Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Virtual Machine (VM)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 0 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth - - 1.92%
As % of the System Software category - - 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £462
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £513
75th Percentile - - £519
90th Percentile - - £523
Hampshire median daily rate £455 £435 £525
% change year-on-year +4.72% -17.24% -6.08%

All System Software Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 20 35 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 10.58% 28.23% 19.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 20
10th Percentile £190 £200 £411
25th Percentile £233 £360 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £575
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -26.96% -
75th Percentile £544 £471 £641
90th Percentile £550 £564 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £505 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -2.70% -1.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 13
10th Percentile £45.00 £51.74 £20.09
25th Percentile £45.21 £60.53 £51.25
Median hourly rate £48.11 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.98% +8.33% +12.15%
75th Percentile £51.62 £70.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £52.20 £72.38 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -25.05% +13.04% +150.00%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Virtual Machines