Virtual Machines Contracts in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 70 65
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 12 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.45% 1.15% 0.78%
As % of the System Software category 22.64% 5.81% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £346 £473 -
25th Percentile £413 £506 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +3.53% +6.68%
75th Percentile £675 £581 £581
90th Percentile £695 £593 £593
East of England median daily rate £602 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +20.40% +5.26% -4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile - £62.85 -
25th Percentile £86.25 £64.88 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £68.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.68% - -
75th Percentile £89.38 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £89.75 £84.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £87.50 £43.81 -
% change year-on-year +99.73% - -

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

Virtual Machines is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 53 155 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.39% 19.80% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 116 100
10th Percentile £250 £186 £131
25th Percentile £345 £300 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £435 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +2.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £606
90th Percentile £725 £744 £625
East of England median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 8
10th Percentile £17.00 £42.09 £14.04
25th Percentile £18.06 £60.38 £18.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.50 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +181.72% -3.13%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £24.75
90th Percentile £89.38 £71.13 £32.18
East of England median hourly rate £14.16 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year -42.49% +58.84% -15.16%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machines
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Machines in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machines
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Hemel Hempstead - 5 £650 - 2
Stevenage -8 3 £344 - 1
Watford - 2 £588 - 2
Virtual Machines
East of England

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (25.00%) IIS
2 2 (16.67%) Tomcat
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) CppUnit
1 3 (25.00%) PVCS
1 3 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Designer
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Validation Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Verification Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) PKI
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (25.00%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Migration
2 5 (41.67%) High Availability
2 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
2 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 5 (41.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Code Coverage
4 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Release Management
5 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Security Patching
6 1 (8.33%) Semantic Analysis
6 1 (8.33%) Server Migrations
6 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C
1 3 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Nessus
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
1 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) Qualys