Virtual Machines Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 69 82
Rank change year-on-year -29 +13 +5
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 19 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.98% 0.73% 1.04%
As % of the System Software category 7.12% 4.73% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 13
10th Percentile - £256 £528
25th Percentile £400 £394 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.56% +1.74%
75th Percentile £575 - £609
90th Percentile £675 - £624
South East median daily rate £475 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -20.83% +2.56% +13.43%

All System Software Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 267 148 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.73% 15.50% 20.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 126 178
10th Percentile £400 £259 £409
25th Percentile £490 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +8.57%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 26
10th Percentile - £52.10 £17.69
25th Percentile £16.00 £53.66 £26.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £57.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -15.27% +4.78% +4.52%
75th Percentile £52.58 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.78% +7.07%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in Hampshire over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Machines in Hampshire

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Machines.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 6 August 2026. 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
Southampton 0 7 - - 3
Lymington - 4 £450 -
Portsmouth - 3 £471 -
Farnborough - 3 £650 - 2
Eastleigh - 2 £450 - 1
Virtual Machines
South East

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) CMS
1 2 (10.53%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) Entra ID
2 7 (36.84%) IaaS
3 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) VLAN
1 3 (15.79%) VSAN
2 2 (10.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Azure Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (36.84%) Cloud Engineer
3 7 (36.84%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Programme Manager
4 4 (21.05%) Software Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (21.05%) Data Management
3 4 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) Security Hardening
5 2 (10.53%) DevOps
5 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (10.53%) RBAC
5 2 (10.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.26%) Front End Development
6 1 (5.26%) High Availability
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (5.26%) Network Segmentation
6 1 (5.26%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) PowerShell
2 4 (21.05%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Docker
1 4 (21.05%) vSphere
2 3 (15.79%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) vCenter Server
2 3 (15.79%) PowerCLI
3 2 (10.53%) Terraform
4 1 (5.26%) Avamar
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) VMware
3 3 (15.79%) Veeam
3 3 (15.79%) Zerto
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle