VirtualBox Contract Job Trends

Oracle VM VirtualBox
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring VirtualBox skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 514 586
Rank change year-on-year - +72 +156
Contract jobs citing VirtualBox 0 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.013% 0.014%
As % of the System Software category - 0.10% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £491 -
25th Percentile - £549 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £599 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +33.06% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £623 £506
90th Percentile - - £563
UK excluding London median daily rate - £599 £450
% change year-on-year - +33.06% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £66.50
25th Percentile - - £68.75
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £78.75
90th Percentile - - £79.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.00

All System Software Skills
UK

VirtualBox 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,864 3,847 4,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.43% 12.71% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,338 2,550 3,297
10th Percentile £206 £205 £188
25th Percentile £400 £390 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +8.96% -8.57%
75th Percentile £596 £625 £600
90th Percentile £691 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 88 238
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.58 £21.41 £16.81
Median hourly rate £38.47 £33.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -16.88% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £83.63 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.84% -6.25% +53.85%

VirtualBox
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VirtualBox relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

VirtualBox job vacancy trend in the UK

VirtualBox
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VirtualBox.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VirtualBox

VirtualBox
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VirtualBox.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing VirtualBox