Virtual Machine (VM)
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | - | - | 1.19% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | - | 6.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £525 | £602 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.79% | +20.40% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £21.96 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £22.96 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £24.62 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £63.00 | £87.50 | £43.81 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.00% | +99.73% | - |
All System Software Skills
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 15 | 20 | 44 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 16.85% | 9.48% | 17.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 11 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £221 | £194 | £326 |
| 25th Percentile | £243 | £222 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £485 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.68% | -3.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £476 | £525 | £505 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £550 | £583 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £375 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -16.67% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.15 | £22.30 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £13.59 | £23.79 |
| Median hourly rate | £200.00 | £14.31 | £24.62 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1297.62% | -41.88% | +32.72% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £15.04 | £34.90 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £15.47 | £53.41 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £24.70 | £14.16 | £37.31 |
| % change year-on-year | +74.44% | -62.05% | +140.71% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Essex.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Essex.