Virtual Machines Contracts in Stevenage

Virtual Machine (VM)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines 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 19 55 46
Rank change year-on-year +36 -9 -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 9 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 7.20% 0.66% 1.02%
As % of the System Software category 45.00% 33.33% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £501 £333 -
25th Percentile £503 £336 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £344 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.09% - -
75th Percentile £528 £348 -
90th Percentile £534 £349 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -17.31% +18.18% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £62.40
25th Percentile £61.50 - £63.75
Median hourly rate £63.00 £90.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +36.36% -
75th Percentile £66.00 - £68.00
90th Percentile - - £69.20
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £87.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% +32.58% -

All System Software Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 20 9 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 16.00% 1.97% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 34
10th Percentile - £253 £300
25th Percentile £450 £258 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £265 £375
Median % change year-on-year +88.68% -29.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £547 £344 £472
90th Percentile £575 £348 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £488 £435
% change year-on-year +7.69% +12.07% +2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 16
10th Percentile - - £60.00
25th Percentile £61.50 - £64.31
Median hourly rate £64.50 £90.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +37.40% +516.76%
75th Percentile £66.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £70.50 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £64.50 £87.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -26.29% +33.59% +181.72%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in Stevenage

Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Machines in Stevenage

Virtual Machines
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Machines in Stevenage

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 7 (77.78%) WebSphere
2 2 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (22.22%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) IMAP
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
1 2 (22.22%) Skype
1 2 (22.22%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) DB2
General
1 2 (22.22%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
1 5 (55.56%) Solutions Architect
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Information Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Information Systems Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Information Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Information Systems Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Messaging Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Solutions Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Unix
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (77.78%) Information Management
3 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
3 5 (55.56%) Project Management
3 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
4 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (33.33%) Business Case
6 2 (22.22%) Validation
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
7 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
7 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Server Building
7 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) NetApp
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Fujitsu