Virtualisation Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Virtualization Engineer
England > South West

The median Virtualization Engineer daily rate in the South West is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 109 146
Rank change year-on-year -33 +37 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Engineer 2 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.071% 0.56% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.60% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 3
10th Percentile £468 £511 £515
25th Percentile £476 £516 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% -26.67% +30.43%
75th Percentile £536 £664 £775
90th Percentile £546 £725 -
England median daily rate £535 £550 £431
% change year-on-year -2.73% +27.56% -21.60%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,571 1,678 2,897
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 93.53% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,054 1,833
10th Percentile £260 £208 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 111 379
10th Percentile £17.87 £19.83 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £49.38 £28.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -22.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £74.44 £76.25
England median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%

Virtualisation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Virtualisation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Virtualisation Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Virtualisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Virtualisation Engineer
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 Virtualisation Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Wiltshire -25 1 £535 -2.73% 3
Bristol - 1 £475 -
Virtualisation Engineer
England

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Virtualisation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Virtualisation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) NsoIT
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) NsoIT
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft