Virtual Machine (VM)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 57 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +4 | +28 |
| Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | - | 0.89% | 0.91% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 8.33% | 6.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £55,625 | £39,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £62,500 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90,625 | - |
| South Wales median annual salary | - | £51,250 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -26.79% | +7.69% |
All System Software Skills
Cardiff
Virtual Machines 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 Cardiff.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 33 | 72 | 77 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 17.55% | 10.73% | 13.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 33 | 69 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £24,950 | £25,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,170 | £36,750 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £58,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,775 | £73,750 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £50,000 | £43,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.94% | -8.42% | +1.35% |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Cardiff.