Virtualisation Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Virtualization Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Virtualization Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 46 85
Rank change year-on-year -25 +39 0
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Engineer 1 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.14% 2.16% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 2.45% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £509 £515
25th Percentile £518 £513 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -26.67% +30.43%
75th Percentile £553 £688 £775
90th Percentile - £725 -
South West median daily rate £505 £550 £750
% change year-on-year -8.18% -26.67% +30.43%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Wiltshire with a recognized job title 646 368 823
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.23% 88.25% 91.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 251 586
10th Percentile £400 £356 £306
25th Percentile £475 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% - -
75th Percentile £700 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £700 £729
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 2 31
10th Percentile £12.60 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +110.53% -56.49%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £74.00
90th Percentile £31.25 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -22.67%

Virtualisation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Virtualisation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Virtualisation Engineer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Virtualisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Virtualisation Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Virtualisation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtualisation Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Corsham -25 1 £535 -2.73% 3
Virtualisation Engineer
South West

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Virtualisation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring Virtualisation Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

Virtualisation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware