KVM Job Trends in Bristol

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring KVM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - 157
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs citing KVM 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.037% - 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 1.41% - 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.59%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £60,625
90th Percentile - - £63,250
South West median annual salary £62,500 - £61,250
% change year-on-year - - -16.95%

All System Software Skills
Bristol

KVM falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 71 116 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.63% 11.67% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 57 90 300
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +11.36% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £93,778 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £122,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +9.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing KVM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

KVM job vacancy trend in Bristol

KVM
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing KVM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing KVM

KVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) QEMU
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware