Virtual Machines Contracts with Work from Home Options

Virtual Machine (VM)
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 Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines 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 252 268 324
Rank change year-on-year +16 +56 -13
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 102 226 314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.87% 0.71%
As % of the System Software category 6.93% 7.01% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 145 217
10th Percentile £285 £400 £380
25th Percentile £363 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% -
75th Percentile £608 £587 £630
90th Percentile £608 £615 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -7.74% +3.33% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile £84.20 £22.30 £69.30
25th Percentile £85.16 £65.00 £74.25
Median hourly rate £86.78 £66.00 £84.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.48% -21.43% +110.00%
75th Percentile £88.39 £71.19 £85.75
90th Percentile £89.36 £75.00 £86.80
UK median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £47.73
% change year-on-year -77.84% +38.28% +12.31%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Virtual Machines 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% -

Virtual Machines
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Virtual Machines trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
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 Virtual Machines.

Virtual Machines daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Virtual Machines daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines.

Virtual Machines hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
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 18 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (11.76%) OpenStack
3 6 (5.88%) Confluence
4 4 (3.92%) IIS
5 3 (2.94%) nginx
6 2 (1.96%) Apache
7 1 (0.98%) CICS
7 1 (0.98%) CMS
7 1 (0.98%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 57 (55.88%) Azure
2 26 (25.49%) Entra ID
3 19 (18.63%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (17.65%) Azure Storage
5 16 (15.69%) AWS
5 16 (15.69%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (12.75%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (6.86%) IaaS
7 7 (6.86%) Serverless
8 6 (5.88%) PaaS
9 5 (4.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (3.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (3.92%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (2.94%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (2.94%) Amazon S3
11 3 (2.94%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (2.94%) Route 53
11 3 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (33.33%) Firewall
2 33 (32.35%) DNS
3 25 (24.51%) DHCP
4 14 (13.73%) VPN
5 9 (8.82%) TCP/IP
6 6 (5.88%) Network Security
7 3 (2.94%) OpenLDAP
7 3 (2.94%) SAN
7 3 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (1.96%) IPsec
8 2 (1.96%) NAS
8 2 (1.96%) VLAN
9 1 (0.98%) BGP
9 1 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.98%) LAN
9 1 (0.98%) MQTT
9 1 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.98%) SNA
9 1 (0.98%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.94%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.94%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.96%) Couchbase
3 2 (1.96%) Power BI
3 2 (1.96%) Redis
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.98%) DB2
4 1 (0.98%) Metadata
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Git
2 9 (8.82%) Jenkins
3 7 (6.86%) JIRA
4 5 (4.90%) GitLab
5 3 (2.94%) Artifactory
5 3 (2.94%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.94%) Selenium
6 2 (1.96%) JMeter
6 2 (1.96%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.96%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.98%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.98%) CppUnit
7 1 (0.98%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.98%) ERwin
7 1 (0.98%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.98%) Maven
7 1 (0.98%) PVCS
7 1 (0.98%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.84%) Finance
3 7 (6.86%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.94%) Banking
6 2 (1.96%) Front Office
6 2 (1.96%) Retail
6 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.98%) Aviation
7 1 (0.98%) Billing
7 1 (0.98%) Electronics
7 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.98%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (15.69%) Senior
2 15 (14.71%) Azure Specialist
3 14 (13.73%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (13.73%) Active Directory Support
3 14 (13.73%) Support Specialist
4 11 (10.78%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (9.80%) Architect
5 10 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (6.86%) Developer
7 6 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.90%) Server Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Azure Architect
9 4 (3.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Software Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (19.61%) ARM Templates
2 11 (10.78%) .NET
3 8 (7.84%) XML
4 6 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (4.90%) YAML
6 4 (3.92%) ASP.NET
6 4 (3.92%) LDAP
7 3 (2.94%) Node.js
7 3 (2.94%) RESTful
7 3 (2.94%) SOAP
7 3 (2.94%) Web Services
8 2 (1.96%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.96%) Java EE
8 2 (1.96%) LAPP Stack
8 2 (1.96%) Middleware
8 2 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.96%) pytest
9 1 (0.98%) http4s
9 1 (0.98%) Lambda Expressions
9 1 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.67%) PKI
2 15 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.86%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.92%) Contactless
4 4 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) IoT
6 2 (1.96%) Tandem
6 2 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Machine to Machine
7 1 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.98%) Replication
7 1 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.98%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 47 (46.08%) Windows
2 43 (42.16%) Linux
3 27 (26.47%) Windows Server
4 16 (15.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (13.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (5.88%) CentOS
6 6 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.92%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.92%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.92%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.94%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (2.94%) VMS
9 2 (1.96%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (1.96%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.96%) Unix
9 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.98%) Android
10 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.98%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.98%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (36.27%) DevOps
2 33 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 28 (27.45%) Agile
3 28 (27.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 20 (19.61%) Analytics
4 20 (19.61%) ITIL
5 18 (17.65%) RBAC
5 18 (17.65%) Release Management
6 16 (15.69%) Log Analytics
6 16 (15.69%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 16 (15.69%) Service Management
7 15 (14.71%) Identity Management
7 15 (14.71%) Privileged Identity Management
8 13 (12.75%) High Availability
9 12 (11.76%) Migration
10 11 (10.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (6.86%) Open Source
12 7 (6.86%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (6.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 29 (28.43%) PowerShell
2 20 (19.61%) Python
3 19 (18.63%) Bicep
3 19 (18.63%) VB
4 18 (17.65%) C#
5 15 (14.71%) SQL
5 15 (14.71%) VBScript
6 6 (5.88%) C++
7 5 (4.90%) Bash
7 5 (4.90%) Java
8 4 (3.92%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.94%) Go
10 2 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.96%) Scala
10 2 (1.96%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.98%) C
11 1 (0.98%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.98%) PHP
11 1 (0.98%) Ruby
11 1 (0.98%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 25 (24.51%) SC Cleared
3 22 (21.57%) Degree
4 15 (14.71%) DV Cleared
4 15 (14.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (3.92%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.94%) CCNA
6 3 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.96%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.96%) CCNP
7 2 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.98%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) ISO 9001
1 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (1.96%) QA
1 2 (1.96%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
2 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.98%) NIST
2 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (36.27%) Active Directory
2 15 (14.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (10.78%) Docker
5 9 (8.82%) vSphere
6 6 (5.88%) Firmware
6 6 (5.88%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.94%) VirtualBox
8 2 (1.96%) Ceph
8 2 (1.96%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.96%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (1.96%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.98%) iptables
9 1 (0.98%) KVM
9 1 (0.98%) PowerDNS
9 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.98%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.98%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 20 (19.61%) WSUS
3 18 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (16.67%) Terraform
5 16 (15.69%) SCOM
6 15 (14.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (14.71%) SCCM
7 11 (10.78%) Ansible
8 8 (7.84%) Grafana
8 8 (7.84%) Prometheus
9 5 (4.90%) vCenter Server
10 4 (3.92%) Kibana
10 4 (3.92%) logstash
11 2 (1.96%) Pacemaker
11 2 (1.96%) Podman
11 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.96%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.98%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.98%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (31.37%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.61%) VMware
3 6 (5.88%) Dell
3 6 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.90%) Oracle
5 4 (3.92%) Cisco
6 3 (2.94%) Okta
7 2 (1.96%) Adobe
7 2 (1.96%) Commvault
7 2 (1.96%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.96%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.96%) Google
7 2 (1.96%) Juniper
7 2 (1.96%) Omniture
7 2 (1.96%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.96%) Splunk
7 2 (1.96%) Sun
8 1 (0.98%) CA
8 1 (0.98%) F5
8 1 (0.98%) Qualys