KVM Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring KVM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs citing KVM 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.11% - 0.43%
As % of the System Software category 0.72% - 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile £355 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - £340
75th Percentile £365 - £365
90th Percentile - - £368
Yorkshire median daily rate £348 - £340

All System Software Skills
West Yorkshire

KVM 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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 138 75 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 15.18% 12.65% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 47 133
10th Percentile £205 £178 £226
25th Percentile £331 £239 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £400 £455
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -12.09% -4.21%
75th Percentile £509 £497 £575
90th Percentile £550 £553 £698
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £441 £415
% change year-on-year +7.65% +6.33% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £13.53
25th Percentile £26.25 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £17.06
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.71%
75th Percentile £28.75 - £18.07
90th Percentile - - £44.43
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 - £17.35
% change year-on-year - - -36.34%

KVM
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing KVM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

KVM job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

KVM
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing KVM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing KVM

KVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Data Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware