Virtual Servers Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Virtual Servers
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Virtual Servers skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 179 165
Rank change year-on-year -73 -14 +28
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 6 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.079% 0.13% 0.049%
As % of the System Software category 0.65% 0.92% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £467 £362 £228
25th Percentile - £368 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £475 £300
Median % change year-on-year +43.16% +58.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £488 £350
90th Percentile - £555 £373
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.76%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 926 545 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.20% 13.77% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 357 309
10th Percentile £193 £200 £200
25th Percentile £315 £340 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +8.26%
75th Percentile £538 £537 £580
90th Percentile £638 £609 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 16
10th Percentile £23.85 - £14.06
25th Percentile £27.67 £15.50 £16.31
Median hourly rate £68.50 £18.31 £20.09
Median % change year-on-year +274.11% -8.86% +5.74%
75th Percentile £80.19 £19.72 £23.69
90th Percentile £178.75 £44.47 £58.03
England median hourly rate £65.00 £36.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +80.56% +30.91% -40.33%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Virtual Servers job vacancy trend in the North of England

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Virtual Servers
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Servers in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Servers in the North of England

Virtual Servers
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Virtual Servers
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 Virtual Servers within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 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 - 3 £680 -
Yorkshire -39 2 £700 +16.67% 1
North West -53 1 £325 -22.89%
Virtual Servers
England

Virtual Servers
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 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Security Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Operational Technology
1 5 (83.33%) SCADA
2 3 (50.00%) PKI
3 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Server Building
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (33.33%) Programme Governance
5 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Security Hardening
5 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
5 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) VxRail
2 3 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Dell
2 5 (83.33%) Fortinet
3 3 (50.00%) Carbon Black
3 3 (50.00%) McAfee
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Tenable