KVM Contracts in the South East

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring KVM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited KVM 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 156 201 220
Rank change year-on-year +45 +19 +22
Contract jobs citing KVM 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.100% 0.072% 0.034%
As % of the System Software category 0.69% 0.51% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £440 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -23.48% +27.78% -14.29%

All System Software Skills
South East

KVM 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 435 781 852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.45% 14.05% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 490 600
10th Percentile £250 £200 £205
25th Percentile £363 £350 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £600
90th Percentile £688 £646 £675
England median daily rate £525 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +6.33% -5.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 48 46
10th Percentile £28.00 £17.26 £17.28
25th Percentile £36.50 £17.80 £18.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.75 £54.03
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -6.07% +170.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.81 £69.38
90th Percentile £71.25 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £21.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.05% -58.00% +163.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing KVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for KVM in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing KVM in the South East.

Daily rate trend for KVM in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing KVM in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for KVM in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KVM within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Hampshire - 3 £440 -
KVM
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Technician
2 1 (33.33%) Server Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (100.00%) Fibre Optics