Virtual Environments Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual Environments
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Virtual Environments skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Environments over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 404 477
Rank change year-on-year +49 +73 -105
Contract jobs citing Virtual Environments 39 47 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.20% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 44 18
10th Percentile £264 £306 £183
25th Percentile £370 £368 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £375
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +28.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £494
90th Percentile - £646 £507
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £400
% change year-on-year +3.17% +21.16% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £65.18 - -
25th Percentile £67.31 - -
Median hourly rate £72.75 - -
75th Percentile £76.31 - -
90th Percentile £77.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £17.05 -
% change year-on-year +326.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Virtual Environments is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,292 20,943 27,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.44% 89.50% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,311 14,478 18,837
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £379 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,286 1,344
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.39 £14.21
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.65 £61.15
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Environments as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London

Virtual Environments
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London

Virtual Environments
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London

Virtual Environments
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Environments in the UK excluding London

Virtual Environments
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Environments within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Midlands +26 16 £550 +14.58% 3
West Midlands +29 15 £550 +4.76% 2
South West +23 12 £500 +25.79% 3
South East +12 6 £431 -13.76% 7
North of England +35 2 £294 - 8
North West +24 2 £294 - 7
East of England +9 2 £250 -63.64% 1
East Midlands +12 1 £550 +21.03% 1
Scotland - 1 £240 - 2
Virtual Environments
UK

Virtual Environments
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Azure Functions
2 4 (10.26%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 4 (10.26%) Serverless
3 3 (7.69%) AWS
4 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.56%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (30.77%) DHCP
1 12 (30.77%) DNS
2 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.26%) NAS
3 4 (10.26%) SAN
3 4 (10.26%) VSAN
4 3 (7.69%) Firewall
5 2 (5.13%) LAN
5 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.13%) WAN
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.56%) Network Security
6 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.56%) Metadata
2 1 (2.56%) PowerPivot
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (5.13%) Artifactory
2 2 (5.13%) GitLab
3 1 (2.56%) MSI
General
1 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
2 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) German Language
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Backup Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Storage and Backup Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Storage Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Automation Test Lead
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Lead
4 3 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Senior
4 3 (7.69%) Test Leader
4 3 (7.69%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) CSS
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (51.28%) Windows
2 12 (30.77%) Linux
3 11 (28.21%) Unix
4 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
5 8 (20.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (7.69%) VMS
6 3 (7.69%) Windows 2000
6 3 (7.69%) Windows XP
7 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
8 1 (2.56%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
2 12 (30.77%) ITIL
3 8 (20.51%) Visualisation
4 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (17.95%) Information Management
4 7 (17.95%) Security Hardening
4 7 (17.95%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (17.95%) SIEM
4 7 (17.95%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (15.38%) Agile
6 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Release Management
7 4 (10.26%) Analytics
7 4 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (10.26%) DevOps
7 4 (10.26%) Incident Management
7 4 (10.26%) Problem Management
7 4 (10.26%) Runbook
7 4 (10.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) C#
1 10 (25.64%) Java
2 9 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.69%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.13%) Python
5 1 (2.56%) Bash
5 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.90%) DV Cleared
3 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
4 5 (12.82%) Degree
5 4 (10.26%) VCAP
5 4 (10.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.56%) CCDP
8 1 (2.56%) CCIE
8 1 (2.56%) CCNA
8 1 (2.56%) CISSP
8 1 (2.56%) MCP
8 1 (2.56%) MCSA
8 1 (2.56%) MCSE
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.56%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) SLA
3 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 23 (58.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (28.21%) VMware NSX
3 7 (17.95%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (15.38%) vSphere
5 5 (12.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (10.26%) Docker
7 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
7 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
8 2 (5.13%) LXC
8 2 (5.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (2.56%) XenApp
9 1 (2.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) SCCM
2 7 (17.95%) vCenter Server
3 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (10.26%) SysTrack
4 3 (7.69%) Ansible
4 3 (7.69%) Terraform
5 2 (5.13%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 23 (58.97%) VMware
2 8 (20.51%) Veeam
3 5 (12.82%) Citrix
3 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.26%) Cisco
4 4 (10.26%) Dell
4 4 (10.26%) New Relic
4 4 (10.26%) OpenAI
5 3 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 3 (7.69%) Juniper
6 2 (5.13%) Atlassian
6 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.56%) FireEye
7 1 (2.56%) IBM
7 1 (2.56%) Meraki
7 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.56%) Tanium