The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 21 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 the City of London with a requirement for system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
536
255
1,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
13.76%
14.10%
16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted
430
204
811
10th Percentile
£262
£236
£215
25th Percentile
£450
£383
£406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£500
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+10.00%
-4.76%
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£660
£575
£600
90th Percentile
£725
£625
£669
Central London median daily rate
£550
£500
£523
% change year-on-year
+10.00%
-4.31%
+4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
3
22
Median hourly rate
£23.00
£23.00
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
+9.52%
+9.09%
Central London median hourly rate
£23.00
£22.50
£21.00
% change year-on-year
+2.22%
+7.14%
+9.09%
Virtual Machines Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Virtual Machines Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in the City of London.
Virtual Machines Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 October 2021.
Virtual Machines Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in the City of London.
Virtual Machines Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 21 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Virtual Machines also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Virtual Machines.
Virtual Machines Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
