Virtual Machine (VM)
Cheshire > Chester
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester with a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 18 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | 2.47% | 3.13% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 33.33% | 13.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £213 | £175 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £225 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £238 | £225 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | - | £654 | £546 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.68% | - |
All System Software Skills
Chester
Virtual Machines is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Chester with a requirement for system software skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | - | 7.41% | 23.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £183 | £206 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £213 | £284 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £225 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -47.06% | +70.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £288 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £333 | £600 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £375 | £456 | £409 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.81% | +11.55% | +13.61% |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Chester.