Virtual Environments Contracts in England

Virtual Environments
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Virtual Environments skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Environments over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 582 703
Rank change year-on-year +103 +121 -156
Contract jobs citing Virtual Environments 66 77 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.15% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.17% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 61 43
10th Percentile £246 £363 £161
25th Percentile £360 £454 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +36.15% -11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £523
90th Percentile £613 £738 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £511 £400
% change year-on-year -2.07% +27.64% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £65.18 £28.58 -
25th Percentile £67.31 £47.41 -
Median hourly rate £72.75 £78.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.68% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 £82.40 -
90th Percentile £77.33 £84.56 -
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £78.80 -
% change year-on-year -7.68% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Virtual Environments is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Virtual Environments as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Environments in England

Virtual Environments
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in England.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Environments in England

Virtual Environments
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Environments in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Environments in England

Virtual Environments
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in England.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Environments in England

Virtual Environments
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Environments within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +114 23 £500 -6.54% 13
West Midlands +42 15 £550 +4.76% 2
Midlands +28 15 £550 +14.58% 2
South West +28 13 £500 +12.99% 3
South East +15 6 £431 -14.19% 7
North of England +28 2 £294 - 4
North West +21 2 £294 - 3
East of England +6 2 £250 -65.52%
Virtual Environments
UK

Virtual Environments
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) Mule
3 1 (1.52%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.52%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.52%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Aligne
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.52%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.73%) Azure
2 6 (9.09%) AWS
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.06%) Azure Functions
3 4 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (6.06%) Serverless
4 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.03%) GCP
4 2 (3.03%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.52%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (1.52%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.21%) DNS
2 13 (19.70%) DHCP
3 10 (15.15%) TCP/IP
4 6 (9.09%) NAS
4 6 (9.09%) SAN
5 5 (7.58%) Firewall
6 4 (6.06%) VSAN
6 4 (6.06%) WAN
7 3 (4.55%) LAN
8 2 (3.03%) InfiniBand
8 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.03%) VPN
9 1 (1.52%) BGP
9 1 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.52%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (1.52%) MPLS
9 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.09%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.03%) DB2
3 2 (3.03%) MariaDB
3 2 (3.03%) Metadata
3 2 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.03%) MySQL
3 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.52%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Artifactory
2 2 (3.03%) GitLab
3 1 (1.52%) Git
3 1 (1.52%) MSI
General
1 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.12%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Finance
4 7 (10.61%) German Language
5 6 (9.09%) Arabic Language
5 6 (9.09%) French Language
5 6 (9.09%) Spanish Language
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Japanese Language
7 2 (3.03%) Korean Language
8 1 (1.52%) Billing
8 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (13.64%) Architect
2 9 (13.64%) Consultant
3 8 (12.12%) Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Backup Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Help Desk Technician
5 4 (6.06%) IT Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) IT Technician
5 4 (6.06%) Lead
5 4 (6.06%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (6.06%) Storage and Backup Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Storage Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Automation Test Lead
6 3 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.55%) Support Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) CSS
1 1 (1.52%) HTML
1 1 (1.52%) JSON
1 1 (1.52%) SOAP
1 1 (1.52%) TIBCO EMS
1 1 (1.52%) XML
1 1 (1.52%) XSD
1 1 (1.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.58%) Virtual Team
3 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.06%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.52%) Clustering
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (46.97%) Windows
2 20 (30.30%) Linux
3 14 (21.21%) Unix
4 10 (15.15%) Windows Server
5 8 (12.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (9.09%) Windows 10
7 4 (6.06%) Android
7 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
8 3 (4.55%) VMS
8 3 (4.55%) Windows 2000
8 3 (4.55%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.52%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (34.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (25.76%) ITIL
4 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (15.15%) Agile
6 9 (13.64%) Visualisation
7 8 (12.12%) Problem Management
8 7 (10.61%) Acceptance Criteria
8 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (10.61%) Information Management
8 7 (10.61%) Security Hardening
8 7 (10.61%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (10.61%) SIEM
8 7 (10.61%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (9.09%) Business Analysis
9 6 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 6 (9.09%) ETRM
9 6 (9.09%) Risk Management
10 5 (7.58%) Release Management
10 5 (7.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) Java
2 10 (15.15%) C#
2 10 (15.15%) PowerShell
3 8 (12.12%) SQL
4 5 (7.58%) Python
5 4 (6.06%) PL/SQL
6 3 (4.55%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.52%) Bash
7 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.52%) Perl
7 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.52%) VB
7 1 (1.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 17 (25.76%) DV Cleared
3 15 (22.73%) Degree
3 15 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (6.06%) VCAP
5 4 (6.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.03%) CCNA
7 2 (3.03%) MCP
7 2 (3.03%) MCSA
7 2 (3.03%) MCSE
7 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.52%) CCNP
8 1 (1.52%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.52%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) NIST
2 6 (9.09%) SLA
3 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 32 (48.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (18.18%) VMware NSX
3 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
4 7 (10.61%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (9.09%) vSphere
6 5 (7.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (6.06%) Docker
7 4 (6.06%) Hyper-V
8 3 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (3.03%) KVM
9 2 (3.03%) LXC
10 1 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (1.52%) XenApp
10 1 (1.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (16.67%) SCCM
2 7 (10.61%) vCenter Server
3 6 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 5 (7.58%) Ansible
4 5 (7.58%) Terraform
5 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (6.06%) SysTrack
6 2 (3.03%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.52%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 32 (48.48%) VMware
2 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 9 (13.64%) Citrix
3 9 (13.64%) Veeam
4 7 (10.61%) Oracle
5 4 (6.06%) Avaya
5 4 (6.06%) Dell
5 4 (6.06%) Ivanti
5 4 (6.06%) Juniper
5 4 (6.06%) New Relic
5 4 (6.06%) OpenAI
5 4 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.06%) Sun
6 3 (4.55%) Cisco
6 3 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.55%) IBM
7 2 (3.03%) Atlassian
7 2 (3.03%) Google
7 2 (3.03%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.03%) TIBCO