Virtual Machine (VM)
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 14 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | 5.80% | - | - |
| As % of the System Software category | 80.00% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £500 | - | - |
All System Software Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 7.25% | 16.36% | 5.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £253 | £229 | £412 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £415 | £428 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £750 | £461 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -53.33% | +62.60% | +163.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £881 | £498 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £945 | £517 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £525 | £183 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | +187.67% | -43.85% | +41.30% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £43.74 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £37.63 | £45.14 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £46.18 | £49.12 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.98% | +23.99% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £51.45 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £51.86 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | - | £40.25 | £52.13 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -22.79% | +31.97% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Preston.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Preston
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: