Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 June 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Servers skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 21 June 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Virtual Servers
UK
6 months to
21 Jun 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 746 703 662
Rank change year-on-year -43 -41 -37
Contract jobs citing Virtual Servers 133 143 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 0.97% 1.39% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 105 168
UK median daily rate £400 £350 £399
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.23% +13.12%
10th Percentile £256 £188 £263
90th Percentile £575 £475 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £350 £375
% change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
UK median hourly rate £17.75 £19.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -9.72% +3.47% -15.90%
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.20 £17.35
90th Percentile £30.75 £25.25 £30.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £19.66 £21.25
% change year-on-year -16.07% -7.48% -5.94%

Virtual Servers is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

All System Software Skills
UK
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 13,707 10,257 12,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 11.25% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,836 6,558 7,636
UK median daily rate £450 £420 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +7.14% +5.00% +14.29%
10th Percentile £185 £163 £174
90th Percentile £625 £588 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £365
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 655 923
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £16.00 £16.00
10th Percentile £11.00 £10.13 £10.50
90th Percentile £45.87 £45.25 £42.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £15.00 £16.38
% change year-on-year +3.33% -8.40% +9.17%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Servers as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Virtual Servers.

Contractor daily rate trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 21 June 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Servers.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 21 June 2018.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Servers within the UK over the 6 months to 21 June 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
England -46 127 £400 +14.29% 61
UK excluding London 0 100 £400 +14.29% 40
South East -5 43 £440 +17.33% 13
London -47 32 £450 +28.57% 22
North of England -19 22 £395 +26.40% 12
North West +6 15 £384 - 5
South West +10 14 £376 +15.77% 6
Midlands -16 13 £388 +9.93% 4
West Midlands -11 9 £388 -6.06% 3
Yorkshire -11 7 £400 +23.08% 6
Scotland -46 5 £325 -17.72% 1
East of England -5 3 £400 +3.23% 4
East Midlands -7 2 £350 +7.69% 1

For the 6 months to 21 June 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Virtual Servers also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Virtual Servers.

1 62 (46.62%) Windows
2 57 (42.86%) VMware
2 57 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (36.84%) Active Directory
4 47 (35.34%) Linux
5 36 (27.07%) Data Centre
6 33 (24.81%) Windows Server
6 33 (24.81%) SAN
7 28 (21.05%) Migration
8 26 (19.55%) SCCM
9 25 (18.80%) Microsoft
10 24 (18.05%) Cisco
10 24 (18.05%) Oracle
10 24 (18.05%) Finance
11 23 (17.29%) Microsoft Azure
12 22 (16.54%) Firewall
12 22 (16.54%) DNS
13 21 (15.79%) Unix
13 21 (15.79%) DevOps
14 19 (14.29%) Amazon AWS
14 19 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
15 18 (13.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 18 (13.53%) MS Exchange
15 18 (13.53%) Hyper-V
15 18 (13.53%) Windows Server 2012
16 17 (12.78%) Citrix
17 16 (12.03%) Configuration Management
17 16 (12.03%) Office 365
18 14 (10.53%) HP
18 14 (10.53%) Solaris

Virtual Servers
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (13.53%) MS Exchange
2 9 (6.77%) Cloud Foundry
2 9 (6.77%) IIS
3 8 (6.02%) Apache Spark
3 8 (6.02%) SharePoint
4 6 (4.51%) Apache
5 4 (3.01%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.50%) nginx
7 2 (1.50%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.75%) Confluence
8 1 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.75%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.75%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.29%) Microsoft Azure
2 19 (14.29%) Amazon AWS
3 16 (12.03%) Office 365
4 11 (8.27%) IaaS
4 11 (8.27%) PaaS
5 8 (6.02%) GitHub
5 8 (6.02%) SaaS
6 6 (4.51%) Azure Active Directory
7 3 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.75%) G Suite
8 1 (0.75%) Google Cloud Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (24.81%) SAN
2 22 (16.54%) DNS
2 22 (16.54%) Firewall
3 13 (9.77%) DHCP
4 12 (9.02%) VPN
5 11 (8.27%) WAN
6 9 (6.77%) TCP/IP
7 8 (6.02%) DMZ
8 6 (4.51%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (3.76%) LAN
9 5 (3.76%) Network Security
10 4 (3.01%) IP Telephony
11 3 (2.26%) NAS
11 3 (2.26%) SMS
11 3 (2.26%) SSL
11 3 (2.26%) VLAN
11 3 (2.26%) VoIP
11 3 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.50%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.77%) Big Data
3 8 (6.02%) MySQL
4 3 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.26%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (1.50%) Redis
5 2 (1.50%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.75%) Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.75%) DB2
6 1 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.75%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (9.02%) Jenkins
2 10 (7.52%) Selenium
3 8 (6.02%) Cucumber
3 8 (6.02%) gulp
3 8 (6.02%) Protractor
3 8 (6.02%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.50%) JMeter
4 2 (1.50%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.75%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.75%) GitLab
5 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 24 (18.05%) Finance
2 5 (3.76%) Banking
2 5 (3.76%) Investment Banking
3 4 (3.01%) Legal
4 3 (2.26%) Local Government
4 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.50%) Law
6 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.75%) Marketing
6 1 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (10.53%) Administrator
2 14 (10.53%) Analyst
3 12 (9.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 12 (9.02%) Architect
3 12 (9.02%) Support Engineer
4 10 (7.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.02%) Azure Architect
5 8 (6.02%) Big Data Engineer
5 8 (6.02%) Development Engineer
5 8 (6.02%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.02%) Server Support
5 8 (6.02%) Systems Administrator
6 7 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (5.26%) Linux Administrator
6 7 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) Server Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) Unix Engineer
8 5 (3.76%) Data Centre Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.52%) Node.js
2 8 (6.02%) AngularJS
2 8 (6.02%) Kafka
2 8 (6.02%) LDAP
2 8 (6.02%) WireMock
3 6 (4.51%) Web Services
4 5 (3.76%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.75%) LAMP
5 1 (0.75%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.07%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.76%) CMDB
2 5 (3.76%) Virtual Team
3 4 (3.01%) Clustering
3 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.01%) Oracle Exalytics
4 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.26%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.50%) EMC VNX
5 2 (1.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.75%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.75%) LPAR
6 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Replication
6 1 (0.75%) User Experience
Operating Systems
1 62 (46.62%) Windows
2 47 (35.34%) Linux
3 33 (24.81%) Windows Server
4 21 (15.79%) Unix
5 19 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (13.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (10.53%) Solaris
8 13 (9.77%) Windows 10
9 12 (9.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (8.27%) AIX
11 9 (6.77%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (6.02%) Windows 7
13 7 (5.26%) HPUX
14 5 (3.76%) Debian
15 3 (2.26%) SUSE
15 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (2.26%) Windows XP
16 2 (1.50%) CentOS
16 2 (1.50%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.05%) Migration
2 21 (15.79%) DevOps
3 16 (12.03%) Configuration Management
4 12 (9.02%) ITIL
5 11 (8.27%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (6.77%) Problem Management
7 8 (6.02%) API Design
7 8 (6.02%) Continuous Delivery
7 8 (6.02%) Network Virtualisation
7 8 (6.02%) Scrum
7 8 (6.02%) Service Management
7 8 (6.02%) Software Engineering
7 8 (6.02%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (5.26%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (4.51%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (4.51%) Virtual Environments
10 5 (3.76%) Application Packaging
10 5 (3.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.53%) SQL
2 12 (9.02%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.27%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.77%) Java
5 4 (3.01%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.26%) Bash Shell
7 2 (1.50%) C#
7 2 (1.50%) PHP
7 2 (1.50%) Python
7 2 (1.50%) Ruby
7 2 (1.50%) VB
7 2 (1.50%) VBScript
8 1 (0.75%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (9.02%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.52%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.77%) Degree
4 4 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.50%) CCIE
6 2 (1.50%) CCIE Data Center
6 2 (1.50%) MCSE
7 1 (0.75%) CCNP
7 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.75%) IBM Certification
7 1 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.75%) MCSA
7 1 (0.75%) OCP
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.75%) RHCE
7 1 (0.75%) RHCSA
7 1 (0.75%) RHCVA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.26%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.75%) GCP
System Software
1 57 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 49 (36.84%) Active Directory
3 18 (13.53%) Hyper-V
3 18 (13.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 11 (8.27%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (7.52%) XenApp
6 9 (6.77%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.76%) NFS
7 5 (3.76%) vSphere
8 2 (1.50%) Docker
8 2 (1.50%) Firmware
8 2 (1.50%) Veritas File System
9 1 (0.75%) KVM
9 1 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.75%) RHEV
9 1 (0.75%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.75%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.75%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.75%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.75%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (19.55%) SCCM
2 13 (9.77%) Puppet
3 12 (9.02%) Opscode Chef
4 10 (7.52%) Tivoli
5 9 (6.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 8 (6.02%) WSUS
7 5 (3.76%) HP Data Protector
7 5 (3.76%) NetBackup
8 4 (3.01%) Oracle ZFS
8 4 (3.01%) Terraform
9 3 (2.26%) Nagios
9 3 (2.26%) Nessus
10 2 (1.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (1.50%) SCOM
11 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 1 (0.75%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.75%) Simpana
11 1 (0.75%) ThinApp
11 1 (0.75%) yum
Vendors
1 57 (42.86%) VMware
2 25 (18.80%) Microsoft
3 24 (18.05%) Cisco
3 24 (18.05%) Oracle
4 17 (12.78%) Citrix
5 14 (10.53%) HP
6 13 (9.77%) IBM
7 11 (8.27%) Red Hat
8 10 (7.52%) Dell
9 8 (6.02%) SolarWinds
10 7 (5.26%) Sun
11 6 (4.51%) Capita
12 5 (3.76%) ServiceNow
12 5 (3.76%) Snow
12 5 (3.76%) Veritas
13 4 (3.01%) EMC
13 4 (3.01%) Ivanti
14 3 (2.26%) Hitachi
14 3 (2.26%) Informatica
14 3 (2.26%) SAP