Virtual Environments Contracts

Virtual Environments
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 632 782
Rank change year-on-year +106 +150 -198
Contract jobs citing Virtual Environments 68 84 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.16% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 65 49
10th Percentile £246 £363 £162
25th Percentile £360 £454 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +28.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £523
90th Percentile £613 £703 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £375
% change year-on-year -1.96% +36.00% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £65.18 £28.58 -
25th Percentile £67.31 £47.41 -
Median hourly rate £72.75 £78.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.68% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 £82.40 -
90th Percentile £77.33 £84.56 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.75 £84.00 -
% change year-on-year -13.39% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Environments as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Environments over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England +106 66 £500 -2.44% 29
UK excluding London +54 38 £500 -1.96% 18
London +110 23 £500 -6.54% 13
Work from Home +110 18 £400 -21.38% 13
West Midlands +42 15 £550 +4.76% 2
Midlands +28 15 £550 +14.58% 2
South West +20 13 £500 +12.99% 3
South East +9 6 £431 -14.62% 7
North of England +33 2 £294 - 4
North West +24 2 £294 - 3
East of England +2 2 £250 -65.52%

Virtual Environments
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.94%) OpenStack
2 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.47%) Mule
3 1 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.47%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Aligne
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle 11i
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.47%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.06%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) AWS
3 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.82%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.88%) Azure Functions
4 4 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (5.88%) Serverless
5 2 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.94%) GCP
5 2 (2.94%) Nutanix
5 2 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.47%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.59%) DNS
2 13 (19.12%) DHCP
3 10 (14.71%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.82%) Firewall
4 6 (8.82%) NAS
4 6 (8.82%) SAN
5 5 (7.35%) WAN
6 4 (5.88%) VSAN
7 3 (4.41%) LAN
8 2 (2.94%) BGP
8 2 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (2.94%) InfiniBand
8 2 (2.94%) MPLS
8 2 (2.94%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.94%) VPN
9 1 (1.47%) Internet
9 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) Power BI
2 4 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.94%) DB2
3 2 (2.94%) MariaDB
3 2 (2.94%) Metadata
3 2 (2.94%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.94%) MySQL
3 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.47%) PowerPivot
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Artifactory
2 2 (2.94%) GitLab
3 1 (1.47%) Git
3 1 (1.47%) MSI
General
1 17 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (13.24%) Public Sector
3 8 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Finance
4 7 (10.29%) French Language
4 7 (10.29%) German Language
5 6 (8.82%) Arabic Language
5 6 (8.82%) Spanish Language
6 4 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Banking
7 2 (2.94%) Japanese Language
7 2 (2.94%) Korean Language
8 1 (1.47%) Billing
8 1 (1.47%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (30.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (13.24%) Architect
2 9 (13.24%) Consultant
3 8 (11.76%) Analyst
4 6 (8.82%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Backup Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) Help Desk Technician
5 4 (5.88%) IT Analyst
5 4 (5.88%) IT Technician
5 4 (5.88%) Lead
5 4 (5.88%) Oracle Consultant
5 4 (5.88%) Storage and Backup Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Storage Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Automation Test Lead
6 3 (4.41%) ETRM Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Senior
6 3 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) CSS
1 1 (1.47%) HTML
1 1 (1.47%) JSON
1 1 (1.47%) SOAP
1 1 (1.47%) TIBCO EMS
1 1 (1.47%) XML
1 1 (1.47%) XSD
1 1 (1.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.35%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.35%) Virtual Team
3 4 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.47%) Clustering
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (45.59%) Windows
2 20 (29.41%) Linux
3 14 (20.59%) Unix
4 10 (14.71%) Windows Server
5 8 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (8.82%) Windows 10
7 4 (5.88%) Android
7 4 (5.88%) Apple iOS
8 3 (4.41%) VMS
8 3 (4.41%) Windows 2000
8 3 (4.41%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.47%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (25.00%) ITIL
4 12 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (14.71%) Agile
6 9 (13.24%) Visualisation
7 8 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (11.76%) Problem Management
8 7 (10.29%) Acceptance Criteria
8 7 (10.29%) Information Management
8 7 (10.29%) Security Hardening
8 7 (10.29%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (10.29%) SIEM
8 7 (10.29%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (8.82%) Business Analysis
9 6 (8.82%) Computer Science
9 6 (8.82%) ETRM
9 6 (8.82%) Risk Management
10 5 (7.35%) Release Management
10 5 (7.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.18%) Java
2 10 (14.71%) C#
2 10 (14.71%) PowerShell
3 8 (11.76%) SQL
4 5 (7.35%) Python
5 4 (5.88%) PL/SQL
6 3 (4.41%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.47%) Bash
7 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.47%) Perl
7 1 (1.47%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.47%) VB
7 1 (1.47%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (39.71%) Security Cleared
2 17 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 15 (22.06%) Degree
3 15 (22.06%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.88%) VCAP
5 4 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.94%) CCNA
6 2 (2.94%) CCNP
6 2 (2.94%) JNCIP
6 2 (2.94%) MCP
6 2 (2.94%) MCSA
6 2 (2.94%) MCSE
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.47%) CISM
7 1 (1.47%) CISSP
7 1 (1.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) NIST
2 6 (8.82%) SLA
3 3 (4.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 33 (48.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (19.12%) VMware NSX
3 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 7 (10.29%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (8.82%) vSphere
6 5 (7.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (5.88%) Docker
7 4 (5.88%) Hyper-V
8 3 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (2.94%) KVM
9 2 (2.94%) LXC
10 1 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (1.47%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (1.47%) XenApp
10 1 (1.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (16.18%) SCCM
2 7 (10.29%) vCenter Server
3 6 (8.82%) Kubernetes
4 5 (7.35%) Ansible
4 5 (7.35%) Terraform
5 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (5.88%) SysTrack
6 2 (2.94%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.47%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 33 (48.53%) VMware
2 12 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 9 (13.24%) Citrix
3 9 (13.24%) Veeam
4 7 (10.29%) Oracle
5 5 (7.35%) Juniper
6 4 (5.88%) Avaya
6 4 (5.88%) Cisco
6 4 (5.88%) Dell
6 4 (5.88%) Ivanti
6 4 (5.88%) New Relic
6 4 (5.88%) OpenAI
6 4 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.88%) Sun
7 3 (4.41%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.41%) IBM
8 2 (2.94%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.94%) Google
8 2 (2.94%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.94%) TIBCO