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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 422 314
Rank change year-on-year -52 -108 +264
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 205 485 944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.56% 1.07%
As % of the System Software category 3.56% 4.53% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 147 404 275
10th Percentile £39,100 £33,750 £32,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £42,687
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,836 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £99,542 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,836 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% - +15.00%

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 5,760 10,711 13,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.85% 12.38% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,319 8,623 9,234
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £86,485 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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
London +64 60 £87,500 +9.38% 67
North of England +23 57 £57,836 +5.16% 13
South East +23 56 £55,000 -7.56% 29
North West -5 35 £57,836 +0.58% 8
Midlands +16 17 £46,000 -0.54% 16
Yorkshire +48 15 £41,250 -2.94% 4
West Midlands +46 14 £46,000 -5.64% 8
East of England +18 13 £52,500 -4.55% 11
North East +38 7 £32,000 -43.11% 1
South West +51 5 £55,000 - 21
East Midlands +10 3 - - 7
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 34 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (10.73%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.39%) SAS
4 7 (3.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 7 (3.41%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (3.41%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.98%) Apache
6 2 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.98%) IIS
7 1 (0.49%) Confluence
7 1 (0.49%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.49%) Solana
Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 125 (60.98%) Azure
2 56 (27.32%) Entra ID
3 46 (22.44%) AWS
4 44 (21.46%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (17.56%) Azure Monitor
7 28 (13.66%) Power Automate
8 22 (10.73%) Azure Key Vault
9 20 (9.76%) PaaS
10 19 (9.27%) IaaS
10 19 (9.27%) SaaS
11 17 (8.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 17 (8.29%) OneDrive
12 16 (7.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (7.80%) Power Platform
13 15 (7.32%) Azure AI
14 13 (6.34%) GitHub
15 12 (5.85%) GCP
16 11 (5.37%) Serverless
17 10 (4.88%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 83 (40.49%) Firewall
2 50 (24.39%) DNS
3 41 (20.00%) VPN
4 27 (13.17%) DHCP
5 26 (12.68%) WAN
6 19 (9.27%) SD-WAN
7 15 (7.32%) TCP/IP
8 12 (5.85%) SAN
8 12 (5.85%) VLAN
9 9 (4.39%) LAN
10 7 (3.41%) IMAP
10 7 (3.41%) Network Security
10 7 (3.41%) Skype
10 7 (3.41%) SMTP
10 7 (3.41%) SSL
11 5 (2.44%) NAS
12 4 (1.95%) HTTPS
13 3 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.29%) Data Lake
3 16 (7.80%) Power BI
4 15 (7.32%) MySQL
5 4 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.98%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.98%) Big Data
7 2 (0.98%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.98%) Bigtable
7 2 (0.98%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.98%) HBase
7 2 (0.98%) Impala
7 2 (0.98%) Metadata
7 2 (0.98%) Tableau
8 1 (0.49%) MS Access
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (10.73%) Git
2 19 (9.27%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.41%) Bitbucket Server
4 3 (1.46%) Vagrant
5 2 (0.98%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.98%) JIRA
6 1 (0.49%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.49%) NUnit
6 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 75 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.98%) Finance
3 28 (13.66%) Banking
4 22 (10.73%) Legal
5 10 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.90%) Law
7 7 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.95%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.46%) Advertising
9 3 (1.46%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.98%) Military
11 1 (0.49%) Aviation
11 1 (0.49%) Back Office
11 1 (0.49%) Front Office
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
11 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (13.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (12.68%) Architect
2 26 (12.68%) Cloud Engineer
3 24 (11.71%) Senior
4 22 (10.73%) Lead
5 18 (8.78%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) Security Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) Systems Engineer
6 17 (8.29%) Vulnerability Manager
7 16 (7.80%) Cloud Architect
8 15 (7.32%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 14 (6.83%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (6.34%) Analyst
11 9 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.39%) Strategy Analyst
12 8 (3.90%) Technical Engineer
13 7 (3.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (3.41%) IT Engineer
13 7 (3.41%) Messaging Engineer
13 7 (3.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.83%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.93%) Kafka
2 6 (2.93%) YAML
3 3 (1.46%) .NET
3 3 (1.46%) Pandas
3 3 (1.46%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.98%) Anaconda
4 2 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (0.98%) JSON
5 1 (0.49%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.49%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.49%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.49%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.49%) OAuth
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.49%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (0.49%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (0.49%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.05%) Data Centre
2 33 (16.10%) Management Information System
3 15 (7.32%) NHS
4 12 (5.85%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (5.85%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (5.85%) Security Posture
5 11 (5.37%) Public Cloud
6 10 (4.88%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.39%) Product Ownership
8 7 (3.41%) Blackberry
9 6 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.93%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.44%) Operational Technology
10 5 (2.44%) SCADA
11 4 (1.95%) Life Science
12 3 (1.46%) Hedge funds
13 2 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.49%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (27.80%) Windows
2 35 (17.07%) Linux
3 33 (16.10%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (5.37%) VMS
6 7 (3.41%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.93%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.46%) Unix
8 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.98%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.49%) Android
10 1 (0.49%) Debian
10 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (36.10%) DevOps
2 57 (27.80%) Agile
2 57 (27.80%) Infrastructure as Code
3 50 (24.39%) Roadmaps
4 47 (22.93%) CI/CD
5 46 (22.44%) Analytics
6 44 (21.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 42 (20.49%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (20.00%) Containerisation
9 40 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (17.07%) Log Analytics
11 31 (15.12%) Microservices
11 31 (15.12%) Migration
12 28 (13.66%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (12.20%) ITIL
14 24 (11.71%) Service Management
15 22 (10.73%) Incident Response
16 21 (10.24%) Vulnerability Management
17 20 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
18 19 (9.27%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 78 (38.05%) PowerShell
2 60 (29.27%) SQL
3 43 (20.98%) Python
4 21 (10.24%) Bicep
5 20 (9.76%) Java
6 15 (7.32%) C
7 10 (4.88%) Shell Script
8 8 (3.90%) Bash
9 6 (2.93%) C#
9 6 (2.93%) Go
10 5 (2.44%) Ruby
11 3 (1.46%) Groovy
11 3 (1.46%) Perl
12 2 (0.98%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.49%) R
13 1 (0.49%) Rust
13 1 (0.49%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 48 (23.41%) Azure Certification
2 44 (21.46%) Degree
3 18 (8.78%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.80%) SC Cleared
5 15 (7.32%) DBS Check
5 15 (7.32%) HND
5 15 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (2.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.95%) CISSP
10 3 (1.46%) CCNA
10 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.98%) CCSP
12 1 (0.49%) CCNP
12 1 (0.49%) GIAC
12 1 (0.49%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.24%) GDPR
2 12 (5.85%) HIPAA
2 12 (5.85%) SOC 2
3 8 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.98%) NIST
5 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (27.80%) Active Directory
2 39 (19.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (17.07%) Docker
4 18 (8.78%) Hyper-V
5 16 (7.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (6.83%) vSphere
7 11 (5.37%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.98%) HDFS
8 2 (0.98%) XenApp
9 1 (0.49%) KVM
9 1 (0.49%) NFS
9 1 (0.49%) pfSense
9 1 (0.49%) RHEV
9 1 (0.49%) vCloud
9 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (24.88%) Terraform
2 34 (16.59%) Kubernetes
3 30 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (14.15%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (8.29%) SCCM
6 16 (7.80%) Ansible
7 10 (4.88%) vCenter Server
8 8 (3.90%) Istio
9 7 (3.41%) Nessus
9 7 (3.41%) Proxmox
10 5 (2.44%) WSUS
11 3 (1.46%) Nagios
11 3 (1.46%) Packer
12 2 (0.98%) CASB
12 2 (0.98%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.98%) Hadoop YARN
12 2 (0.98%) linkerd
13 1 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.49%) vRealize
Vendors
1 83 (40.49%) Microsoft
2 46 (22.44%) VMware
3 21 (10.24%) Databricks
4 18 (8.78%) Tenable
5 17 (8.29%) Qualys
6 15 (7.32%) Meraki
7 14 (6.83%) Cisco
8 10 (4.88%) Citrix
8 10 (4.88%) NetApp
9 9 (4.39%) Apple
10 8 (3.90%) Juniper
11 6 (2.93%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.93%) Confluent
11 6 (2.93%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.44%) Google
13 4 (1.95%) Fortinet
13 4 (1.95%) Oracle
13 4 (1.95%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.95%) Siemens
13 4 (1.95%) Veeam