Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Virtual Machine (VM)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.29% - 0.98%
As % of the System Software category 5.26% - 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
South West median daily rate £450 £535 £439
% change year-on-year -15.89% +21.80% -12.15%

All System Software Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 19 12 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 5.49% 8.28% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 5
10th Percentile £403 £140 £127
25th Percentile £411 £183 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £275 £150
Median % change year-on-year +104.55% +83.33% -66.67%
75th Percentile £581 £419 £203
90th Percentile £600 £450 £374
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +128.57%
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £40.63 £68.75
% change year-on-year +53.85% -40.91% +14.58%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Somerset

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam