Virtual Environments
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Virtual Environments skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Environments over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 101 | 128 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +27 | +40 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Environments | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.78% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.94% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £355 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £506 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £568 |
| England median daily rate | £470 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.10% | +3.17% | +29.23% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands
Virtual Environments falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,206 | 1,602 | 2,036 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 88.55% | 83.79% | 88.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 788 | 1,062 | 1,391 |
| 10th Percentile | £194 | £275 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £371 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | +4.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £666 | £750 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 58 | 115 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.62 | £11.09 | £12.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.91 | £14.00 | £13.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.62 | £22.50 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.69% | +18.42% | +12.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.08 | £40.25 | £28.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £38.67 | £57.75 | £50.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.02 | £37.18 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.95% | -0.85% | +50.00% |
Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Virtual Environments as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Virtual Environments
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in the West Midlands.
Virtual Environments
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in the West Midlands.