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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 637 653
Rank change year-on-year +32 +16 +262
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 4 38 14
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.008% 0.077% 0.031%
As % of the System Software category 0.10% 0.60% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 20 14
10th Percentile £42,075 £36,250 £30,666
25th Percentile £42,188 £43,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% -12.37%
75th Percentile £45,563 £57,500 £44,688
90th Percentile £45,825 £67,750 £70,250
UK median annual salary £43,750 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% -15.84%

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 3,856 6,358 7,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.40% 12.82% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,844 3,847 6,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,584 £91,650
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.62%

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 30 December 2025. 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
East of England +15 3 £44,000 +17.33%
South East +25 1 £43,500 -13.00%
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (50.00%) IPsec
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GxP
1 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam