KVM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for KVM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited KVM over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 462 583
Rank change year-on-year +118 +121 -138
Contract jobs citing KVM 10 18 29
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.069% 0.065%
As % of the System Software category 0.68% 0.56% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 28
10th Percentile £363 £413 £398
25th Percentile £427 £425 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -21.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £525 £515 £650
90th Percentile £593 £600 £725
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £575
% change year-on-year - -21.74% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - £46.32

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

KVM 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 WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,471 3,226 5,496
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.53% 12.39% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 2,306 4,059
10th Percentile £262 £300 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £631 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 105 104
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.11 £14.28
25th Percentile £17.00 £47.50 £17.69
Median hourly rate £43.32 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.35% +165.31% -33.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.50 £52.81
90th Percentile £83.99 £78.00 £65.86
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £52.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -57.14% +162.50% -

KVM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing KVM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

KVM trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing KVM.

KVM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

KVM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing KVM over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

KVM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

KVM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

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

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Datadog
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) IOS XR
3 1 (10.00%) LAN
3 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Technician
3 1 (10.00%) Data Technician
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Technician
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Solaris
2 4 (40.00%) VMS
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Migration
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Database Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Runbook
5 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) Perl
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) JNCIP
3 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Ansible
1 4 (40.00%) Check_MK
1 4 (40.00%) Salt
1 4 (40.00%) Terraform
1 4 (40.00%) ZABBIX
2 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) F5
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto