Virtual Machines Jobs in England

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 263 595
Rank change year-on-year -164 +332 -17
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 430 974 750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 1.37% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 5.08% 8.55% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 316 277 334
10th Percentile £37,815 £31,820 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +17.07% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,563 £76,250 £80,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -

All System Software Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,463 11,392 24,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.80% 16.03% 16.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,390 8,265 13,701
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £38,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,968 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
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 Machines within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +17 115 £85,000 +25.93% 8
South East -70 102 £62,500 +1.63% 16
North of England -105 94 £57,500 +27.78% 25
South West -69 54 £55,000 +17.65% 10
North West -82 48 £52,500 -0.38% 13
Yorkshire -19 37 £57,500 +30.59% 10
East of England -23 33 £55,000 +22.22% 9
Midlands -137 28 £52,500 -7.28% 13
West Midlands -75 15 £55,000 +3.29% 10
East Midlands -83 13 £46,250 -31.48% 3
North East -8 9 £57,500 +12.20% 3
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
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 54 (12.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (9.07%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.72%) Apache Spark
4 14 (3.26%) Apache
5 11 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.56%) IIS
6 9 (2.09%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.93%) Confluence
7 4 (0.93%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.93%) nginx
8 3 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.70%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.47%) Resin
10 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.23%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 315 (73.26%) Azure
2 109 (25.35%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (19.30%) AWS
4 76 (17.67%) Entra ID
5 67 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (13.02%) Azure Storage
7 46 (10.70%) Azure Monitor
7 46 (10.70%) Power Platform
7 46 (10.70%) Serverless
8 41 (9.53%) IaaS
9 40 (9.30%) GCP
10 38 (8.84%) SaaS
11 34 (7.91%) Azure Functions
12 33 (7.67%) Azure AKS
13 26 (6.05%) GitHub
14 25 (5.81%) Amazon S3
15 22 (5.12%) PaaS
16 20 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (4.65%) Cloudflare
17 19 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (18.14%) Firewall
2 73 (16.98%) DNS
3 51 (11.86%) DHCP
4 49 (11.40%) VPN
5 35 (8.14%) Broadband
6 25 (5.81%) LAN
6 25 (5.81%) WAN
7 23 (5.35%) VLAN
8 22 (5.12%) SAN
9 18 (4.19%) TCP/IP
10 15 (3.49%) 5G
11 11 (2.56%) Network Security
12 10 (2.33%) Unified Communications
13 9 (2.09%) Internet
13 9 (2.09%) iSCSI
13 9 (2.09%) Skype
14 7 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (1.40%) IPv4
15 6 (1.40%) VoIP
15 6 (1.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (13.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 50 (11.63%) SQL Server
3 44 (10.23%) Power BI
4 10 (2.33%) Apache Hive
4 10 (2.33%) Presto
5 7 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.40%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (1.40%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.70%) MySQL
9 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.70%) Redis
9 3 (0.70%) Tableau
9 3 (0.70%) TimescaleDB
10 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 74 (17.21%) Git
2 26 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.49%) JIRA
4 9 (2.09%) Trac
5 6 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.70%) GitLab
7 2 (0.47%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.47%) Mocha
7 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.23%) JUnit
8 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.23%) Selenium
8 1 (0.23%) Subversion
8 1 (0.23%) TestNG
8 1 (0.23%) Travis CI
General
1 137 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.60%) Finance
3 40 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.42%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.95%) Electronics
6 16 (3.72%) Automotive
7 10 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.86%) Games
9 7 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.40%) Banking
10 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.16%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.93%) Law
13 3 (0.70%) Retail
14 2 (0.47%) Legal
15 1 (0.23%) Back Office
15 1 (0.23%) Billing
15 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 75 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 58 (13.49%) Lead
3 50 (11.63%) Cloud Engineer
4 44 (10.23%) Senior
5 43 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
6 39 (9.07%) Software Engineer
7 35 (8.14%) DBA
7 35 (8.14%) SQL DBA
8 25 (5.81%) Lead Software Engineer
9 22 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (4.88%) Architect
11 19 (4.42%) IT Engineer
12 17 (3.95%) Azure Specialist
12 17 (3.95%) Linux Engineer
13 16 (3.72%) Active Directory Specialist
13 16 (3.72%) Active Directory Support
13 16 (3.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.72%) Support Specialist
14 15 (3.49%) Support Engineer
15 13 (3.02%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (13.26%) ARM Templates
2 35 (8.14%) .NET
3 22 (5.12%) Lambda Expressions
4 20 (4.65%) http4s
5 15 (3.49%) YAML
6 6 (1.40%) REST
7 5 (1.16%) JSON
8 4 (0.93%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.93%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.93%) CSS
8 4 (0.93%) HTML
8 4 (0.93%) Ionic Framework
8 4 (0.93%) Loki
8 4 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.70%) Flask
9 3 (0.70%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.70%) SOAP
9 3 (0.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.93%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.35%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.12%) Data Centre
5 19 (4.42%) PKI
6 18 (4.19%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (3.02%) IoT
8 13 (3.02%) Media Streaming
9 12 (2.79%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.33%) Driving Licence
11 9 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.86%) Replication
13 7 (1.63%) Cyberattack
14 5 (1.16%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.16%) Product Ownership
15 4 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
16 3 (0.70%) Blackberry
16 3 (0.70%) IBM Storwize
16 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 162 (37.67%) Windows
2 113 (26.28%) Linux
3 95 (22.09%) Windows Server
4 51 (11.86%) VMS
5 40 (9.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 37 (8.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (5.81%) Windows 10
8 22 (5.12%) Ubuntu
9 17 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (2.33%) Debian
11 9 (2.09%) Unix
12 7 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (1.40%) Android
14 5 (1.16%) AIX
14 5 (1.16%) Apple iOS
14 5 (1.16%) CentOS
15 4 (0.93%) Solaris
15 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.70%) SUSE
16 3 (0.70%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (34.65%) DevOps
2 115 (26.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 105 (24.42%) CI/CD
4 102 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 78 (18.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 72 (16.74%) Agile
8 60 (13.95%) ITIL
9 58 (13.49%) Software Engineering
10 53 (12.33%) High Availability
11 52 (12.09%) Collaborative Working
12 49 (11.40%) Project Management
13 47 (10.93%) Containerisation
13 47 (10.93%) Microservices
13 47 (10.93%) Roadmaps
14 45 (10.47%) Network Virtualisation
15 43 (10.00%) Configuration Management
16 42 (9.77%) Business Intelligence
17 40 (9.30%) Analytics
17 40 (9.30%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 123 (28.60%) PowerShell
2 81 (18.84%) Python
3 77 (17.91%) SQL
4 62 (14.42%) Java
5 52 (12.09%) Bash
6 46 (10.70%) Bicep
7 43 (10.00%) C#
8 39 (9.07%) T-SQL
9 36 (8.37%) Kotlin
9 36 (8.37%) Scala
10 19 (4.42%) Perl
11 16 (3.72%) VB
11 16 (3.72%) VBScript
12 14 (3.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (2.79%) Go
13 12 (2.79%) JavaScript
14 10 (2.33%) C++
15 9 (2.09%) C
16 8 (1.86%) Shell Script
17 6 (1.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 80 (18.60%) Degree
2 52 (12.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 49 (11.40%) Security Cleared
4 36 (8.37%) Azure Certification
5 33 (7.67%) SC Cleared
6 27 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.95%) DV Cleared
8 16 (3.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.40%) MCP
11 3 (0.70%) CISSP
11 3 (0.70%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (0.70%) RHCE
12 2 (0.47%) CCNA
12 2 (0.47%) CEH
12 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.47%) CISM
12 2 (0.47%) OSCP
12 2 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.12%) QA
2 17 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (3.49%) GDPR
4 11 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.09%) PMO
5 9 (2.09%) SLA
6 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.93%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 140 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 74 (17.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (13.26%) Docker
4 55 (12.79%) Hyper-V
5 47 (10.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 31 (7.21%) vSphere
7 15 (3.49%) pfSense
8 14 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
9 13 (3.02%) NFS
10 11 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (2.09%) Ceph
11 9 (2.09%) KVM
12 4 (0.93%) Firmware
12 4 (0.93%) LXC
12 4 (0.93%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 4 (0.93%) Squid
13 3 (0.70%) Gluster
13 3 (0.70%) oVirt
14 1 (0.23%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 104 (24.19%) Terraform
2 86 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 41 (9.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (9.07%) Ansible
5 27 (6.28%) Grafana
6 25 (5.81%) SCCM
7 22 (5.12%) ZABBIX
8 19 (4.42%) SCOM
8 19 (4.42%) WSUS
9 17 (3.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (3.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 15 (3.49%) Prometheus
11 15 (3.49%) SCDPM
12 12 (2.79%) Puppet
13 10 (2.33%) Progress Chef
14 7 (1.63%) CASB
14 7 (1.63%) QRadar
15 6 (1.40%) Knative
16 5 (1.16%) Nagios
16 5 (1.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 242 (56.28%) Microsoft
2 97 (22.56%) VMware
3 37 (8.60%) Google
4 30 (6.98%) Veeam
5 20 (4.65%) Cisco
5 20 (4.65%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.72%) ForgeRock
6 16 (3.72%) Juniper
6 16 (3.72%) Sitecore
7 13 (3.02%) Red Hat
8 11 (2.56%) Databricks
8 11 (2.56%) IBM
9 10 (2.33%) Oracle
10 9 (2.09%) Dell
10 9 (2.09%) McAfee
10 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.86%) Citrix
11 8 (1.86%) Splunk
12 7 (1.63%) Kenna
12 7 (1.63%) Rapid7