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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 352 393
Rank change year-on-year -64 +41 +120
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.006% 0.008% 0.006%
As % of the System Software category 0.058% 0.070% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £569 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £588 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -12.96% -12.90%
75th Percentile - £606 £713
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate - £581 £675
% change year-on-year - -13.89% +22.73%

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 1,738 1,421 1,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.02% 11.23% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,174 1,007 1,264
10th Percentile £300 £305 £213
25th Percentile £425 £438 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £630 £670 £613
90th Percentile £726 £800 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.36% -7.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 37
10th Percentile £21.00 £21.95 £16.52
25th Percentile £22.26 £23.80 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.47 £26.45 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% +18.61% -27.48%
75th Percentile £54.31 £32.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £67.70 £77.23 £58.50
England median hourly rate £51.75 £28.71 £21.00
% change year-on-year +80.28% +36.69% -47.50%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend 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
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow