Virtual Environments Contracts in London

Virtual Environments
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Virtual Environments skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Environments over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 344 420
Rank change year-on-year -25 +76 +164
Contract jobs citing Virtual Environments 11 38 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.081% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 45
10th Percentile £213 - £300
25th Percentile £297 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +25.00% -35.19%
75th Percentile £563 £694 £489
90th Percentile £575 £760 £592
England median daily rate £400 £505 £400
% change year-on-year -20.79% +26.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £72.75 £73.79
% change year-on-year - -1.41% -3.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Virtual Environments falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,558 14,465 21,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.20% 88.85% 90.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,413 10,211 15,924
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 196 232
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.97 £18.63
25th Percentile £24.50 £22.00 £24.75
Median hourly rate £29.50 £35.25 £40.77
Median % change year-on-year -16.31% -13.54% +13.25%
75th Percentile £49.75 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.25 £71.88 £82.03
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Environments in London

Virtual Environments
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in London.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Environments in London

Virtual Environments
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Environments in London over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Environments in London

Virtual Environments
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in London.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Environments in London

Virtual Environments
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 Virtual Environments within the London region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Central London -5 3 £550 +15.79% 3
East London +10 1 £313 -
Virtual Environments
England

Virtual Environments
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
1 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Back Office
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Front Office
3 1 (9.09%) Billing
3 1 (9.09%) Environmental Health
3 1 (9.09%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Japanese Language
3 1 (9.09%) Local Government
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Applications Support
1 3 (27.27%) Applications Support Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Support Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Support
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Support
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Bazel
1 1 (9.09%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (18.18%) Clustering
2 2 (18.18%) Smartphone
3 1 (9.09%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (9.09%) Mixed Reality
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) PMI
3 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Budget Management
1 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
1 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (9.09%) Android Development
2 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
2 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
2 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy
2 1 (9.09%) Lead Generation
2 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Programme Governance
2 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
2 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) PHP
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) VCAP
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (9.09%) APMP
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Splunk
3 2 (18.18%) Atempo
3 2 (18.18%) Databricks
3 2 (18.18%) F5
3 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Interwoven
3 2 (18.18%) Mellanox
3 2 (18.18%) VMware