Virtual Infrastructure Jobs in England

Virtual Infrastructure
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Virtual Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Infrastructure over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 729 844 1054
Rank change year-on-year +115 +210 -257
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure 106 81 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.088% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.092% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 81 37 57
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,215 £33,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,700 £87,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £54,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.16% -15.77% +26.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Virtual Infrastructure is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,078 88,196 126,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,838 52,122 73,896
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,910 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Virtual Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Virtual Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Infrastructure in England

Virtual Infrastructure
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure in England.

Salary trend for Virtual Infrastructure in England

Virtual Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Infrastructure in England

Virtual Infrastructure
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London +145 34 £65,000 -22.16% 5
South East +1 25 £62,500 +47.06% 3
Midlands +16 20 £55,000 -6.38% 3
West Midlands +15 20 £55,000 -6.38% 2
South West -5 17 £32,500 -29.35% 6
North of England +30 4 £48,500 -11.82% 2
Yorkshire +84 2 £47,000 -14.55%
East of England - 2 £55,000 -
North West +11 1 £47,000 +18.26% 2
North East - 1 £50,000 -
Virtual Infrastructure
UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.49%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.83%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (48.11%) Azure
2 30 (28.30%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (18.87%) IaaS
4 18 (16.98%) AWS
5 15 (14.15%) Nutanix
6 7 (6.60%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.66%) Power Automate
7 6 (5.66%) SaaS
8 5 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (4.72%) OneDrive
8 5 (4.72%) PaaS
9 4 (3.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.89%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.89%) GCP
12 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.94%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 45 (42.45%) Firewall
2 26 (24.53%) SAN
3 25 (23.58%) DNS
4 21 (19.81%) WAN
5 19 (17.92%) VLAN
6 17 (16.04%) VPN
7 12 (11.32%) SD-WAN
8 9 (8.49%) LAN
8 9 (8.49%) VSAN
9 7 (6.60%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (6.60%) NAS
9 7 (6.60%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (5.66%) DHCP
11 5 (4.72%) Network Security
11 5 (4.72%) TCP/IP
11 5 (4.72%) Unified Communications
11 5 (4.72%) Wireless
12 4 (3.77%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (3.77%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (3.77%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.72%) Power BI
3 2 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) MSBuild
General
1 31 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 21 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (19.81%) Finance
3 16 (15.09%) Aerospace
4 13 (12.26%) Billing
5 8 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.72%) Banking
6 5 (4.72%) Law
6 5 (4.72%) Marketing
6 5 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.77%) Police
8 2 (1.89%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 34 (32.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (25.47%) Senior
3 24 (22.64%) Administrator
4 20 (18.87%) Network Engineer
5 18 (16.98%) VMWare Administrator
6 17 (16.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (14.15%) Systems Administrator
8 13 (12.26%) Architect
8 13 (12.26%) Infrastructure Architect
9 7 (6.60%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Lead
9 7 (6.60%) Security Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) IT Administrator
10 5 (4.72%) SOC Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) IT Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) Server Administrator
11 4 (3.77%) Server Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) .NET
1 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 36 (33.96%) Data Centre
2 18 (16.98%) Replication
3 17 (16.04%) Public Cloud
4 16 (15.09%) Management Information System
5 15 (14.15%) IoT
6 13 (12.26%) PKI
7 7 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (4.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (4.72%) PMI
9 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.94%) CCTV
10 1 (0.94%) Clustering
10 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.94%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 63 (59.43%) Windows
2 53 (50.00%) Linux
3 28 (26.42%) Windows Server
4 17 (16.04%) Ubuntu
5 13 (12.26%) SUSE
5 13 (12.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (3.77%) Android
6 4 (3.77%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.77%) CentOS
6 4 (3.77%) DC/OS
6 4 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.77%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.83%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (37.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (25.47%) Task Automation
4 24 (22.64%) ITIL
5 22 (20.75%) Agile
5 22 (20.75%) Collaborative Working
5 22 (20.75%) DevOps
6 21 (19.81%) Asset Management
7 20 (18.87%) Capacity Planning
7 20 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (18.87%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (16.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (16.98%) Network Monitoring
9 15 (14.15%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (14.15%) Cloud Enablement
9 15 (14.15%) Decision-Making
9 15 (14.15%) Infrastructure Automation
9 15 (14.15%) Network Virtualisation
9 15 (14.15%) Performance Analysis
9 15 (14.15%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (31.13%) PowerShell
2 25 (23.58%) Bash
3 21 (19.81%) Perl
3 21 (19.81%) Python
4 18 (16.98%) SQL
5 6 (5.66%) C#
6 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.89%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (23.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (19.81%) MCSE
3 20 (18.87%) Degree
3 20 (18.87%) Security Cleared
4 17 (16.04%) MCSA
5 15 (14.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (7.55%) CCNA
6 8 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (6.60%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.72%) CISA
8 5 (4.72%) CISSP
8 5 (4.72%) GIAC
8 5 (4.72%) JNCIA
8 5 (4.72%) PMI Certification
9 4 (3.77%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (3.77%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.15%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (4.72%) QA
3 4 (3.77%) NCSC
4 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.89%) NIST
5 1 (0.94%) GDPR
5 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (60.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (45.28%) Active Directory
3 35 (33.02%) vSphere
4 20 (18.87%) VMware NSX
5 15 (14.15%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (12.26%) vCloud
6 13 (12.26%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (6.60%) Firmware
8 4 (3.77%) Docker
8 4 (3.77%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.89%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.89%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.94%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (7.55%) SCCM
2 4 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.77%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.77%) vRealize
2 4 (3.77%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.83%) SCOM
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 64 (60.38%) VMware
2 40 (37.74%) Microsoft
3 24 (22.64%) Veeam
4 17 (16.04%) Cisco
5 16 (15.09%) HP
6 13 (12.26%) Fujitsu
7 7 (6.60%) Fortinet
8 5 (4.72%) Avaya
8 5 (4.72%) BT
8 5 (4.72%) Juniper
8 5 (4.72%) Mitel
8 5 (4.72%) SolarWinds
8 5 (4.72%) Splunk
8 5 (4.72%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.77%) Google
10 2 (1.89%) Remedy
11 1 (0.94%) Aderant
11 1 (0.94%) Citrix
11 1 (0.94%) iManage
11 1 (0.94%) Sophos