Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 152 | 162 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +10 | - |
| Contract jobs citing KVM | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.063% | 0.14% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 0.57% | 0.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | £437 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +37.46% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £449 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £449 |
| England median daily rate | £440 | £600 | £474 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.67% | +26.65% | -7.33% |
All System Software Skills
South West
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 West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 276 | 351 | 562 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 16.45% | 11.03% | 15.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 225 | 265 | 425 |
| 10th Percentile | £209 | £161 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £325 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +2.44% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £588 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £691 | £725 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 32 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.05 | - | £13.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.38 | £40.00 | £17.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.63 | £68.75 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.91% | +14.58% | +21.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.05 | £86.25 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.44 | £90.00 | £79.90 |
| England median hourly rate | £28.21 | £21.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.31% | -58.00% | +163.16% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing KVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing KVM in the South West.