KVM Job Trends in the City of London

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring KVM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 - 172
Rank change year-on-year - - +65
Permanent jobs citing KVM 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.10% - 0.032%
As % of the System Software category 1.53% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £29,500 - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £29,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All System Software Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 196 299 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.71% 12.78% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 150 226 515
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,000 £90,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £105,000 £103,750 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% -3.70% -1.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

KVM job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing KVM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing KVM

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support Technician
1 3 (100.00%) Network Technician
1 3 (100.00%) Support Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Zscaler