Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Sunderland

Virtual Machine (VM)
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sunderland requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sunderland 5.26% - -
As % of the System Software category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £400 £350 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All System Software Skills
Sunderland

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 Sunderland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sunderland 5.26% 18.75% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £315 £183
25th Percentile - £319 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £338 £195
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +73.08% -8.24%
75th Percentile - £356 £368
90th Percentile - £360 £427
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £395 £220
% change year-on-year +20.25% +79.55% -63.33%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sunderland.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Sunderland

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Sunderland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft