Microsoft Virtual Server Contract Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Virtual Server
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 156
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.15% - 0.030%
As % of the System Software category 1.23% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £609 - -
90th Percentile £611 - -
England median daily rate £550 £288 £623
% change year-on-year +91.30% -53.82% +8.26%

All System Software Skills
South West

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 243 441 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.53% 16.23% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 322 316
10th Percentile £207 £206 £199
25th Percentile £283 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £693 £672 £681
England median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 43
10th Percentile £65.98 £18.95 £13.25
25th Percentile £78.70 £56.00 £16.45
Median hourly rate £80.00 £73.75 £57.99
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +27.18% +19.62%
75th Percentile £95.00 £85.00 £70.66
90th Percentile - £89.50 £78.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £24.18 £43.75
% change year-on-year +55.09% -44.73% +98.86%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Virtual Server in the South West

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Wiltshire - 2 £581 -
Bristol - 1 £550 - 1
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) WSUS
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Veeam
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) VMware