Virtual Machines Job Trends in Derbyshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire 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 59 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 0.15% - 0.60%
As % of the System Software category 1.92% - 4.08%
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
East Midlands median annual salary £52,500 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All System Software Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 52 63 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 7.91% 32.64% 14.65%
Number of salaries quoted 41 60 87
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,625 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £52,500 £54,375 £58,750
East Midlands median annual salary £33,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.25% -5.88% -5.56%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
Derby - 1 - -
Virtual Machines
East Midlands

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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