Virtual Servers Contracts in London

Virtual Servers
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Virtual Servers skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Servers over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 386 463
Rank change year-on-year +32 +77 +89
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 6 21 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.046% 0.12% 0.091%
As % of the System Software category 0.42% 1.13% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 9
10th Percentile £359 £384 £410
25th Percentile £363 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.32%
75th Percentile £719 £615 £538
90th Percentile - £638 £552
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +22.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
England median hourly rate - £40.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year - +8.36% +84.58%

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 1,442 1,859 2,968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.00% 10.55% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 1,343 2,178
10th Percentile £270 £250 £244
25th Percentile £413 £388 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +2.04%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 32
10th Percentile £22.50 £17.14 £21.39
25th Percentile £22.88 £20.50 £25.81
Median hourly rate £26.45 £23.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -61.42% +95.12%
75th Percentile £35.75 £25.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.88 £49.23 £84.80
England median hourly rate £29.50 £22.23 £50.00
% change year-on-year +32.73% -55.55% +150.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Servers in London

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Servers in London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Servers in London

Virtual Servers
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Servers in London

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 3 July 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 +7 1 - - 6
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 2 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Continuity Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Testing Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Facilities Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Operations Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Resilience Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Replication
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) VMS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Fintech
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Server Building
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) VMware