The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 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
18
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
12
28
21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire
12.00%
17.61%
12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted
7
15
17
10th Percentile
-
£125
£191
25th Percentile
-
£319
£225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£250
£500
£250
Median % change year-on-year
-50.00%
+100.00%
-0.99%
75th Percentile
£512
£570
£388
90th Percentile
£536
£625
-
East Midlands median daily rate
£459
£338
£375
% change year-on-year
+36.00%
-10.00%
+50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
-
-
£12.70
Median hourly rate
-
-
£13.40
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
-61.71%
75th Percentile
-
-
£14.10
90th Percentile
-
-
-
East Midlands median hourly rate
£15.09
£48.56
£23.24
% change year-on-year
-68.93%
+108.95%
+25.62%
Virtual Machines Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
Virtual Machines Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Leicestershire.
Virtual Machines Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Virtual Machines also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leicestershire region with a requirement for Virtual Machines.
Virtual Machines Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:
