Virtual Machines Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 214 481
Rank change year-on-year -190 +267 -31
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 408 971 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 1.64% 0.60%
As % of the System Software category 4.64% 10.45% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 342 204 197
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £38,999 £33,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,441 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% +20.98% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,652 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,791 9,293 12,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.27% 15.71% 17.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,029 5,787 8,315
10th Percentile £25,725 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
South East -63 123 £59,500 +3.48% 27
North of England -74 87 £55,000 +0.11% 17
Midlands -82 58 £46,250 -14.55% 12
South West -68 54 £55,000 +46.67% 19
North West -61 40 £57,500 -6.12% 8
West Midlands -40 36 £48,750 -8.45% 6
East of England -28 35 £55,000 +69.23% 8
Yorkshire +7 34 £42,500 -5.56% 8
Wales -26 31 £45,000 -3.74% 1
East Midlands -43 22 £46,250 -31.48% 6
Scotland -172 20 £57,500 +4.55% 2
North East +4 13 £56,250 -2.17% 1
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 64 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (9.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.21%) IIS
4 6 (1.47%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.98%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.74%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.49%) Confluence
7 2 (0.49%) Resin
7 2 (0.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 282 (69.12%) Azure
2 105 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (19.61%) Power Platform
4 69 (16.91%) Entra ID
5 43 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (9.07%) AWS
7 34 (8.33%) IaaS
7 34 (8.33%) SaaS
8 24 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
8 24 (5.88%) Azure Storage
9 20 (4.90%) Nutanix
10 18 (4.41%) GitHub
10 18 (4.41%) Serverless
11 15 (3.68%) Amazon S3
12 14 (3.43%) PaaS
13 13 (3.19%) Azure Functions
13 13 (3.19%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
14 11 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 94 (23.04%) Firewall
2 76 (18.63%) Broadband
3 69 (16.91%) DNS
4 66 (16.18%) VPN
5 43 (10.54%) DHCP
6 26 (6.37%) LAN
7 24 (5.88%) VLAN
8 23 (5.64%) WAN
9 17 (4.17%) Wireless
10 16 (3.92%) 5G
11 15 (3.68%) Internet
11 15 (3.68%) SAN
12 13 (3.19%) HTTP
13 12 (2.94%) Network Security
13 12 (2.94%) VoIP
14 10 (2.45%) iSCSI
15 9 (2.21%) NAS
15 9 (2.21%) TCP/IP
15 9 (2.21%) Unified Communications
16 7 (1.72%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (28.19%) SQL Server
2 86 (21.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (19.61%) Power BI
4 11 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.74%) Big Data
8 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.49%) MySQL
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.49%) Tableau
9 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (8.58%) Git
2 19 (4.66%) JIRA
3 11 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.45%) Trac
5 5 (1.23%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
General
1 202 (49.51%) Social Skills
2 68 (16.67%) Finance
3 33 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.15%) Telecoms
5 19 (4.66%) Games
6 14 (3.43%) Banking
7 11 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.72%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.47%) Automotive
10 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.47%) Local Government
11 4 (0.98%) Back Office
11 4 (0.98%) Law
11 4 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.98%) Retail
12 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.74%) Electronics
13 2 (0.49%) Advertising
13 2 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 81 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (18.14%) DBA
2 74 (18.14%) SQL DBA
3 39 (9.56%) Senior
4 34 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 33 (8.09%) Architect
6 27 (6.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (6.13%) IT Support
8 20 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (4.90%) IT Engineer
9 18 (4.41%) Support Engineer
10 17 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
10 17 (4.17%) Support Specialist
11 16 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (3.92%) IT Technician
12 15 (3.68%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 14 (3.43%) 3rd Line Support
13 14 (3.43%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (3.43%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.13%) .NET
1 25 (6.13%) ARM Templates
2 10 (2.45%) JWT
2 10 (2.45%) RESTful
3 4 (0.98%) REST
4 3 (0.74%) Azure Blueprints
4 3 (0.74%) Flash
5 2 (0.49%) ADO
5 2 (0.49%) JSON
5 2 (0.49%) SOAP
5 2 (0.49%) XML
6 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 34 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (3.92%) PKI
4 15 (3.68%) IoT
4 15 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.21%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.96%) Replication
8 7 (1.72%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.47%) CCTV
9 6 (1.47%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.74%) EPoS
12 3 (0.74%) IBM Storwize
12 3 (0.74%) Smartcard
13 2 (0.49%) Clustering
13 2 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 180 (44.12%) Windows
2 119 (29.17%) Windows Server
3 89 (21.81%) Linux
4 84 (20.59%) VMS
5 35 (8.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (7.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (6.13%) Windows 10
8 18 (4.41%) Unix
9 12 (2.94%) Ubuntu
9 12 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (2.45%) Debian
11 8 (1.96%) AIX
11 8 (1.96%) Solaris
11 8 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (1.23%) Android
13 5 (1.23%) CentOS
14 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.74%) SUSE
15 3 (0.74%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (32.84%) Disaster Recovery
2 118 (28.92%) DevOps
3 97 (23.77%) High Availability
4 93 (22.79%) Collaborative Working
5 86 (21.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 80 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (19.36%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (18.14%) Performance Tuning
9 55 (13.48%) ITIL
10 50 (12.25%) CI/CD
11 49 (12.01%) Network Virtualisation
12 44 (10.78%) Infrastructure as Code
13 38 (9.31%) Containerisation
14 37 (9.07%) Actionable Insight
14 37 (9.07%) Agile
15 31 (7.60%) Configuration Management
16 30 (7.35%) Validation
17 28 (6.86%) Identity Management
18 27 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
18 27 (6.62%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 116 (28.43%) SQL
2 90 (22.06%) T-SQL
3 88 (21.57%) PowerShell
4 44 (10.78%) Bash
5 43 (10.54%) Python
6 33 (8.09%) C#
7 28 (6.86%) Bicep
8 16 (3.92%) Perl
9 14 (3.43%) VB
9 14 (3.43%) VBScript
10 9 (2.21%) Java
11 6 (1.47%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.98%) Ruby
13 3 (0.74%) Go
14 2 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 86 (21.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 51 (12.50%) Degree
4 29 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.43%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 13 (3.19%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.47%) MCP
10 5 (1.23%) ISEB
10 5 (1.23%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.25%) CCNA
11 1 (0.25%) CCNP
11 1 (0.25%) CEH
11 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CISSP
11 1 (0.25%) GIAC
11 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.45%) GDPR
5 7 (1.72%) PMO
6 6 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.47%) SLA
7 5 (1.23%) QA
8 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 126 (30.88%) Active Directory
2 77 (18.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (15.93%) Hyper-V
4 26 (6.37%) Docker
4 26 (6.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 24 (5.88%) vSphere
6 18 (4.41%) Firmware
7 16 (3.92%) pfSense
8 14 (3.43%) NFS
9 11 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (1.72%) XenApp
12 6 (1.47%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.98%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 3 (0.74%) Ceph
14 3 (0.74%) Gluster
14 3 (0.74%) KVM
14 3 (0.74%) oVirt
15 1 (0.25%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 38 (9.31%) Ansible
1 38 (9.31%) Terraform
2 37 (9.07%) Kubernetes
3 32 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (6.62%) SCCM
5 22 (5.39%) ZABBIX
6 20 (4.90%) Grafana
7 18 (4.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 18 (4.41%) SCOM
8 16 (3.92%) SCDPM
9 14 (3.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 14 (3.43%) WSUS
10 4 (0.98%) Nagios
11 3 (0.74%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.74%) Graylog
11 3 (0.74%) Observium
11 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.74%) Puppet
11 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 231 (56.62%) Microsoft
2 101 (24.75%) VMware
3 28 (6.86%) Veeam
4 24 (5.88%) Fortinet
5 17 (4.17%) Juniper
6 13 (3.19%) Cisco
7 12 (2.94%) Citrix
7 12 (2.94%) Oracle
8 11 (2.70%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.45%) McAfee
10 8 (1.96%) Commvault
11 7 (1.72%) HP
11 7 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.47%) Dell
12 6 (1.47%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (1.47%) Epicor
12 6 (1.47%) ForgeRock
12 6 (1.47%) Google
12 6 (1.47%) Sitecore
13 5 (1.23%) Meraki