Network Virtualization
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Virtualisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 715 797 875
Rank change year-on-year +82 +78 -176
Permanent jobs citing Network Virtualisation 189 175 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 163 126 160
10th Percentile £43,250 £31,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,223 £49,063 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,447 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.21% +20.83%
75th Percentile £73,125 £77,715 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% +38.89% -3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Virtualisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Virtualisation.

Salary trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +105 161 £62,500 -10.00% 38
UK excluding London +42 136 £60,000 -13.60% 25
Work from Home +36 62 £65,000 -6.40% 54
Midlands +23 49 £65,000 -10.34% 7
West Midlands +42 44 £65,000 -13.33% 7
London +77 37 £68,750 -1.79% 19
South East +14 33 £60,000 -17.24% 6
North of England +43 24 £60,000 +38.93% 2
Scotland -61 14 £50,000 -28.00% 3
North West +22 13 £65,000 -6.40% 1
South West -20 10 £55,000 -20.80% 7
Yorkshire +77 7 £60,000 +41.70%
East Midlands -13 5 £60,000 +4.35%
North East -10 4 £38,000 - 1
East of England +17 3 £51,250 +45.39% 2
Wales +5 3 £40,000 -11.11%

Network Virtualisation
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 7 (3.70%) IIS
2 5 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.12%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.59%) CMS
4 3 (1.59%) Confluence
4 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 149 (78.84%) Azure
2 58 (30.69%) IaaS
3 48 (25.40%) Azure DevOps
4 44 (23.28%) AWS
4 44 (23.28%) PaaS
5 23 (12.17%) GCP
6 22 (11.64%) Entra ID
6 22 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (8.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 16 (8.47%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (8.47%) Nutanix
8 15 (7.94%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (7.41%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (6.35%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (6.35%) SaaS
11 11 (5.82%) Azure Functions
11 11 (5.82%) Serverless
12 9 (4.76%) Amazon S3
12 9 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.76%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 78 (41.27%) Firewall
2 59 (31.22%) VPN
3 43 (22.75%) WAN
4 42 (22.22%) Network Security
5 39 (20.63%) DNS
6 28 (14.81%) LAN
7 24 (12.70%) SD-WAN
8 19 (10.05%) BGP
8 19 (10.05%) TCP/IP
9 17 (8.99%) OSPF
10 16 (8.47%) WLAN
11 14 (7.41%) VoIP
11 14 (7.41%) Wireless
12 13 (6.88%) MPLS
13 12 (6.35%) EIGRP
13 12 (6.35%) NGFW
14 11 (5.82%) VLAN
15 10 (5.29%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (4.76%) DHCP
17 8 (4.23%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.58%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (3.17%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.12%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (2.12%) Redis
5 4 (2.12%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.59%) MySQL
6 3 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.29%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) JIRA
3 3 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 60 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.81%) Finance
3 25 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.88%) Retail
6 8 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.65%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.65%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.65%) Games
7 5 (2.65%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.12%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.59%) Electronics
9 3 (1.59%) Law
9 3 (1.59%) Marketing
10 2 (1.06%) Police
11 1 (0.53%) French Language
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 40 (21.16%) Senior
3 30 (15.87%) Network Engineer
4 29 (15.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (13.23%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (12.70%) Platform Engineer
7 22 (11.64%) Architect
8 21 (11.11%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 18 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
9 18 (9.52%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
10 17 (8.99%) Analyst
11 14 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (6.35%) Citrix Architect
12 12 (6.35%) DevOps Architect
13 10 (5.29%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (4.76%) Lead
14 9 (4.76%) Network Analyst
14 9 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
15 8 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
16 7 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.29%) ARM Templates
2 14 (7.41%) JSON
3 13 (6.88%) YAML
4 8 (4.23%) .NET
5 3 (1.59%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.59%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (1.59%) Next.js
5 3 (1.59%) Node.js
5 3 (1.59%) React
5 3 (1.59%) REST
5 3 (1.59%) RESTful
6 2 (1.06%) Bazel
6 2 (1.06%) LDAP
7 1 (0.53%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.34%) Data Centre
2 28 (14.81%) Public Cloud
3 25 (13.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (9.52%) Replication
5 16 (8.47%) Cloud Native
6 13 (6.88%) IoT
7 12 (6.35%) Private Cloud
8 9 (4.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (3.70%) FMCG
11 6 (3.17%) Driving Licence
12 4 (2.12%) PKI
13 3 (1.59%) Distributed Architecture
13 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
15 1 (0.53%) CCTV
15 1 (0.53%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 56 (29.63%) Windows
2 37 (19.58%) Linux
2 37 (19.58%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.59%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.59%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (55.03%) DevOps
2 64 (33.86%) Infrastructure as Code
3 57 (30.16%) CI/CD
4 51 (26.98%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 28 (14.81%) Containerisation
8 26 (13.76%) Cloud Security
8 26 (13.76%) Infrastructure Automation
9 25 (13.23%) Continuous Integration
9 25 (13.23%) Project Delivery
10 24 (12.70%) Platform Engineering
11 23 (12.17%) Agile
12 21 (11.11%) High Availability
12 21 (11.11%) ITIL
13 20 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (10.58%) Decision-Making
13 20 (10.58%) Network Design
14 18 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
14 18 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.98%) PowerShell
2 47 (24.87%) Bash
3 41 (21.69%) Python
4 29 (15.34%) Bicep
5 12 (6.35%) Perl
5 12 (6.35%) SQL
6 8 (4.23%) C#
7 7 (3.70%) Go
8 4 (2.12%) C
8 4 (2.12%) C++
8 4 (2.12%) Rust
9 3 (1.59%) Java
9 3 (1.59%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.59%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (21.69%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (13.76%) CCNA
3 25 (13.23%) CCNP
4 15 (7.94%) Security Cleared
5 13 (6.88%) CCIE
6 9 (4.76%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 8 (4.23%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (3.70%) CCDP
8 7 (3.70%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.65%) Degree
11 3 (1.59%) CCDA
12 2 (1.06%) CCSA
12 2 (1.06%) MCSE
12 2 (1.06%) VCP6
13 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.76%) SLA
4 5 (2.65%) GDPR
5 3 (1.59%) ISO 9000
5 3 (1.59%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.59%) PMO
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 64 (33.86%) Virtual Machines
2 58 (30.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (23.28%) Active Directory
4 19 (10.05%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (8.47%) vSphere
6 15 (7.94%) VMware NSX
7 14 (7.41%) Docker
8 12 (6.35%) Firmware
8 12 (6.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (4.76%) Hyper-V
10 7 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (2.12%) Ceph
12 2 (1.06%) NFS
13 1 (0.53%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 66 (34.92%) Terraform
2 38 (20.11%) Kubernetes
3 22 (11.64%) Ansible
4 13 (6.88%) FortiGate
4 13 (6.88%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.65%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (2.65%) Opsview
7 4 (2.12%) Knative
7 4 (2.12%) PowerCLI
7 4 (2.12%) vRealize
7 4 (2.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.06%) HP SIM
9 2 (1.06%) SCOM
9 2 (1.06%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.06%) WSUS
10 1 (0.53%) Nagios
10 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (30.69%) VMware
2 56 (29.63%) Cisco
3 51 (26.98%) Microsoft
4 17 (8.99%) Citrix
5 14 (7.41%) NetApp
6 13 (6.88%) CheckPoint
7 12 (6.35%) Meraki
8 10 (5.29%) Google
8 10 (5.29%) Juniper
9 9 (4.76%) F5
9 9 (4.76%) Palo Alto
9 9 (4.76%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.70%) Ekahau
11 6 (3.17%) Veeam
12 5 (2.65%) SolarWinds
13 4 (2.12%) 3PAR
13 4 (2.12%) Brocade
13 4 (2.12%) HP
13 4 (2.12%) Nimble Storage
14 3 (1.59%) LogicMonitor