Virtualisation Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Virtualization Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Virtualization Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Engineer 6 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% - 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
75th Percentile £610 - -
90th Percentile £613 - -
South East median daily rate £565 £600 -
% change year-on-year -5.83% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,857 1,492 2,032
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 91.14% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,770 929 1,144
10th Percentile £349 £250 £263
25th Percentile £440 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £613
90th Percentile £713 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 87 103
10th Percentile £15.02 £14.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £15.12 £28.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -58.50% +25.21%
75th Percentile £83.00 £58.75 £72.33
90th Percentile £103.65 £87.35 £89.50
South East median hourly rate £50.99 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +102.75% -56.26% +15.00%

Virtualisation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Virtualisation Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Virtualisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Virtualisation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtualisation Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtualisation Engineer in the Thames Valley

Virtualisation Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Virtualisation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £610 - 2
Berkshire - 2 £475 -
Virtualisation Engineer
South East

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 Thames Valley region featuring Virtualisation Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (66.67%) Broadcom
3 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) VCAP
3 4 (66.67%) vCenter Server
3 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
3 4 (66.67%) VSAN
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) DHCP
4 2 (33.33%) DNS
4 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (33.33%) FTP
4 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) SSL
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VSAN
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) FTP
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) High Availability
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) VCAP
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Broadcom
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft