Microsoft Virtual Server Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Virtual Server
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 Microsoft Virtual Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 454 610
Rank change year-on-year +106 +156 -129
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 12 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.048% 0.023%
As % of the System Software category 0.070% 0.39% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 8
10th Percentile - £462 £188
25th Percentile £230 £464 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £475 £300
Median % change year-on-year -49.47% +58.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £250 £528 £519
90th Percentile - £548 £579
UK median daily rate £675 £550 £463
% change year-on-year +22.73% +18.92% +21.95%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 1,430 3,115 5,447
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.57% 12.37% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 2,232 4,057
10th Percentile £270 £296 £319
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £631 £625
90th Percentile £680 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 102 97
10th Percentile - £18.13 £14.74
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +165.31% -27.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.95 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.52% +170.00% -9.09%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Microsoft Virtual Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Virtual Server
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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

Microsoft Virtual Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Virtual Server
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft