Virtual Machines Job Trends in Derby

Virtual Machine (VM)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 0.32% - 1.07%
As % of the System Software category 2.50% - 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £42,500
75th Percentile - - £46,563
90th Percentile - - £51,625
Derbyshire median annual salary - - £42,500

All System Software Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 40 46 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 12.82% 39.66% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 38 43 55
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,925 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £31,000 £45,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £53,625 £47,000 £63,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.56% -10.00% -16.67%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Derby

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft