Microsoft Virtual Server Job Trends in England

Microsoft Virtual Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 655 632 807
Rank change year-on-year -23 +175 +60
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 13 6 29
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.016% 0.015% 0.035%
As % of the System Software category 0.31% 0.12% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 24
10th Percentile - £39,250 £34,930
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% +7.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £47,500 £41,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £47,596 £43,375 £63,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year +11.80% +7.33% -31.82%

All System Software Skills
England

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,196 5,126 10,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.20% 13.16% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,003 3,544 8,743
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South West - 6 - -
West Midlands - 3 £37,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £45,000 -
Midlands - 3 £37,000 -
North of England - 3 £45,000 - 2
East of England - 1 £47,739 - 1
Microsoft Virtual Server
UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
3 6 (46.15%) AWS
4 3 (23.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Firewall
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (46.15%) LAN
2 6 (46.15%) Unified Communications
2 6 (46.15%) VLAN
2 6 (46.15%) WAN
2 6 (46.15%) WebEx
3 3 (23.08%) DHCP
3 3 (23.08%) DNS
3 3 (23.08%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (69.23%) Retail
2 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 6 (46.15%) Marketing
2 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) Collaboration Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (46.15%) FlexPod
2 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
2 6 (46.15%) Replication
2 6 (46.15%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (23.08%) CMDB
3 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Linux
3 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Infrastructure Automation
1 9 (69.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Data Management
2 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure as Code
2 6 (46.15%) ITIL
2 6 (46.15%) Performance Management
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
4 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (23.08%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (23.08%) Proactive Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Task Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) Python
3 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
4 1 (7.69%) Bash
4 1 (7.69%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) MCSA
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (46.15%) vSphere
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Ansible
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco CUCM
1 6 (46.15%) Grafana
1 6 (46.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Fortinet
2 6 (46.15%) NetApp
2 6 (46.15%) Palo Alto
2 6 (46.15%) Splunk
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) Citrix
3 3 (23.08%) IFS
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle