Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Dunstable

Virtual Machine (VM)
Bedfordshire > Dunstable

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dunstable requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dunstable 11.11% - -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £325 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £300 - £513
% change year-on-year - - +230.91%

All System Software Skills
Dunstable

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 Dunstable.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dunstable 11.11% - 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £375
75th Percentile £325 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £513 £375 £275
% change year-on-year +36.67% +36.36% -18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £85.00 £66.25
% change year-on-year -23.53% +28.30% -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Dunstable

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Dunstable

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Unix Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware