Virtual Machine (VM)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -10 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | - | - | 0.47% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | - | 2.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £425 | - | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +6.67% |
All System Software Skills
Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 20 | 63 | 36 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 22.22% | 25.00% | 16.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 39 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £524 | £503 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £525 | £508 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £555 | £600 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.50% | +2.13% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £634 | £684 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £692 | £738 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £450 | £563 | £548 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +2.74% | +6.83% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £90.00 |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | - | - | £78.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +90.10% |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Virtual Machines.
