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 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 741 824 966
Rank change year-on-year +83 +142 -253
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 161 148 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 1.33% 0.95% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 130 133 199
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,478 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% +22.22% +6.51%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £55,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +2.41%

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 12,077 15,532 28,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.19% 15.33% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,571 10,270 15,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 9 May 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 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 +122 158 £40,478 -26.40% 49
UK excluding London +31 114 £40,000 -6.98% 30
Work from Home +66 50 £50,000 -23.08% 58
London +91 44 £65,250 +8.75% 20
South East +1 43 £40,500 -26.36% 8
Midlands +20 32 £40,000 +5.26% 8
North of England +70 24 £37,500 +4.17% 3
West Midlands +34 23 £36,298 -11.47% 6
North East +10 17 £37,500 +4.17%
East of England +22 11 £50,000 +17.65% 6
East Midlands -8 9 £45,000 +28.57% 2
Yorkshire - 5 £22,500 -
South West -30 4 £28,875 -29.57% 5
North West +11 2 - - 3

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 21 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.42%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.73%) IIS
4 2 (1.24%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.24%) Resin
5 1 (0.62%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 90 (55.90%) Azure
2 59 (36.65%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (23.60%) AWS
4 16 (9.94%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.94%) Nutanix
5 5 (3.11%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.86%) IaaS
7 2 (1.24%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.24%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.24%) GitHub
7 2 (1.24%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.24%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.62%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.62%) PaaS
8 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 67 (41.61%) DNS
2 41 (25.47%) Firewall
3 35 (21.74%) DHCP
4 26 (16.15%) SAN
5 20 (12.42%) TCP/IP
6 18 (11.18%) VPN
7 12 (7.45%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (5.59%) Wireless
9 8 (4.97%) VLAN
10 7 (4.35%) LAN
11 6 (3.73%) NAS
11 6 (3.73%) WAN
12 5 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.86%) iSCSI
13 3 (1.86%) Unified Communications
14 2 (1.24%) EIGRP
14 2 (1.24%) Fibre Channel
14 2 (1.24%) IPsec
14 2 (1.24%) RIP
14 2 (1.24%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.24%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.48%) Git
1 4 (2.48%) Subversion
2 2 (1.24%) JIRA
3 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (19.25%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.59%) Manufacturing
4 8 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.35%) Finance
5 7 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.11%) Automotive
6 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.11%) Legal
7 4 (2.48%) Military
8 3 (1.86%) Local Government
9 2 (1.24%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.24%) Law
10 1 (0.62%) Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.62%) Retail
10 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (14.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (12.42%) Administrator
2 20 (12.42%) IT Engineer
3 18 (11.18%) Architect
3 18 (11.18%) Senior
4 15 (9.32%) Storage Specialist
5 14 (8.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (8.07%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 11 (6.83%) Analyst
8 10 (6.21%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (5.59%) Lead
10 8 (4.97%) IT Support
10 8 (4.97%) Server Specialist
10 8 (4.97%) Technical Architect
11 7 (4.35%) Cloud Specialist
11 7 (4.35%) ICT Officer
12 6 (3.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 6 (3.73%) IT Analyst
12 6 (3.73%) IT Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.18%) OAuth
1 18 (11.18%) OpenID
1 18 (11.18%) REST
1 18 (11.18%) SAML
2 15 (9.32%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.24%) LAMP
3 2 (1.24%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.32%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.07%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.35%) PKI
3 7 (4.35%) Replication
4 6 (3.73%) Cyberattack
4 6 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.86%) CCTV
6 3 (1.86%) CMDB
6 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.86%) IoT
7 2 (1.24%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.24%) Clustering
7 2 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.24%) NHS
7 2 (1.24%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.24%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.24%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 88 (54.66%) Windows
2 57 (35.40%) Windows Server
3 39 (24.22%) Linux
4 16 (9.94%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.24%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.62%) CentOS
8 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (25.47%) Disaster Recovery
3 35 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.66%) Agile
6 21 (13.04%) Open Source
7 20 (12.42%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (11.80%) Customer Service
8 19 (11.80%) Microservices
8 19 (11.80%) Project Delivery
8 19 (11.80%) Scrum
9 18 (11.18%) BDD
9 18 (11.18%) DevSecOps
9 18 (11.18%) Digital Identity
9 18 (11.18%) Kanban
9 18 (11.18%) TDD
10 17 (10.56%) ITIL
11 16 (9.94%) Business Continuity
11 16 (9.94%) Project Management
12 15 (9.32%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) Java
2 18 (11.18%) PowerShell
3 17 (10.56%) SQL
4 6 (3.73%) Bash
5 3 (1.86%) C
5 3 (1.86%) Go
6 2 (1.24%) C++
6 2 (1.24%) Rust
7 1 (0.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (19.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (13.66%) MCSE
2 22 (13.66%) SC Cleared
2 22 (13.66%) Security Cleared
3 20 (12.42%) Degree
4 17 (10.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (8.70%) DBS Check
6 13 (8.07%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.73%) CCNA
7 6 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.24%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.24%) CISSP
10 2 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.24%) MCITP
10 2 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.62%) MCP
11 1 (0.62%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.11%) SLA
2 4 (2.48%) GDPR
3 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 78 (48.45%) Active Directory
2 49 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (19.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 22 (13.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (9.94%) Hyper-V
6 13 (8.07%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (7.45%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (5.59%) vSphere
9 5 (3.11%) Firmware
10 3 (1.86%) Docker
10 3 (1.86%) pfSense
11 2 (1.24%) Ceph
11 2 (1.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (1.24%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.62%) NFS
12 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (9.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.35%) vCenter Server
3 6 (3.73%) SCCM
4 5 (3.11%) SCOM
4 5 (3.11%) Terraform
5 4 (2.48%) Ansible
5 4 (2.48%) Autotask
6 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.24%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.24%) HP SIM
7 2 (1.24%) Knative
7 2 (1.24%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.24%) PowerCLI
7 2 (1.24%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.24%) vRealize
7 2 (1.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (1.24%) WSUS
8 1 (0.62%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 80 (49.69%) Microsoft
2 49 (30.43%) VMware
3 27 (16.77%) Veeam
4 20 (12.42%) HP
5 19 (11.80%) Commvault
6 15 (9.32%) Nimble Storage
7 13 (8.07%) Citrix
8 9 (5.59%) Cisco
8 9 (5.59%) Datto
9 7 (4.35%) Dell
9 7 (4.35%) EMC
10 5 (3.11%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (2.48%) Aruba
12 3 (1.86%) Adobe
12 3 (1.86%) Brocade
12 3 (1.86%) NetApp
13 2 (1.24%) BMC
13 2 (1.24%) IBM
13 2 (1.24%) Oracle
13 2 (1.24%) Veritas