KVM Contract Job Trends
Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing KVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 653 | 555 | 520 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -98 | -35 | +94 |
| Contract jobs citing KVM | 44 | 19 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.080% | 0.055% | 0.085% |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.79% | 0.45% | 0.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22 | 7 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £388 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £471 | £461 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £528 | £503 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.98% | +25.63% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £629 | £568 | £463 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £615 | £550 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £501 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.70% | +28.53% | -22.00% |
All System Software Skills
UK
KVM falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing system software skills.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing system software skills | 5,544 | 4,261 | 4,310 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 10.11% | 12.31% | 11.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,662 | 2,751 | 2,763 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £206 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £378 | £380 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £588 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.26% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 279 | 134 | 88 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.00 | £15.50 | £17.44 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £18.90 | £21.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £26.75 | £44.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +133.64% | -39.20% | -1.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £67.25 | £66.92 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £88.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.24 | £54.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.96% | +8.00% | +33.33% |
KVM Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing KVM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
KVM Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing KVM.
KVM Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing KVM over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.
KVM Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing KVM.
KVM Top 11 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing KVM within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -114 | 37 | £525 | +17.45% | 12 |
| UK excluding London | -61 | 33 | £600 | +19.70% | 5 |
| North of England | -60 | 14 | £560 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | -28 | 11 | £560 | - | 1 |
| London | -87 | 10 | £425 | - | 8 |
| Work from Home | -66 | 7 | £565 | +3.01% | 3 |
| South West | - | 7 | £500 | - | 1 |
| South East | -56 | 6 | £630 | +40.94% | 1 |
| Scotland | -29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | £600 | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 3 | - | - |
KVM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMware Infrastructure | 45.5% | 20 |
| 2 | Virtual Machines | 20.5% | 9 |
| 3 | Firmware | 18.2% | 8 |
| 4 | Hyper-V | 15.9% | 7 |
| 5 | Ceph | 11.4% | 5 |
| 5 | Docker | 11.4% | 5 |
| 5 | NFS | 11.4% | 5 |
| 8 | QEMU | 9.1% | 4 |
| 9 | VMware ESXi | 6.8% | 3 |
| 10 | Veritas Cluster Server | 4.5% | 2 |
| 10 | VirtualBox | 4.5% | 2 |
| 10 | vSphere | 4.5% | 2 |
| 13 | etcd | 2.3% | 1 |