Virtual Servers Jobs

Virtual Servers
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Servers skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 804 1000
Rank change year-on-year +67 +196 -261
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 168 142 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 1.40% 0.97% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 134 129 198
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,478 £55,000 £45,611
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% +20.58% +7.96%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £58,033
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £67,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% +6.25%

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Servers is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,037 14,602 31,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.44% 15.40% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,350 9,782 15,548
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,638 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Servers as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Servers.

Salary trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Servers within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +99 162 £40,489 -26.38% 43
UK excluding London +2 125 £40,000 -9.09% 28
Work from Home +51 53 £50,000 -23.08% 15
South East -11 44 £40,250 -19.50% 10
London +95 40 £67,500 +12.50% 15
Midlands +21 33 £40,000 -2.44% 8
North of England +46 24 £37,500 -16.67% 2
West Midlands +12 23 £36,298 -11.47% 7
North East +3 17 £37,500 +4.17%
East of England +3 13 £50,000 +17.65% 2
East Midlands - 10 £45,000 - 1
South West -32 8 £45,000 +9.76% 8
Yorkshire +63 5 £22,500 -52.63% 1
Wales +6 3 £40,000 -11.11%
North West -15 2 - - 1

Virtual Servers
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (13.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.79%) IIS
4 2 (1.19%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.19%) Resin
5 1 (0.60%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 91 (54.17%) Azure
2 59 (35.12%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (22.62%) AWS
4 15 (8.93%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.74%) Nutanix
6 5 (2.98%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.19%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.19%) GitHub
7 2 (1.19%) IaaS
7 2 (1.19%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.19%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.60%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.60%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.60%) PaaS
8 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 66 (39.29%) DNS
2 42 (25.00%) Firewall
3 32 (19.05%) DHCP
4 25 (14.88%) SAN
5 21 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 15 (8.93%) VPN
7 12 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (5.36%) VLAN
8 9 (5.36%) Wireless
9 8 (4.76%) LAN
10 7 (4.17%) WAN
11 6 (3.57%) NAS
12 5 (2.98%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.79%) iSCSI
13 3 (1.79%) Unified Communications
14 2 (1.19%) EIGRP
14 2 (1.19%) HSRP
14 2 (1.19%) IPsec
14 2 (1.19%) OSPF
14 2 (1.19%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.98%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.19%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Bitbucket
1 2 (1.19%) Git
1 2 (1.19%) JIRA
1 2 (1.19%) Subversion
2 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.36%) Finance
3 9 (5.36%) Manufacturing
4 8 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.57%) Legal
7 5 (2.98%) Automotive
7 5 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.38%) Military
9 3 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.79%) Local Government
10 2 (1.19%) Law
10 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.60%) Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (13.10%) IT Engineer
3 21 (12.50%) Administrator
4 20 (11.90%) Architect
5 18 (10.71%) Senior
6 15 (8.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.74%) Systems Engineer
8 12 (7.14%) Analyst
8 12 (7.14%) Storage Specialist
9 11 (6.55%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (6.55%) Virtualisation Specialist
10 10 (5.95%) Lead
10 10 (5.95%) Technical Architect
11 8 (4.76%) IT Support
12 7 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.17%) Cloud Specialist
12 7 (4.17%) ICT Officer
12 7 (4.17%) Server Specialist
13 6 (3.57%) IT Analyst
13 6 (3.57%) IT Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (11.90%) OAuth
1 20 (11.90%) OpenID
1 20 (11.90%) REST
1 20 (11.90%) SAML
2 12 (7.14%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.19%) LAMP
3 2 (1.19%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.60%) Middleware
4 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.12%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.55%) Security Posture
3 8 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.57%) Cyberattack
5 6 (3.57%) PKI
5 6 (3.57%) Replication
6 4 (2.38%) CMDB
6 4 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.79%) CCTV
7 3 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.79%) IoT
7 3 (1.79%) NHS
8 2 (1.19%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.19%) Clustering
8 2 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.19%) Smartcard
8 2 (1.19%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 83 (49.40%) Windows
2 52 (30.95%) Windows Server
3 44 (26.19%) Linux
4 16 (9.52%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.19%) CentOS
7 2 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 32 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (14.88%) Open Source
6 24 (14.29%) Agile
7 22 (13.10%) Identity Access Management
8 21 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 21 (12.50%) ITIL
8 21 (12.50%) Microservices
8 21 (12.50%) Scrum
9 20 (11.90%) BDD
9 20 (11.90%) DevSecOps
9 20 (11.90%) Digital Identity
9 20 (11.90%) Kanban
9 20 (11.90%) TDD
10 17 (10.12%) Project Delivery
10 17 (10.12%) Project Management
11 16 (9.52%) Patch Management
12 14 (8.33%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.50%) Java
2 17 (10.12%) PowerShell
3 15 (8.93%) SQL
4 6 (3.57%) Bash
5 4 (2.38%) C
5 4 (2.38%) Go
6 3 (1.79%) C++
6 3 (1.79%) Rust
7 2 (1.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 24 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.90%) MCSE
4 19 (11.31%) Degree
5 16 (9.52%) Azure Certification
6 15 (8.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 14 (8.33%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.57%) CCNA
8 6 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.79%) MCITP
11 2 (1.19%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.19%) CISSP
11 2 (1.19%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.19%) MCSA
11 2 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.60%) CCA
12 1 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.38%) GDPR
1 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (2.38%) SLA
2 3 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (46.43%) Active Directory
2 50 (29.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (21.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 25 (14.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (9.52%) Hyper-V
6 13 (7.74%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (5.36%) vSphere
9 4 (2.38%) Firmware
10 3 (1.79%) Ceph
10 3 (1.79%) Docker
10 3 (1.79%) pfSense
11 2 (1.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (1.19%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.60%) NFS
12 1 (0.60%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (8.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 8 (4.76%) SCCM
3 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 6 (3.57%) Ansible
4 6 (3.57%) Terraform
5 4 (2.38%) Autotask
5 4 (2.38%) SCOM
6 3 (1.79%) Knative
6 3 (1.79%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.19%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.60%) Packer
8 1 (0.60%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.60%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.60%) vRealize
8 1 (0.60%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 80 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 50 (29.76%) VMware
3 26 (15.48%) Veeam
4 17 (10.12%) Commvault
4 17 (10.12%) HP
5 12 (7.14%) Citrix
5 12 (7.14%) Nimble Storage
6 9 (5.36%) Cisco
6 9 (5.36%) Datto
7 7 (4.17%) Dell
7 7 (4.17%) EMC
8 5 (2.98%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (2.38%) Aruba
10 3 (1.79%) Adobe
10 3 (1.79%) IBM
10 3 (1.79%) NetApp
11 2 (1.19%) BMC
11 2 (1.19%) Juniper
11 2 (1.19%) Oracle
11 2 (1.19%) Veritas