Virtual Machine (VM)
South Wales > Newport
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 22 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +5 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport | - | 1.05% | 2.53% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 16.67% | 9.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -29.17% | +9.09% |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £425 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -29.17% | +9.09% |
All System Software Skills
Newport
Virtual Machines 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 Newport.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 6 | 6 | 41 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport | 16.22% | 6.32% | 25.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £322 | £154 | £352 |
| 25th Percentile | £377 | £185 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £190 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +147.37% | -66.96% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £553 | £373 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £581 | £412 | £648 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £290 | £425 | £506 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.76% | -16.05% | +3.85% |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.
Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Newport.