Virtual Machine (VM)
East of England > Cambridgeshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | - | - | 0.18% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | - | 2.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +41.67% |
| East of England median daily rate | £526 | £554 | £363 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.14% | +52.83% | -29.27% |
All System Software Skills
Cambridgeshire
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 Cambridgeshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 43 | 48 | 48 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 14.10% | 9.18% | 8.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 13 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £164 | £206 |
| 25th Percentile | £421 | £200 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £240 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +97.92% | -46.67% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £275 | £494 |
| 90th Percentile | £568 | £455 | £541 |
| East of England median daily rate | £490 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.29% | -5.56% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 23 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.99 | - | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.14 | £14.16 | £14.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.92% | -2.34% | +4.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.29 | £15.12 | £16.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £15.44 | £54.02 | £34.50 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £41.45 | £14.16 | £65.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +192.73% | -78.38% | +319.33% |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Cambridgeshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Cambridgeshire.