Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in the North East

Virtual Machine (VM)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 37 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.18% 0.94% -
As % of the System Software category 2.27% 7.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £363 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.07% +5.00% -9.09%

All System Software Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 44 40 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 8.07% 12.54% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 35 31
10th Percentile £320 £188 £158
25th Percentile £406 £300 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £390 £425
Median % change year-on-year +16.03% -8.24% -29.17%
75th Percentile £538 £574 £544
90th Percentile £596 £623 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £26.37 - -
25th Percentile £26.56 - -
Median hourly rate £27.08 - £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £34.06 - -
90th Percentile £43.63 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +96.43% +30.23% -56.08%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in the North East

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the North East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear -21 1 £400 +14.29% 1
Virtual Machines
England

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft