Virtual Machines Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 258 321
Rank change year-on-year +5 +63 -8
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 152 175 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.77% 0.62%
As % of the System Software category 5.98% 5.12% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 125 144
10th Percentile £351 £300 £202
25th Percentile £413 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £506
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.70% +18.42%
75th Percentile £608 £585 £630
90th Percentile £653 £623 £657
UK median daily rate £535 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +0.94% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 6
10th Percentile - £21.64 £30.64
25th Percentile £14.06 £24.62 £58.39
Median hourly rate £14.63 £64.50 £83.25
Median % change year-on-year -77.33% -22.52% +54.17%
75th Percentile £15.19 £67.00 £84.56
90th Percentile £84.67 £74.50 £86.13
UK median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year -77.84% -11.11% +37.50%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

Virtual Machines falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,540 3,419 4,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.91% 15.07% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 2,407 3,261
10th Percentile £185 £181 £158
25th Percentile £313 £305 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £553
90th Percentile £650 £688 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 165 226
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.16 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £17.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +144.72% -1.73%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £23.69
90th Percentile £78.80 £75.00 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
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 Machines within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South East +27 60 £593 +12.86% 15
North of England +31 40 £600 +14.29% 15
Midlands +15 28 £557 +11.40% 17
South West +7 27 £475 -7.32% 14
West Midlands +20 26 £570 +38.18% 11
Yorkshire +27 23 £340 -35.24% 7
North West +17 17 £618 +17.67% 6
East of England +4 14 £533 +6.65% 10
Scotland +22 2 £363 -27.50% 3
East Midlands +3 2 £325 -38.10% 6
Wales +17 1 £425 -29.17%
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
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 33 (21.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.95%) Confluence
3 5 (3.29%) IIS
4 4 (2.63%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.97%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.66%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.66%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.66%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 56 (36.84%) Azure
2 35 (23.03%) Entra ID
3 30 (19.74%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (18.42%) Azure Monitor
5 24 (15.79%) Azure Storage
6 12 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (6.58%) Power Platform
8 9 (5.92%) IaaS
8 9 (5.92%) PaaS
9 7 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (3.95%) AWS
11 5 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (3.29%) SaaS
12 4 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (1.97%) Azure AKS
13 3 (1.97%) Azure API Management
13 3 (1.97%) Azure Event Grid
13 3 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 42 (27.63%) Firewall
2 33 (21.71%) DHCP
2 33 (21.71%) DNS
3 10 (6.58%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.61%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (3.95%) VPN
6 4 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.97%) Network Security
7 3 (1.97%) VLAN
8 2 (1.32%) NAS
8 2 (1.32%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (1.32%) SAN
9 1 (0.66%) 3G
9 1 (0.66%) 4G
9 1 (0.66%) 5G
9 1 (0.66%) FTP
9 1 (0.66%) GPRS
9 1 (0.66%) VoLTE
9 1 (0.66%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.26%) Power BI
4 4 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.97%) Redis
5 3 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 21 (13.82%) Git
2 8 (5.26%) GitLab
3 7 (4.61%) JIRA
3 7 (4.61%) Visual Studio
4 6 (3.95%) Artifactory
4 6 (3.95%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.32%) CppUnit
6 2 (1.32%) MSI
6 2 (1.32%) PVCS
6 2 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (1.32%) Selenium
7 1 (0.66%) Hudson
7 1 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 58 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.24%) Public Sector
3 6 (3.95%) Finance
4 5 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.63%) German Language
5 4 (2.63%) Local Government
6 3 (1.97%) Front Office
7 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.32%) Banking
8 1 (0.66%) Automotive
8 1 (0.66%) Law
8 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (13.82%) Active Directory Support
2 19 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (11.18%) Azure Specialist
4 15 (9.87%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (9.21%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.21%) Architect
5 14 (9.21%) Support Specialist
6 11 (7.24%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.26%) Analyst
7 8 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.26%) Domain Architect
7 8 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Active Directory Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Active Directory Support Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Senior
11 4 (2.63%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.47%) ARM Templates
2 18 (11.84%) YAML
3 7 (4.61%) .NET
3 7 (4.61%) Web Services
4 4 (2.63%) RESTful
4 4 (2.63%) SOAP
4 4 (2.63%) XML
5 2 (1.32%) LDAP
5 2 (1.32%) Middleware
5 2 (1.32%) Node.js
5 2 (1.32%) pytest
6 1 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.66%) JSON
6 1 (0.66%) Kafka
6 1 (0.66%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.11%) PKI
2 24 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (13.16%) Driving Licence
4 7 (4.61%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (3.95%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.63%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.97%) Replication
8 2 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.32%) Tandem
8 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (47.37%) Windows
2 57 (37.50%) Linux
3 34 (22.37%) Windows Server 2019
4 31 (20.39%) Windows Server
5 28 (18.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 24 (15.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (9.87%) VMS
8 5 (3.29%) Unix
8 5 (3.29%) Windows 10
9 4 (2.63%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (1.97%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.32%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (1.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (27.63%) Infrastructure as Code
2 39 (25.66%) DevOps
3 31 (20.39%) Agile
4 29 (19.08%) ITIL
4 29 (19.08%) Release Management
5 28 (18.42%) Migration
6 26 (17.11%) CI/CD
7 24 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (15.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 24 (15.79%) RBAC
8 23 (15.13%) Identity Management
9 22 (14.47%) Analytics
9 22 (14.47%) Log Analytics
9 22 (14.47%) Service Management
10 21 (13.82%) Privileged Identity Management
10 21 (13.82%) Validation
11 15 (9.87%) Infrastructure Automation
11 15 (9.87%) Project Delivery
12 14 (9.21%) Configuration Management
13 13 (8.55%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 49 (32.24%) PowerShell
2 30 (19.74%) SQL
3 25 (16.45%) C#
4 24 (15.79%) Bicep
5 21 (13.82%) VB
5 21 (13.82%) VBScript
6 13 (8.55%) Python
7 8 (5.26%) C++
8 3 (1.97%) Bash
8 3 (1.97%) Java
8 3 (1.97%) PHP
8 3 (1.97%) Ruby
8 3 (1.97%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.32%) C
9 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 67 (44.08%) Security Cleared
2 57 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 42 (27.63%) Degree
4 31 (20.39%) DV Cleared
5 21 (13.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (7.24%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.63%) CCNA
7 4 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.97%) ISEB
8 3 (1.97%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.32%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.32%) CCNP
9 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.61%) SLA
2 5 (3.29%) QA
3 3 (1.97%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 58 (38.16%) Active Directory
2 46 (30.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (14.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (8.55%) Hyper-V
5 12 (7.89%) vSphere
6 11 (7.24%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (4.61%) Docker
8 5 (3.29%) VMFS
9 4 (2.63%) VirtualBox
10 2 (1.32%) Ceph
10 2 (1.32%) KVM
10 2 (1.32%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (1.32%) VMware NSX
10 2 (1.32%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (1.32%) XenApp
10 2 (1.32%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.66%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.66%) Firmware
11 1 (0.66%) LXC
11 1 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 34 (22.37%) Kubernetes
2 27 (17.76%) SCCM
2 27 (17.76%) WSUS
3 25 (16.45%) Terraform
4 22 (14.47%) Ansible
4 22 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (13.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (13.82%) SCOM
6 13 (8.55%) Progress Chef
6 13 (8.55%) Puppet
6 13 (8.55%) Salt
7 11 (7.24%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.97%) Packer
8 3 (1.97%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.32%) Grafana
9 2 (1.32%) Pacemaker
9 2 (1.32%) Podman
9 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.32%) SCVMM
9 2 (1.32%) vRealize
Vendors
1 54 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 51 (33.55%) VMware
3 23 (15.13%) Red Hat
4 20 (13.16%) BT
4 20 (13.16%) Virgin Media
5 11 (7.24%) SaltStack
6 8 (5.26%) CA
7 7 (4.61%) Oracle
8 5 (3.29%) Citrix
9 4 (2.63%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.32%) Cisco
10 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.32%) Qualys
10 2 (1.32%) Sun
11 1 (0.66%) Commvault
11 1 (0.66%) HP
11 1 (0.66%) McAfee
11 1 (0.66%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.66%) Symantec
11 1 (0.66%) Veritas