Microsoft Virtual Server Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Virtual Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 - 466
Rank change year-on-year - - +155
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 5 0 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% - 0.043%
As % of the System Software category 0.43% - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 9
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile £208 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +58.33%
75th Percentile £613 - £530
90th Percentile - - £565
UK median daily rate £575 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -14.81% +22.73% +18.92%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Microsoft Virtual Server falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,169 1,452 3,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 9.46% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 1,058 2,296
10th Percentile £358 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -3.84% -
75th Percentile £625 £618 £633
90th Percentile £775 £677 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 34 101
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £52.44 £15.88 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £43.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -33.35% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £84.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Virtual Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Virtual Server trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Microsoft Virtual Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microsoft Virtual Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microsoft Virtual Server over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microsoft Virtual Server daily rate histogram 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Internet
1 3 (60.00%) iSCSI
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
1 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Skype
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) IVR
2 2 (40.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (60.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) BCP
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Apple
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam