Microsoft Virtual Server Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Virtual Server
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 373 449
Rank change year-on-year +1 +76 +141
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.025% 0.018%
As % of the System Software category 0.067% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £467
25th Percentile £513 - £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £498
75th Percentile £538 - £519
90th Percentile - - £526
England median daily rate £550 £288 £585
% change year-on-year +91.30% -50.85% +1.74%

All System Software Skills
London

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,485 1,747 2,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.03% 10.71% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 1,208 1,844
10th Percentile £300 £262 £225
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £675
90th Percentile £705 £732 £775
England median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 31
10th Percentile £22.45 £20.00 £25.75
25th Percentile £22.63 £22.98 £40.41
Median hourly rate £25.58 £23.80 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -60.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £35.75 £24.39 £68.80
90th Percentile £41.13 £60.00 £83.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £47.86
% change year-on-year +50.00% -47.77% +117.56%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Virtual Server in London

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
East London - 1 £525 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware