Virtual Environments Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Virtual Environments
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Virtual Environments skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Environments 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £523 £548 £431
% change year-on-year -4.57% +26.98% -14.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Virtual Environments falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 103 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.44% 90.35% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 61 107
10th Percentile £225 £185 £150
25th Percentile £363 £250 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £500
90th Percentile £638 £688 £609
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 38
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.20
25th Percentile £19.34 £21.93 £13.12
Median hourly rate £28.48 £25.23 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.88% +29.36% -27.99%
75th Percentile £51.27 £41.83 £29.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £46.30 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%

Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Environments relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Virtual Environments job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Virtual Environments
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Virtual Environments.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Virtual Environments

Virtual Environments
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Virtual Environments.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Virtual Environments

Virtual Environments
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Server Management
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft