% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £321 -
25th Percentile £525 £389 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £300
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% +72.92% -
75th Percentile £575 £639 £325
90th Percentile - £702 -
South West median daily rate £550 £325 £488
% change year-on-year +69.23% -33.33% -11.36%

All System Software Skills
Bristol

Virtual Servers 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 97 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.09% 10.50% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 80 49
10th Percentile £235 £173 £200
25th Percentile £363 £430 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £588 £599 £615
90th Percentile £728 £691 £651
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £81.00 £68.20 £17.21
25th Percentile £82.50 £75.00 £19.16
Median hourly rate £90.00 £80.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +68.42% -4.43%
75th Percentile £95.00 £87.50 £77.19
90th Percentile - £91.00 £78.88
South West median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% +30.08% +26.86%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in Bristol

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Virtual Servers

Virtual Servers
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Virtual Servers.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Virtual Servers

Virtual Servers
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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Skype
1 4 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk
1 4 (100.00%) Veeam
1 4 (100.00%) VMware