Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Virtual Machine (VM)
Wiltshire > Corsham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Corsham requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 43 43
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +17
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 9 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 3.49% 0.40% 1.86%
As % of the System Software category 25.71% 1.56% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile - - £528
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% +17.02%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% +30.18%

All System Software Skills
Corsham

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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 35 64 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 13.57% 25.81% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 52 52
10th Percentile £513 £462 £206
25th Percentile £525 £513 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £696 £594 £653
90th Percentile £725 £703 £722
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.25
Median hourly rate - - £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -75.83%
75th Percentile - - £14.75
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate - - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -75.83%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Corsham

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (11.11%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) DNS
2 4 (44.44%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Server Management
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) vCenter Server
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds
2 4 (44.44%) Veeam