Virtualisation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Virtualization Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Virtualization Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 1.71% - 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.06% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £530 £563 £750
% change year-on-year -5.78% -25.00% +30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.00 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £47.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 97 68 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.91% 94.44% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 50 70
10th Percentile £305 £241 £150
25th Percentile £363 £411 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £508
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +0.99% +1.50%
75th Percentile £550 £634 £600
90th Percentile £594 £704 £685
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile £20.86 - £14.12
25th Percentile £35.58 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -73.81%
75th Percentile £50.50 - £27.00
90th Percentile £65.10 - £30.25
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +263.64% -74.81%

Virtualisation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

Virtualisation Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Virtualisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in Swindon

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 14 March 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 Swindon region featuring Virtualisation Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 2 (100.00%) Veritas
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (100.00%) Zerto

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
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%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Veritas
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Zerto