VMS Jobs in England

VMS
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 604 759 868
Rank change year-on-year +155 +109 -91
Permanent jobs citing VMS 240 194 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.91% 1.29% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 176 125 108
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £32,675
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,400 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -32.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £69,500
% change year-on-year +21.05% -31.65% +40.40%

All Operating Systems
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,562 14,999 25,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.81% 16.09% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,968 10,270 15,180
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VMS in England

VMS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VMS in England

VMS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VMS in England

VMS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +115 69 £57,500 +53.33% 14
North of England +76 53 £57,500 -11.54% 16
South East +25 46 £57,500 +21.05% 7
North West +28 35 £57,500 -11.54% 15
Midlands +25 30 £57,500 +35.29% 6
South West +15 21 £57,500 +21.05% 5
East Midlands - 17 £57,500 - 2
East of England +21 14 £57,500 -34.29% 3
Yorkshire +97 13 £57,500 -4.17% 1
West Midlands +26 13 £57,500 +35.29% 4
North East - 5 £57,500 -
VMS
UK

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (11.67%) SharePoint
3 21 (8.75%) IIS
4 10 (4.17%) WordPress
5 6 (2.50%) Umbraco
6 5 (2.08%) CMS
6 5 (2.08%) JBoss
6 5 (2.08%) Solana
6 5 (2.08%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.25%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.83%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (8.75%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.83%) Shopify
3 1 (0.42%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.42%) Misys Opics
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 141 (58.75%) Azure
2 71 (29.58%) Power Platform
3 38 (15.83%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (10.83%) Dynamics 365
4 26 (10.83%) Entra ID
5 24 (10.00%) OneDrive
6 22 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (6.25%) PaaS
8 14 (5.83%) AWS
9 13 (5.42%) IaaS
10 11 (4.58%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (4.17%) Serverless
12 7 (2.92%) Azure App Service
12 7 (2.92%) SaaS
13 6 (2.50%) GitHub
14 5 (2.08%) GCP
14 5 (2.08%) Nutanix
15 4 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.67%) OCI
16 3 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 75 (31.25%) Firewall
2 63 (26.25%) Broadband
3 53 (22.08%) VPN
4 51 (21.25%) WAN
5 47 (19.58%) LAN
6 39 (16.25%) Internet
7 33 (13.75%) DNS
8 17 (7.08%) iSCSI
8 17 (7.08%) NAS
9 14 (5.83%) Fibre Channel
10 13 (5.42%) SAN
11 11 (4.58%) Network Security
11 11 (4.58%) Wireless
12 10 (4.17%) DHCP
13 7 (2.92%) TCP/IP
14 4 (1.67%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.67%) SNMP
14 4 (1.67%) WLAN
15 3 (1.25%) BGP
15 3 (1.25%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 70 (29.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (27.08%) Power BI
4 7 (2.92%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (8.75%) Team Foundation Server
2 12 (5.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 12 (5.00%) TeamCity
3 11 (4.58%) Jenkins
4 10 (4.17%) Git
4 10 (4.17%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
General
1 132 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.00%) Retail
3 23 (9.58%) Law
4 14 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.83%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.17%) Marketing
6 9 (3.75%) Finance
6 9 (3.75%) Games
6 9 (3.75%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.33%) Legal
8 7 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.50%) Electronics
10 3 (1.25%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.83%) Banking
11 2 (0.83%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.83%) Military
12 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.42%) Local Government
12 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 63 (26.25%) DBA
1 63 (26.25%) SQL DBA
2 39 (16.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (12.92%) Senior
4 27 (11.25%) Developer
5 26 (10.83%) Architect
6 24 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
7 21 (8.75%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 18 (7.50%) Dynamics AX Developer
9 15 (6.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (5.83%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (5.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (4.58%) Support Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) Analyst
13 9 (3.75%) Network Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
14 8 (3.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 8 (3.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (3.33%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.67%) .NET
2 10 (4.17%) ARM Templates
2 10 (4.17%) LAMP
3 9 (3.75%) React
4 4 (1.67%) CSS
4 4 (1.67%) HTML
4 4 (1.67%) LDAP
4 4 (1.67%) REST
4 4 (1.67%) YAML
5 3 (1.25%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.25%) JSON
5 3 (1.25%) Node.js
5 3 (1.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (1.25%) Vue
5 3 (1.25%) XML
6 2 (0.83%) HTML5
6 2 (0.83%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (0.83%) Sass
6 2 (0.83%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.42%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.58%) Linux Command Line
1 11 (4.58%) Replication
2 9 (3.75%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.75%) Data Centre
2 9 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.33%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.50%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.08%) Blockchain
6 4 (1.67%) Chip and PIN
6 4 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.67%) IoT
6 4 (1.67%) Mobile Payment
6 4 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.25%) PKI
7 3 (1.25%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.83%) Blog
8 2 (0.83%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.42%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.42%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 111 (46.25%) Windows
2 67 (27.92%) Linux
3 47 (19.58%) Ubuntu
4 37 (15.42%) Windows Server
5 15 (6.25%) Windows 10
6 14 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.17%) Unix
7 10 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.25%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.25%) SUSE
10 3 (1.25%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (1.25%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.83%) Android
11 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.83%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.83%) Solaris
12 1 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (31.25%) High Availability
2 73 (30.42%) Collaborative Working
3 67 (27.92%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (27.92%) Performance Tuning
4 64 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 60 (25.00%) DevOps
6 47 (19.58%) Agile
7 42 (17.50%) Collaborative Culture
8 41 (17.08%) Actionable Insight
9 40 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 39 (16.25%) DevSecOps
10 39 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (15.00%) Application Security
12 22 (9.17%) Migration
13 20 (8.33%) CI/CD
14 19 (7.92%) Configuration Management
15 18 (7.50%) ERP
15 18 (7.50%) Software Engineering
16 16 (6.67%) Customer Service
16 16 (6.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (37.92%) SQL
2 64 (26.67%) T-SQL
3 34 (14.17%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.17%) Bicep
4 10 (4.17%) Java
5 9 (3.75%) Bash
5 9 (3.75%) C#
5 9 (3.75%) Python
6 8 (3.33%) Go
7 7 (2.92%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.50%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.08%) Ruby
10 3 (1.25%) Perl
11 2 (0.83%) Scala
12 1 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 84 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 52 (21.67%) Security Cleared
3 33 (13.75%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.42%) Degree
5 18 (7.50%) Azure Certification
6 13 (5.42%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.08%) HNC
8 5 (2.08%) HND
9 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.83%) MCSA
9 2 (0.83%) MCSE
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.08%) QA
3 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.83%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 88 (36.67%) Virtual Machines
2 84 (35.00%) Active Directory
3 19 (7.92%) Docker
4 18 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (6.67%) Hyper-V
6 12 (5.00%) vSphere
7 8 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.67%) KVM
9 4 (1.67%) pfSense
10 3 (1.25%) Ceph
10 3 (1.25%) Gluster
10 3 (1.25%) oVirt
11 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 52 (21.67%) Terraform
2 40 (16.67%) Ansible
3 29 (12.08%) Kubernetes
4 22 (9.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (7.08%) SCCM
6 12 (5.00%) WSUS
7 4 (1.67%) Grafana
7 4 (1.67%) Nessus
7 4 (1.67%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.25%) Graylog
8 3 (1.25%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.25%) Observium
8 3 (1.25%) Puppet
8 3 (1.25%) SolarWinds Orion
8 3 (1.25%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.42%) SafeCom
10 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 129 (53.75%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.08%) VMware
3 18 (7.50%) Veeam
4 17 (7.08%) Oracle
5 14 (5.83%) Zerto
6 13 (5.42%) Citrix
7 10 (4.17%) Apple
7 10 (4.17%) Aruba
7 10 (4.17%) Cisco
7 10 (4.17%) Palo Alto
7 10 (4.17%) ProCurve
7 10 (4.17%) Synology
8 7 (2.92%) Dell
9 5 (2.08%) Google
9 5 (2.08%) SAP
10 4 (1.67%) BroadSoft
10 4 (1.67%) Brocade
10 4 (1.67%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.67%) QNAP
10 4 (1.67%) SolarWinds