Network Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Network Virtualization
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 111 134
Rank change year-on-year +7 +23 +31
Contract jobs citing Network Virtualisation 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.27% 0.12% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.14% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £486 - £329
25th Percentile £503 £613 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -3.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £541 £638 -
90th Percentile £546 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Network Virtualisation 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,286 1,468 2,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 85.39% 91.18% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 870 1,320
10th Percentile £233 £230 £263
25th Percentile £382 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £487
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -7.50% +2.42%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £668 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 43 80
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £11.99
25th Percentile £17.23 £20.62 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%
75th Percentile £37.88 £24.18 £60.19
90th Percentile £64.03 £40.90 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Virtualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Network Virtualisation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Network Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Virtualisation

Network Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Glasgow - 4 £525 - 1
Network Virtualisation
UK

Network Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (25.00%) IaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) PaaS
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) FinOps
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft