Virtual Machines Contracts with Work from Home Options

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 246 280 351
Rank change year-on-year +34 +71 -13
Contract jobs citing Virtual Machines 96 181 288
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.65% 0.76% 0.66%
As % of the System Software category 6.70% 6.15% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 116 193
10th Percentile £294 £385 £380
25th Percentile £413 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% +3.81% -6.25%
75th Percentile £608 £587 £626
90th Percentile - £679 £734
UK median daily rate £535 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +0.94% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile £83.77 £22.30 £69.30
25th Percentile £84.11 £65.25 £74.25
Median hourly rate £84.67 £66.00 £84.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.28% -21.43% +34.40%
75th Percentile £85.22 £70.19 £85.75
90th Percentile £85.56 £73.95 £86.80
UK median hourly rate £14.63 £66.00 £74.25
% change year-on-year -77.84% -11.11% +37.50%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,433 2,944 5,279
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.71% 12.33% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 2,081 3,926
10th Percentile £293 £285 £319
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £633 £625
90th Percentile £686 £715 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 113 87
10th Percentile - £18.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £47.50 £18.55
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +136.36% +13.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £59.84
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.60 £66.40
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% +172.80% -

Virtual Machines
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Machines trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines.

Virtual Machines daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Virtual Machines daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines.

Virtual Machines hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 26 (27.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.25%) Confluence
3 4 (4.17%) IIS
3 4 (4.17%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.04%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.04%) nginx
4 1 (1.04%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (60.42%) Azure
2 33 (34.38%) Entra ID
3 29 (30.21%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (26.04%) Azure Storage
5 23 (23.96%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (12.50%) AWS
8 7 (7.29%) IaaS
8 7 (7.29%) Serverless
9 5 (5.21%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (5.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (4.17%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (4.17%) Azure App Service
10 4 (4.17%) PaaS
11 3 (3.13%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (3.13%) Azure Functions
11 3 (3.13%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 41 (42.71%) Firewall
2 35 (36.46%) DNS
3 27 (28.13%) DHCP
4 11 (11.46%) VPN
5 9 (9.38%) TCP/IP
6 8 (8.33%) Network Security
7 3 (3.13%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.08%) NAS
8 2 (2.08%) SAN
8 2 (2.08%) VLAN
8 2 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.04%) BGP
9 1 (1.04%) FTP
9 1 (1.04%) Internet
9 1 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.04%) LAN
9 1 (1.04%) MQTT
9 1 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (3.13%) Redis
4 2 (2.08%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.04%) MySQL
5 1 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.04%) Power BI
5 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (15.63%) Git
2 7 (7.29%) Jenkins
2 7 (7.29%) JIRA
3 5 (5.21%) GitLab
4 4 (4.17%) Selenium
5 3 (3.13%) Artifactory
5 3 (3.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.04%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.04%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.04%) Maven
6 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.33%) Finance
3 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.08%) Banking
5 2 (2.08%) Front Office
5 2 (2.08%) Retail
6 1 (1.04%) Aviation
6 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (21.88%) Active Directory Support
2 16 (16.67%) Azure Specialist
3 14 (14.58%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (14.58%) Support Specialist
4 13 (13.54%) Senior
5 12 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (9.38%) Support Engineer
7 8 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (7.29%) Active Directory Engineer
8 7 (7.29%) Active Directory Support Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Architect
10 5 (5.21%) Developer
10 5 (5.21%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (5.21%) Senior Developer
11 4 (4.17%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 4 (4.17%) Development Engineer
11 4 (4.17%) Network Engineer
11 4 (4.17%) Server Engineer
11 4 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (29.17%) ARM Templates
2 11 (11.46%) .NET
3 8 (8.33%) XML
3 8 (8.33%) YAML
4 4 (4.17%) ASP.NET
4 4 (4.17%) LDAP
5 3 (3.13%) Node.js
5 3 (3.13%) RESTful
5 3 (3.13%) SOAP
6 2 (2.08%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.08%) Kafka
6 2 (2.08%) Middleware
6 2 (2.08%) pytest
7 1 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.04%) http4s
7 1 (1.04%) JSON
7 1 (1.04%) Lambda Expressions
7 1 (1.04%) OAuth
7 1 (1.04%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.04%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.96%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (21.88%) PKI
3 7 (7.29%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.21%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.17%) Contactless
5 4 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.13%) IoT
6 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.13%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.08%) Tandem
7 2 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.04%) Machine to Machine
8 1 (1.04%) Replication
8 1 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 54 (56.25%) Windows
2 43 (44.79%) Linux
3 34 (35.42%) Windows Server
4 24 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (22.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 6 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (4.17%) VMS
7 4 (4.17%) Windows 10
7 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (3.13%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (2.08%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (2.08%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.08%) Ubuntu
9 2 (2.08%) Unix
10 1 (1.04%) Android
10 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.04%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.58%) DevOps
2 35 (36.46%) Agile
3 33 (34.38%) CI/CD
3 33 (34.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 26 (27.08%) ITIL
5 24 (25.00%) RBAC
6 23 (23.96%) Identity Management
6 23 (23.96%) Release Management
7 22 (22.92%) Analytics
7 22 (22.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 22 (22.92%) Service Management
8 21 (21.88%) Log Analytics
8 21 (21.88%) Privileged Identity Management
9 11 (11.46%) Migration
10 9 (9.38%) High Availability
10 9 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (8.33%) Scrum
12 7 (7.29%) Computer Science
12 7 (7.29%) Open Source
12 7 (7.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 38 (39.58%) PowerShell
2 27 (28.13%) Bicep
3 25 (26.04%) VB
4 24 (25.00%) C#
5 21 (21.88%) VBScript
6 17 (17.71%) Python
7 13 (13.54%) SQL
8 5 (5.21%) C++
9 4 (4.17%) Bash
10 3 (3.13%) Java
11 2 (2.08%) Ruby
11 2 (2.08%) Scala
11 2 (2.08%) VB.NET
12 1 (1.04%) Go
12 1 (1.04%) Kotlin
12 1 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (1.04%) PHP
12 1 (1.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (36.46%) Security Cleared
2 32 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 30 (31.25%) Degree
4 21 (21.88%) DV Cleared
4 21 (21.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.13%) CCNA
6 3 (3.13%) CCNP
6 3 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.08%) GCIA
7 2 (2.08%) GCIH
7 2 (2.08%) GIAC
7 2 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.04%) MCSA
8 1 (1.04%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.08%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (2.08%) SLA
2 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.04%) GDPR
2 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.04%) NIST
2 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 22 (22.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (11.46%) Docker
5 10 (10.42%) vSphere
6 6 (6.25%) Hyper-V
7 3 (3.13%) Firmware
7 3 (3.13%) VirtualBox
8 2 (2.08%) Ceph
8 2 (2.08%) Terminal Services
8 2 (2.08%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (2.08%) VMware NSX
8 2 (2.08%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.04%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (1.04%) iptables
9 1 (1.04%) PowerDNS
Systems Management
1 33 (34.38%) Kubernetes
2 24 (25.00%) WSUS
3 23 (23.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (22.92%) SCCM
4 22 (22.92%) SCOM
5 21 (21.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (18.75%) Terraform
7 10 (10.42%) Ansible
8 4 (4.17%) Grafana
8 4 (4.17%) Progress Chef
8 4 (4.17%) Prometheus
8 4 (4.17%) Puppet
9 2 (2.08%) CSIRT
9 2 (2.08%) Nessus
9 2 (2.08%) Pacemaker
9 2 (2.08%) Podman
9 2 (2.08%) QRadar
9 2 (2.08%) Salt
9 2 (2.08%) SCVMM
9 2 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (44.79%) Microsoft
2 19 (19.79%) VMware
3 7 (7.29%) Oracle
4 6 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 5 (5.21%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.17%) Cisco
7 3 (3.13%) Commvault
7 3 (3.13%) Dell
7 3 (3.13%) Okta
7 3 (3.13%) SaltStack
8 2 (2.08%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (2.08%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.08%) Juniper
8 2 (2.08%) Sun
8 2 (2.08%) Symantec
9 1 (1.04%) CA
9 1 (1.04%) Citrix
9 1 (1.04%) F5
9 1 (1.04%) HP
9 1 (1.04%) Qualys