VMS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMS 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 644 773 947
Rank change year-on-year +129 +174 -124
Permanent jobs citing VMS 267 173 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.89% 1.12% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 195 109 92
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £41,325
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,400 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -29.10% +28.23%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £76,150 £80,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.05% -24.00% +28.87%

All Operating Systems
UK

VMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,112 15,500 31,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.41% 16.35% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,734 10,456 16,364
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VMS in the UK

VMS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMS.

Salary trend for VMS in the UK

VMS
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for VMS in the UK

VMS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS 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 +141 244 £57,500 +21.05% 53
UK excluding London +60 187 £57,500 +21.05% 37
Work from Home +122 152 £57,500 +15.58% 25
London +99 71 £57,500 +51.82% 15
North of England +66 55 £57,500 -11.54% 16
South East -13 45 £57,500 +21.05% 6
North West +9 36 £57,500 -11.54% 9
Midlands +12 33 £57,500 +48.39% 8
South West -11 21 £57,500 +24.32% 5
East Midlands - 19 £57,500 - 6
Yorkshire +68 14 £57,500 -11.54% 6
East of England +7 14 £57,500 - 1
West Midlands -6 14 £57,500 +48.39% 2
Scotland -54 14 £57,500 +1.77% 2
North East - 5 £57,500 - 1
Wales +6 4 £45,000 -2.62%
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

VMS
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 31 (11.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.99%) SharePoint
3 22 (8.24%) IIS
4 9 (3.37%) WordPress
5 7 (2.62%) Umbraco
6 5 (1.87%) JBoss
6 5 (1.87%) Solana
6 5 (1.87%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.50%) CMS
8 3 (1.12%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.37%) Apache
10 1 (0.37%) JOnAS
Applications
1 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (7.87%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.75%) Shopify
3 1 (0.37%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.37%) Misys Opics
3 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 157 (58.80%) Azure
2 83 (31.09%) Power Platform
3 41 (15.36%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (10.86%) Entra ID
5 26 (9.74%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (9.74%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (8.61%) OneDrive
7 16 (5.99%) AWS
8 15 (5.62%) PaaS
9 12 (4.49%) IaaS
10 8 (3.00%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.00%) SaaS
10 8 (3.00%) Serverless
11 7 (2.62%) GCP
12 6 (2.25%) Azure App Service
13 5 (1.87%) Nutanix
14 4 (1.50%) GitHub
14 4 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
15 3 (1.12%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 81 (30.34%) Firewall
2 74 (27.72%) Broadband
3 56 (20.97%) WAN
4 53 (19.85%) VPN
5 52 (19.48%) LAN
6 42 (15.73%) Internet
7 34 (12.73%) DNS
8 18 (6.74%) NAS
9 16 (5.99%) iSCSI
9 16 (5.99%) Network Security
10 14 (5.24%) DHCP
11 13 (4.87%) Fibre Channel
11 13 (4.87%) SAN
12 10 (3.75%) Wireless
13 8 (3.00%) TCP/IP
14 4 (1.50%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.50%) SNMP
14 4 (1.50%) VLAN
14 4 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (41.20%) SQL Server
2 83 (31.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 76 (28.46%) Power BI
4 6 (2.25%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.75%) MySQL
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.37%) Firebird
7 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (7.87%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (4.12%) Git
3 10 (3.75%) Octopus Deploy
3 10 (3.75%) TeamCity
4 9 (3.37%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.00%) GitLab
6 3 (1.12%) Subversion
General
1 147 (55.06%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.73%) Retail
3 23 (8.61%) Law
4 18 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.62%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.87%) Games
7 11 (4.12%) Finance
8 9 (3.37%) Electronics
8 9 (3.37%) Marketing
9 8 (3.00%) Legal
9 8 (3.00%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.12%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.12%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.75%) Advertising
13 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.75%) Military
14 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (27.72%) DBA
1 74 (27.72%) SQL DBA
2 44 (16.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (13.86%) Senior
4 29 (10.86%) Developer
5 24 (8.99%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (8.61%) Architect
7 21 (7.87%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 21 (7.87%) Infrastructure Architect
8 18 (6.74%) Dynamics AX Developer
8 18 (6.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.24%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.87%) Analyst
10 13 (4.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.49%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 11 (4.12%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 8 (3.00%) Network Engineer
13 8 (3.00%) Software Support Engineer
13 8 (3.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.74%) .NET
2 10 (3.75%) LAMP
3 9 (3.37%) ARM Templates
4 8 (3.00%) React
5 6 (2.25%) HTML
5 6 (2.25%) JSON
6 5 (1.87%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.50%) CSS
7 4 (1.50%) LDAP
7 4 (1.50%) REST
7 4 (1.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 4 (1.50%) Vue
7 4 (1.50%) XML
7 4 (1.50%) YAML
8 3 (1.12%) HTML5
8 3 (1.12%) Node.js
8 3 (1.12%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (1.12%) Sass
8 3 (1.12%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (4.12%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (4.12%) Replication
3 9 (3.37%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.00%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.62%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.25%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.25%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.87%) Blockchain
8 4 (1.50%) Chip and PIN
8 4 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.50%) IoT
8 4 (1.50%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (1.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.75%) CCTV
9 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.75%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.37%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (44.94%) Windows
2 68 (25.47%) Linux
3 51 (19.10%) Ubuntu
4 38 (14.23%) Windows Server
5 16 (5.99%) Windows 10
6 14 (5.24%) Unix
7 13 (4.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.50%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.12%) Android
11 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.12%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.12%) SUSE
11 3 (1.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.75%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.37%) AIX
13 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (32.58%) Collaborative Working
2 83 (31.09%) High Availability
3 78 (29.21%) Business Intelligence
3 78 (29.21%) Performance Tuning
4 76 (28.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 65 (24.34%) DevOps
6 53 (19.85%) Agile
7 47 (17.60%) Collaborative Culture
8 46 (17.23%) Actionable Insight
9 45 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 42 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (15.36%) DevSecOps
12 39 (14.61%) Application Security
13 22 (8.24%) Configuration Management
13 22 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (7.87%) Migration
15 20 (7.49%) CI/CD
16 18 (6.74%) Customer Service
16 18 (6.74%) ERP
17 17 (6.37%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 107 (40.07%) SQL
2 75 (28.09%) T-SQL
3 32 (11.99%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.12%) C#
5 10 (3.75%) Java
6 9 (3.37%) Bash
6 9 (3.37%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.37%) Python
7 8 (3.00%) Bicep
8 7 (2.62%) Go
9 5 (1.87%) Ruby
9 5 (1.87%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.12%) Perl
11 2 (0.75%) Scala
12 1 (0.37%) C++
12 1 (0.37%) PHP
12 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 95 (35.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 61 (22.85%) Security Cleared
3 37 (13.86%) DV Cleared
4 25 (9.36%) Degree
5 20 (7.49%) Azure Certification
6 18 (6.74%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.87%) HNC
8 5 (1.87%) HND
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.75%) MCSA
9 2 (0.75%) MCSE
10 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.37%) MCP
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.87%) QA
3 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.12%) SLA
4 2 (0.75%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 99 (37.08%) Virtual Machines
2 89 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 17 (6.37%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.99%) Docker
4 16 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (4.12%) vSphere
6 10 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.50%) pfSense
8 3 (1.12%) Ceph
8 3 (1.12%) Gluster
8 3 (1.12%) KVM
8 3 (1.12%) oVirt
8 3 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 54 (20.22%) Terraform
2 46 (17.23%) Ansible
3 26 (9.74%) Kubernetes
4 21 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (7.87%) SCCM
5 15 (5.62%) WSUS
6 4 (1.50%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.12%) Graylog
7 3 (1.12%) Observium
7 3 (1.12%) Puppet
7 3 (1.12%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.75%) Grafana
8 2 (0.75%) Nessus
8 2 (0.75%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.37%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 145 (54.31%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.61%) VMware
3 17 (6.37%) Veeam
4 15 (5.62%) Apple
4 15 (5.62%) Oracle
5 14 (5.24%) Citrix
6 13 (4.87%) Zerto
7 9 (3.37%) Aruba
7 9 (3.37%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.37%) ProCurve
7 9 (3.37%) Synology
8 8 (3.00%) Cisco
9 5 (1.87%) Dell
9 5 (1.87%) Google
9 5 (1.87%) SAP
9 5 (1.87%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.50%) Brocade
10 4 (1.50%) Dell Compellent
10 4 (1.50%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.50%) QNAP