Virtual Servers Contract Job Trends in London

Virtual Servers
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Virtual Servers skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 378 420
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 +135
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 8 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.060% 0.062% 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 0.54% 0.58% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 14
10th Percentile £394 - £404
25th Percentile £425 £513 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £610 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.08% +16.19% +17.32%
75th Percentile £673 £615 £538
90th Percentile £719 £621 £568
England median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +19.32%

All System Software Skills
London

Virtual Servers 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 1,477 1,734 2,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.00% 10.74% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,200 1,855
10th Percentile £300 £262 £225
25th Percentile £414 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £713 £730 £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% +41.18%
75th Percentile £35.75 £24.39 £68.80
90th Percentile £41.13 £60.00 £83.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £24.35 £47.83
% change year-on-year +47.84% -49.09% +117.41%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in London

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Servers

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Servers in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Servers in London

Virtual Servers
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Servers

Virtual Servers
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 Servers within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London +2 1 - -
East London - 1 £525 -
Virtual Servers
England

Virtual Servers
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) IaaS
1 3 (37.50%) Serverless
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (37.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) International Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (25.00%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Continuity Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Testing Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Resilience Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Replication
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) VMS
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Secrets Management
2 3 (37.50%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Stress Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
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