Microsoft Virtual Server Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 - 166
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.039% - 0.025%
As % of the System Software category 0.32% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £396 - -
25th Percentile £503 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.35%
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £588 £550 £350
% change year-on-year +6.82% +57.14% -40.17%

All System Software Skills
North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 933 550 471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.20% 13.78% 11.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 362 305
10th Percentile £193 £200 £202
25th Percentile £315 £343 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £538 £537 £580
90th Percentile £638 £610 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 15
10th Percentile £23.85 - £14.06
25th Percentile £27.67 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £68.50 £18.31 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +274.11% -4.54% +0.95%
75th Percentile £80.19 £19.72 £25.38
90th Percentile £178.75 £44.47 £63.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +73.33% +25.00% -34.91%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Virtual Server in the North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
North East - 2 £680 -
North West - 1 £325 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Server Building
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Dell
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet