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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 77 86
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +20
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 10 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.79% 0.41% 0.75%
As % of the System Software category 5.62% 2.22% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile £223 - £491
25th Percentile £276 £350 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £435 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% -17.24% -3.31%
75th Percentile £386 £539 £633
90th Percentile £515 £558 £674
South East median daily rate £475 £380 £550
% change year-on-year +25.00% -30.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 - -
Median hourly rate £58.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £58.50 - £25.12
% change year-on-year - - -69.56%

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 178 180 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.05% 18.35% 19.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 121 94
10th Percentile £200 £330 £206
25th Percentile £459 £418 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £612
90th Percentile £650 £675 £668
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 34
10th Percentile £45.14 £26.80 £16.62
25th Percentile £45.56 £54.63 £27.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 £70.00 £56.95
Median % change year-on-year -30.40% +22.91% +57.10%
75th Percentile £56.42 - £70.00
90th Percentile £58.72 £74.25 £77.85
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £57.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +41.48% -0.43% +98.28%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 +5 4 £310 -11.43% 2
Basingstoke -2 1 £600 +15.61% 1
Winchester - 1 £200 -
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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Git
1 6 (60.00%) Jenkins
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support
4 1 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Configuration Management
2 6 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (60.00%) DevOps
2 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) SysML
2 6 (60.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) C++
1 6 (60.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Docker
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (10.00%) VMware