Virtual Machines Contracts in England

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 293 334 394
Rank change year-on-year +41 +60 +26
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 279 334 461
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.71% 0.66%
As % of the System Software category 6.72% 5.54% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 219 307
10th Percentile £332 £313 £350
25th Percentile £425 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +2.51% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +0.94% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 7
10th Percentile - £22.63 £22.95
25th Percentile £14.06 £24.94 £41.01
Median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.84% -20.00% +52.78%
75th Percentile £15.19 £70.13 £84.38
90th Percentile £84.67 £73.60 £85.85
UK median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year -77.84% -11.11% +37.50%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,150 6,031 9,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.06% 12.82% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 4,317 6,885
10th Percentile £205 £200 £190
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 208 252
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.25 £13.01
25th Percentile £14.48 £17.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £22.40 £50.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.20% +163.16% +2.43%
75th Percentile £58.69 £66.38 £29.00
90th Percentile £74.48 £76.95 £56.61
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 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
London +27 110 £550 - 36
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
East Midlands +3 2 £325 -38.10% 6
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 36 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.94%) OpenStack
3 9 (3.23%) Confluence
3 9 (3.23%) IIS
4 4 (1.43%) Tomcat
5 3 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 5 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.36%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 125 (44.80%) Azure
2 57 (20.43%) Entra ID
3 48 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (10.75%) Azure Monitor
4 30 (10.75%) Azure Storage
5 25 (8.96%) PaaS
6 23 (8.24%) AWS
7 19 (6.81%) Power Platform
8 18 (6.45%) IaaS
9 17 (6.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (4.66%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (4.30%) SaaS
11 12 (4.30%) Serverless
12 9 (3.23%) GCP
13 8 (2.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (2.87%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (2.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 65 (23.30%) Firewall
2 50 (17.92%) DNS
3 38 (13.62%) DHCP
4 15 (5.38%) TCP/IP
4 15 (5.38%) VPN
5 13 (4.66%) Network Security
6 9 (3.23%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (2.87%) Internet
7 8 (2.87%) WAN
8 6 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.43%) BGP
9 4 (1.43%) LAN
9 4 (1.43%) NAS
9 4 (1.43%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (1.43%) SAN
10 3 (1.08%) IPsec
10 3 (1.08%) MPLS
10 3 (1.08%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.08%) VLAN
11 2 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.09%) Power BI
3 15 (5.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.87%) Oracle Database
5 7 (2.51%) Data Lake
6 6 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.15%) Redis
7 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.72%) Metadata
9 2 (0.72%) MySQL
10 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (10.75%) Git
2 18 (6.45%) GitLab
3 16 (5.73%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.94%) JIRA
5 9 (3.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 7 (2.51%) Artifactory
6 7 (2.51%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.79%) Selenium
8 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.72%) CppUnit
9 2 (0.72%) Maven
9 2 (0.72%) MSI
9 2 (0.72%) PVCS
9 2 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.36%) Hudson
10 1 (0.36%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.36%) JUnit
10 1 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.36%) TestNG
General
1 82 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.77%) Finance
3 23 (8.24%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.02%) Banking
5 12 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.79%) German Language
7 5 (1.79%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.43%) Local Government
9 3 (1.08%) Billing
9 3 (1.08%) Front Office
10 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.72%) Electronics
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
10 2 (0.72%) Retail
11 1 (0.36%) Automotive
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (13.26%) Architect
2 25 (8.96%) Azure Engineer
2 25 (8.96%) Senior
3 23 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (7.53%) Active Directory Support
5 18 (6.45%) Analyst
6 17 (6.09%) Azure Specialist
7 15 (5.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (5.38%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (5.02%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (5.02%) Developer
8 14 (5.02%) Support Specialist
9 13 (4.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.66%) Support Engineer
10 11 (3.94%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Lead
11 9 (3.23%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Administrator
12 8 (2.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Domain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.39%) ARM Templates
2 25 (8.96%) YAML
3 18 (6.45%) XML
4 12 (4.30%) .NET
5 10 (3.58%) JSON
6 9 (3.23%) Spring
7 8 (2.87%) Web Services
8 7 (2.51%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (2.51%) REST
9 6 (2.15%) LDAP
10 5 (1.79%) Node.js
10 5 (1.79%) RESTful
11 4 (1.43%) ASP.NET
11 4 (1.43%) pytest
11 4 (1.43%) SOAP
12 3 (1.08%) Kafka
12 3 (1.08%) Middleware
13 2 (0.72%) EDI
13 2 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.39%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (9.32%) PKI
3 21 (7.53%) Driving Licence
4 15 (5.38%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.30%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.58%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (3.23%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.51%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.51%) Replication
9 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.43%) Contactless
11 3 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.08%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.72%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 107 (38.35%) Windows
2 98 (35.13%) Linux
3 44 (15.77%) Windows Server
4 37 (13.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (12.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (10.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (9.32%) VMS
8 14 (5.02%) Unix
9 9 (3.23%) Windows 10
10 8 (2.87%) CentOS
11 7 (2.51%) Mac OS
12 6 (2.15%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (2.15%) Solaris
13 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (1.43%) Alpine Linux
14 4 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.72%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.72%) Windows 7
17 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (24.01%) DevOps
2 63 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 62 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 56 (20.07%) Agile
5 45 (16.13%) Migration
6 35 (12.54%) ITIL
7 31 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 31 (11.11%) Validation
8 30 (10.75%) Release Management
9 29 (10.39%) RBAC
10 28 (10.04%) Analytics
11 27 (9.68%) Identity Management
12 25 (8.96%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 24 (8.60%) Log Analytics
14 22 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (7.89%) Service Management
15 21 (7.53%) Configuration Management
15 21 (7.53%) Privileged Identity Management
16 20 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
16 20 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 79 (28.32%) PowerShell
2 54 (19.35%) SQL
3 44 (15.77%) Python
4 34 (12.19%) Bicep
5 25 (8.96%) C#
5 25 (8.96%) VB
6 21 (7.53%) VBScript
7 17 (6.09%) Shell Script
8 16 (5.73%) Java
9 10 (3.58%) Bash
10 8 (2.87%) C++
11 4 (1.43%) Scala
12 3 (1.08%) PHP
12 3 (1.08%) Ruby
12 3 (1.08%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.72%) C
13 2 (0.72%) Go
13 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.81%) SC Cleared
3 58 (20.79%) Degree
4 36 (12.90%) DV Cleared
5 21 (7.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 20 (7.17%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.87%) CCNA
9 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.15%) CCNP
11 4 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.43%) GCIA
11 4 (1.43%) GCIH
11 4 (1.43%) GIAC
11 4 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.08%) ISEB
12 3 (1.08%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.72%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.23%) SLA
2 6 (2.15%) QA
3 3 (1.08%) GDPR
3 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.72%) COBIT
4 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.72%) NCSC
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 85 (30.47%) Active Directory
2 58 (20.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (6.81%) Docker
5 15 (5.38%) Hyper-V
6 14 (5.02%) vSphere
7 12 (4.30%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (3.58%) KVM
9 6 (2.15%) VMFS
10 5 (1.79%) Firmware
11 4 (1.43%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.72%) Ceph
12 2 (0.72%) PowerDNS
12 2 (0.72%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.72%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.72%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.72%) XenApp
12 2 (0.72%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.36%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 55 (19.71%) Kubernetes
2 47 (16.85%) Terraform
3 39 (13.98%) Ansible
4 31 (11.11%) SCCM
5 29 (10.39%) WSUS
6 28 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (7.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 21 (7.53%) SCOM
8 16 (5.73%) Progress Chef
8 16 (5.73%) Puppet
9 14 (5.02%) Salt
10 13 (4.66%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (4.30%) Grafana
11 12 (4.30%) Prometheus
12 7 (2.51%) Kibana
12 7 (2.51%) logstash
13 5 (1.79%) Data Guard
13 5 (1.79%) Nessus
14 4 (1.43%) Packer
14 4 (1.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 95 (34.05%) Microsoft
2 68 (24.37%) VMware
3 33 (11.83%) Red Hat
4 30 (10.75%) Oracle
5 20 (7.17%) BT
5 20 (7.17%) Virgin Media
6 13 (4.66%) SaltStack
7 9 (3.23%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.87%) CA
8 8 (2.87%) Cisco
8 8 (2.87%) SEEBURGER
9 6 (2.15%) Amdocs
9 6 (2.15%) Google
10 5 (1.79%) Citrix
11 4 (1.43%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.43%) Dell
12 3 (1.08%) Juniper
12 3 (1.08%) Okta
12 3 (1.08%) SAP