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 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 734 823 980
Rank change year-on-year +89 +157 -273
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 162 147 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 1.32% 0.92% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 130 130 193
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,489 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £64,555 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £105,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +1.19%

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 12,249 16,035 28,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 15.32% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 10,596 15,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 14 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 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
England +135 159 £40,500 -26.36% 50
UK excluding London +49 117 £40,000 -6.98% 37
Work from Home +82 51 £50,000 -23.08% 13
South East +35 44 £47,500 -13.64% 9
London +112 42 £63,000 +5.00% 14
Midlands +40 34 £40,000 +5.26% 11
North of England +67 25 £37,500 +4.17% 2
West Midlands +49 24 £36,298 -11.47% 8
North East +12 17 £37,500 +4.17%
East of England +14 11 £50,000 +25.00% 6
East Midlands -5 10 £45,000 +28.57% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £22,500 - 1
North West +9 3 £47,500 +18.75% 1
South West -10 3 £26,250 -35.98% 9

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 24 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (13.58%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.32%) IIS
4 2 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.23%) Resin
5 1 (0.62%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 93 (57.41%) Azure
2 60 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (24.69%) AWS
4 16 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.88%) Nutanix
5 5 (3.09%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.85%) IaaS
7 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.23%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.23%) GitHub
7 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.23%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.62%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.62%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.62%) PaaS
8 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 68 (41.98%) DNS
2 44 (27.16%) Firewall
3 35 (21.60%) DHCP
4 28 (17.28%) SAN
5 19 (11.73%) TCP/IP
6 17 (10.49%) VPN
7 13 (8.02%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (4.94%) NAS
8 8 (4.94%) VLAN
9 7 (4.32%) LAN
9 7 (4.32%) WAN
9 7 (4.32%) Wireless
10 5 (3.09%) iSCSI
10 5 (3.09%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.85%) Unified Communications
11 3 (1.85%) VoIP
12 2 (1.23%) EIGRP
12 2 (1.23%) IPsec
12 2 (1.23%) RIP
12 2 (1.23%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.47%) Git
1 4 (2.47%) Subversion
2 3 (1.85%) JIRA
3 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.62%) TeamCity
General
1 31 (19.14%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.64%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.17%) Manufacturing
4 9 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.32%) Finance
7 5 (3.09%) Automotive
7 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.47%) Legal
8 4 (2.47%) Military
9 3 (1.85%) Local Government
10 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.23%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Electronics
11 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (15.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (13.58%) IT Engineer
3 20 (12.35%) Administrator
4 19 (11.73%) Architect
4 19 (11.73%) Senior
5 15 (9.26%) Storage Specialist
6 14 (8.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (8.02%) Systems Engineer
7 13 (8.02%) Virtualisation Specialist
8 11 (6.79%) Analyst
9 9 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (5.56%) Technical Architect
10 8 (4.94%) IT Support
10 8 (4.94%) Server Specialist
11 7 (4.32%) Cloud Specialist
11 7 (4.32%) ICT Officer
11 7 (4.32%) Lead
12 6 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 6 (3.70%) IT Analyst
12 6 (3.70%) IT Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.73%) OAuth
1 19 (11.73%) OpenID
1 19 (11.73%) REST
1 19 (11.73%) SAML
2 15 (9.26%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.23%) LAMP
3 2 (1.23%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.62%) .NET
4 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.62%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.62%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.62%) jQuery
4 1 (0.62%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (0.62%) Web Services
4 1 (0.62%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.62%) WinForms
4 1 (0.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.26%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.02%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.32%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.32%) PKI
3 7 (4.32%) Replication
4 6 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.85%) CCTV
6 3 (1.85%) CMDB
6 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.85%) IoT
7 2 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.23%) Clustering
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 90 (55.56%) Windows
2 60 (37.04%) Windows Server
3 37 (22.84%) Linux
4 18 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (26.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 35 (21.60%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (14.81%) Agile
6 21 (12.96%) Identity Access Management
6 21 (12.96%) Scrum
7 20 (12.35%) Microservices
8 19 (11.73%) BDD
8 19 (11.73%) DevSecOps
8 19 (11.73%) Digital Identity
8 19 (11.73%) Kanban
8 19 (11.73%) Open Source
8 19 (11.73%) Project Delivery
8 19 (11.73%) TDD
9 18 (11.11%) Customer Service
10 16 (9.88%) Business Continuity
10 16 (9.88%) ITIL
11 15 (9.26%) High Availability
11 15 (9.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.35%) Java
2 18 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 18 (11.11%) SQL
3 6 (3.70%) Bash
4 1 (0.62%) C
4 1 (0.62%) C++
4 1 (0.62%) Go
4 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.62%) Python
4 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (19.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (14.20%) SC Cleared
2 23 (14.20%) Security Cleared
3 22 (13.58%) MCSE
4 20 (12.35%) Degree
5 17 (10.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 14 (8.64%) DBS Check
7 12 (7.41%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.09%) CCNA
8 5 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.23%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.23%) CISSP
11 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.23%) MCITP
11 2 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.62%) MCP
12 1 (0.62%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.32%) SLA
2 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.85%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (49.38%) Active Directory
2 51 (31.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (19.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 22 (13.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (11.11%) Hyper-V
6 13 (8.02%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (6.17%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (6.17%) vSphere
8 5 (3.09%) Firmware
9 3 (1.85%) Docker
9 3 (1.85%) pfSense
10 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (1.23%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.62%) NFS
11 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (9.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.32%) vCenter Server
4 6 (3.70%) SCCM
5 5 (3.09%) SCOM
6 4 (2.47%) Autotask
6 4 (2.47%) WSUS
7 3 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.85%) Terraform
8 2 (1.23%) Ansible
8 2 (1.23%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.23%) HP SIM
8 2 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.23%) PowerCLI
8 2 (1.23%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.23%) vRealize
8 2 (1.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.62%) Nessus
9 1 (0.62%) Packer
Vendors
1 80 (49.38%) Microsoft
2 51 (31.48%) VMware
3 27 (16.67%) Veeam
4 20 (12.35%) HP
5 19 (11.73%) Commvault
6 15 (9.26%) Nimble Storage
7 13 (8.02%) Citrix
8 9 (5.56%) Datto
9 8 (4.94%) Cisco
10 7 (4.32%) Dell
10 7 (4.32%) EMC
11 5 (3.09%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (2.47%) Aruba
12 4 (2.47%) Meraki
13 3 (1.85%) Apple
13 3 (1.85%) Brocade
13 3 (1.85%) NetApp
13 3 (1.85%) Sophos
14 2 (1.23%) BMC
14 2 (1.23%) Veritas