Microsoft Virtual Server Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Virtual Server
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.14% - -
As % of the System Software category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 - -
North East median daily rate £680 - -

All System Software Skills
Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 92 25 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 12.78% 10.92% 7.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 18 7
10th Percentile £275 £188 £240
25th Percentile £363 £228 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -22.73% +12.82%
75th Percentile £458 £488 £613
90th Percentile £500 £537 £636
North East median daily rate £400 £383 £305
% change year-on-year +4.58% +25.41% -23.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £26.66 - -
75th Percentile £38.33 - -
90th Percentile £45.33 - -
North East median hourly rate £37.08 - -

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £680 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
North East

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware