Virtual Servers Contracts in England

Virtual Servers
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Virtual Servers skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Servers over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 488 569
Rank change year-on-year +25 +81 +87
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 22 54 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 0.71% 1.34% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 26 57
10th Percentile £208 £300 £358
25th Percentile £313 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% +2.19% +16.67%
75th Percentile £613 £615 £650
90th Percentile £693 £700 £788
UK median daily rate £450 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -16.12% +2.19% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +53.85% -34.55%
UK median hourly rate - £40.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year - +3.90% -8.78%

All System Software Skills
England

Virtual Servers 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,088 4,031 6,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.68% 10.84% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,136 2,794 4,778
10th Percentile £213 £190 £204
25th Percentile £400 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 209 243
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.06 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £58.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.65 £72.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in England

Virtual Servers
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Servers in England

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Servers in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Servers in England

Virtual Servers
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Servers in England

Virtual Servers
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 Servers within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South West +39 7 £588 -2.08% 6
London +24 6 £400 - 23
North of England +21 4 £215 +14.67% 2
North West +19 4 £215 +14.67% 1
Midlands +17 4 - - 3
West Midlands +14 4 - - 2
East of England - 1 £550 - 3
Virtual Servers
UK

Virtual Servers
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 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
3 5 (22.73%) Skype for Business
4 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) DNS
2 8 (36.36%) DHCP
2 8 (36.36%) LAN
3 6 (27.27%) Skype
4 5 (22.73%) Firewall
4 5 (22.73%) SAN
4 5 (22.73%) Unified Communications
4 5 (22.73%) WAN
5 4 (18.18%) NAS
5 4 (18.18%) Wireless
6 3 (13.64%) Internet
6 3 (13.64%) iSCSI
6 3 (13.64%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
8 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.55%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Bitbucket
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Banking
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Legal
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.55%) International Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Storage Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Business IT Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 2 (9.09%) IT Operations Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Service Continuity Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Service Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Support
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 6 (27.27%) PKI
2 3 (13.64%) IVR
2 3 (13.64%) Replication
3 1 (4.55%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 14 (63.64%) Windows Server
3 9 (40.91%) Linux
3 9 (40.91%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
5 3 (13.64%) Android
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (45.45%) ITIL
3 8 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (27.27%) Agile
4 6 (27.27%) Information Security
4 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 6 (27.27%) Storage Management
5 5 (22.73%) Waterfall
6 4 (18.18%) Business Continuity
6 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (18.18%) Service Management
7 3 (13.64%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
7 3 (13.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 3 (13.64%) Scenario Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Two-Factor Authentication
7 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.55%) CCNA
5 1 (4.55%) CCNP
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) WSUS
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
3 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (40.91%) VMware
3 5 (22.73%) Veeam
4 4 (18.18%) Dell
5 3 (13.64%) Apple
5 3 (13.64%) Atlassian
6 2 (9.09%) Cisco
6 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.55%) NetApp
7 1 (4.55%) Remedy
7 1 (4.55%) Splunk