Virtual Machines Contracts in England

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 320 387
Rank change year-on-year +11 +67 +17
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 252 363 453
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.75% 0.64%
As % of the System Software category 6.38% 5.81% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 236 299
10th Percentile £305 £345 £350
25th Percentile £413 £457 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +5.05%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £634
90th Percentile £682 £713 £714
UK median daily rate £518 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 16 9
10th Percentile - £22.97 £27.10
25th Percentile £14.06 £25.09 £37.25
Median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year -77.84% +30.00% +3.61%
75th Percentile £15.19 £70.56 £84.00
90th Percentile £86.97 £82.50 £85.30
UK median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £58.39
% change year-on-year -77.84% +13.04% +32.69%

All System Software Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,952 6,243 9,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.87% 12.93% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,758 4,510 7,047
10th Percentile £200 £200 £198
25th Percentile £331 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £631
90th Percentile £688 £738 £703
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 221 269
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.52 £13.37
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £72.38 £75.99 £52.85
UK median hourly rate £22.40 £54.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.52% +170.00% -9.09%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in England.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in England.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Machines in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
London +37 109 £550 - 41
South East +13 46 £550 +0.64% 21
North of England +27 39 £594 +13.10% 15
Yorkshire +33 23 £338 -35.71% 6
North West +13 16 £600 +16.50% 8
Midlands +17 13 £400 -11.11% 9
East of England +5 13 £602 +20.40% 8
West Midlands +8 11 £400 +6.67% 4
South West +7 11 £439 -12.15% 17
East Midlands +11 2 £325 -38.10% 5
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (11.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (8.73%) OpenStack
3 9 (3.57%) Confluence
4 7 (2.78%) IIS
5 6 (2.38%) nginx
6 5 (1.98%) Apache
7 2 (0.79%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 114 (45.24%) Azure
2 48 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 40 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (12.30%) AWS
5 26 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (9.52%) Azure Storage
7 23 (9.13%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (7.54%) PaaS
9 17 (6.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 17 (6.75%) Power Platform
10 15 (5.95%) IaaS
11 11 (4.37%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (3.57%) Serverless
13 8 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (3.17%) GCP
13 8 (3.17%) GitHub
14 7 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (2.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 57 (22.62%) Firewall
2 46 (18.25%) DNS
3 35 (13.89%) DHCP
4 16 (6.35%) VPN
5 15 (5.95%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.37%) Network Security
7 5 (1.98%) WAN
7 5 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.59%) BGP
8 4 (1.59%) Internet
8 4 (1.59%) NAS
8 4 (1.59%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (1.59%) SAN
9 3 (1.19%) IPsec
9 3 (1.19%) LAN
9 3 (1.19%) MPLS
9 3 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.19%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.19%) VLAN
10 2 (0.79%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.35%) Power BI
3 14 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (3.97%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.17%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.78%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.38%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.38%) Redis
8 5 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.98%) Couchbase
9 4 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.59%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.59%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.79%) MySQL
11 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (7.54%) Git
2 18 (7.14%) GitLab
2 18 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.37%) JIRA
4 8 (3.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (2.78%) Artifactory
5 7 (2.78%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.98%) Selenium
7 4 (1.59%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.19%) CppUnit
8 3 (1.19%) PVCS
8 3 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.79%) Maven
9 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.40%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.40%) JUnit
10 1 (0.40%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.40%) TestNG
General
1 75 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.27%) Finance
3 20 (7.94%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.16%) Banking
5 10 (3.97%) Financial Institution
5 10 (3.97%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.38%) German Language
8 4 (1.59%) Local Government
9 3 (1.19%) Electronics
9 3 (1.19%) Front Office
9 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.19%) Marketing
9 3 (1.19%) Retail
10 2 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) French Language
11 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (14.68%) Architect
2 24 (9.52%) Senior
3 23 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
4 21 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (6.75%) Active Directory Support
5 17 (6.75%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (5.95%) Azure Specialist
6 15 (5.95%) Developer
7 14 (5.56%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (5.56%) Support Specialist
8 13 (5.16%) Analyst
8 13 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (3.57%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.57%) Lead
9 9 (3.57%) Linux Engineer
9 9 (3.57%) Network Engineer
9 9 (3.57%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.17%) Domain Architect
10 8 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.52%) ARM Templates
2 18 (7.14%) XML
3 14 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (4.76%) .NET
5 10 (3.97%) JSON
5 10 (3.97%) YAML
6 8 (3.17%) Spring
7 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (2.78%) REST
8 6 (2.38%) LDAP
8 6 (2.38%) Web Services
9 5 (1.98%) LAPP Stack
9 5 (1.98%) Node.js
9 5 (1.98%) RESTful
10 4 (1.59%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.59%) pytest
10 4 (1.59%) SOAP
11 2 (0.79%) Kafka
11 2 (0.79%) Middleware
11 2 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.92%) PKI
2 21 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 20 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.56%) Public Cloud
5 13 (5.16%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.38%) Replication
9 4 (1.59%) Contactless
10 3 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.19%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.79%) Equities
11 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) IoT
11 2 (0.79%) Tandem
11 2 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 90 (35.71%) Linux
2 75 (29.76%) Windows
3 35 (13.89%) Windows Server
4 26 (10.32%) VMS
5 24 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (9.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 23 (9.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (5.95%) CentOS
8 13 (5.16%) Unix
9 9 (3.57%) Windows 10
10 8 (3.17%) Ubuntu
11 6 (2.38%) Oracle Linux
11 6 (2.38%) Solaris
12 5 (1.98%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.59%) Alpine Linux
13 4 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (1.19%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.79%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.40%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.19%) CI/CD
2 62 (24.60%) DevOps
3 50 (19.84%) Agile
4 46 (18.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 42 (16.67%) Migration
6 29 (11.51%) ITIL
7 27 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 25 (9.92%) RBAC
9 24 (9.52%) Release Management
10 22 (8.73%) Analytics
10 22 (8.73%) High Availability
11 21 (8.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 20 (7.94%) Containerisation
13 19 (7.54%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (7.54%) Identity Management
13 19 (7.54%) Log Analytics
13 19 (7.54%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (7.14%) Computer Science
14 18 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.03%) SQL
2 48 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 46 (18.25%) Python
4 29 (11.51%) Bicep
5 21 (8.33%) C#
5 21 (8.33%) VB
6 18 (7.14%) Shell Script
7 17 (6.75%) VBScript
8 16 (6.35%) Java
9 14 (5.56%) Bash
10 9 (3.57%) C++
11 7 (2.78%) Go
12 4 (1.59%) Scala
13 3 (1.19%) C
13 3 (1.19%) PHP
13 3 (1.19%) Ruby
13 3 (1.19%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.79%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (24.60%) Security Cleared
2 49 (19.44%) Degree
3 45 (17.86%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.90%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.75%) Azure Certification
5 17 (6.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.38%) CCNA
9 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.19%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.19%) CCNP
11 3 (1.19%) ISEB
11 3 (1.19%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.79%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.17%) QA
2 7 (2.78%) SLA
3 3 (1.19%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.40%) NIST
4 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (29.37%) Active Directory
2 39 (15.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.33%) Docker
4 18 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (5.56%) Hyper-V
6 12 (4.76%) vSphere
7 11 (4.37%) KVM
8 9 (3.57%) Firmware
9 4 (1.59%) VirtualBox
9 4 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.19%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.79%) Ceph
11 2 (0.79%) PowerDNS
11 2 (0.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.79%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.79%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.40%) iptables
12 1 (0.40%) LXC
12 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 49 (19.44%) Kubernetes
2 36 (14.29%) Terraform
3 31 (12.30%) Ansible
4 25 (9.92%) WSUS
5 24 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (8.33%) SCCM
7 19 (7.54%) Grafana
7 19 (7.54%) Prometheus
8 17 (6.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (6.75%) SCOM
9 11 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (3.57%) Kibana
10 9 (3.57%) logstash
11 7 (2.78%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.98%) ZABBIX
13 4 (1.59%) Packer
14 3 (1.19%) Nessus
15 2 (0.79%) CSIRT
15 2 (0.79%) Pacemaker
15 2 (0.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 79 (31.35%) Microsoft
2 48 (19.05%) VMware
3 20 (7.94%) BT
3 20 (7.94%) Oracle
3 20 (7.94%) Virgin Media
4 18 (7.14%) Red Hat
5 9 (3.57%) Dell
6 8 (3.17%) CA
6 8 (3.17%) Cisco
7 7 (2.78%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.78%) SEEBURGER
8 6 (2.38%) Amdocs
8 6 (2.38%) Google
9 4 (1.59%) SAP
10 3 (1.19%) F5
10 3 (1.19%) Juniper
10 3 (1.19%) New Relic
11 2 (0.79%) Citrix
11 2 (0.79%) Commvault
11 2 (0.79%) Rapid7