VMS Jobs in England

VMS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring VMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMS 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 624 693 916
Rank change year-on-year +69 +223 -57
Permanent jobs citing VMS 177 141 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.71% 1.17% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 131 86 72
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,400 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% -
75th Percentile £61,875 £67,500 £79,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £102,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -20.83% -

All Operating Systems
England

VMS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,370 12,046 26,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 16.95% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,651 8,843 14,776
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £26,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VMS in England

VMS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VMS in England

VMS
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for VMS in England

VMS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS 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 +54 44 £70,000 +75.00% 5
North of England +31 37 £57,500 -4.17% 4
Midlands +9 36 £56,250 +60.71% 4
South East -1 35 £57,500 +21.05% 7
North West +6 24 £52,500 -14.29% 2
East Midlands - 19 £42,500 - 2
South West +9 18 £55,000 +18.92% 2
West Midlands +7 17 £57,500 +64.29% 2
Yorkshire +63 10 £57,500 -4.17% 1
East of England 0 5 £57,500 -
North East - 3 £57,500 - 1
VMS
UK

VMS
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 23 (12.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (11.86%) IIS
3 18 (10.17%) SharePoint
4 10 (5.65%) Umbraco
5 5 (2.82%) JBoss
5 5 (2.82%) WebSphere
5 5 (2.82%) WordPress
6 4 (2.26%) CMS
7 3 (1.69%) CloudStack
8 2 (1.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.56%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.39%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.56%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.13%) Shopify
3 1 (0.56%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.56%) Misys Opics
3 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.56%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 113 (63.84%) Azure
2 41 (23.16%) Power Platform
3 30 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (15.82%) Entra ID
5 27 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (9.04%) AWS
6 16 (9.04%) OneDrive
7 11 (6.21%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (5.08%) PaaS
9 8 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (3.95%) IaaS
10 7 (3.95%) SaaS
11 6 (3.39%) Azure App Service
11 6 (3.39%) Figma
11 6 (3.39%) GCP
11 6 (3.39%) Serverless
12 5 (2.82%) Nutanix
13 4 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (2.26%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (30.51%) Firewall
2 46 (25.99%) WAN
3 41 (23.16%) LAN
4 36 (20.34%) VPN
5 35 (19.77%) Broadband
6 30 (16.95%) Internet
7 25 (14.12%) DNS
8 13 (7.34%) NAS
9 12 (6.78%) DHCP
9 12 (6.78%) iSCSI
10 9 (5.08%) Fibre Channel
10 9 (5.08%) SAN
11 8 (4.52%) TCP/IP
12 5 (2.82%) Wireless
13 4 (2.26%) 4G
13 4 (2.26%) SD-WAN
13 4 (2.26%) SNMP
13 4 (2.26%) WLAN
14 3 (1.69%) VLAN
14 3 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (39.55%) SQL Server
2 46 (25.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 38 (21.47%) Power BI
4 6 (3.39%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.69%) MySQL
6 2 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.56%) Firebird
7 1 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Git
2 6 (3.39%) Octopus Deploy
2 6 (3.39%) TeamCity
3 5 (2.82%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (2.82%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.13%) GitLab
4 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) JIRA
5 1 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 101 (57.06%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.51%) Retail
3 16 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.34%) Law
5 11 (6.21%) Finance
5 11 (6.21%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.08%) Electronics
7 7 (3.95%) Legal
8 5 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.69%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.13%) Marketing
10 2 (1.13%) Military
10 2 (1.13%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.56%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Banking
11 1 (0.56%) Billing
11 1 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.56%) Local Government
11 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (23.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (19.77%) DBA
2 35 (19.77%) SQL DBA
3 32 (18.08%) Senior
4 29 (16.38%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (10.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (8.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (7.91%) Developer
8 12 (6.78%) Architect
9 10 (5.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (5.65%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.65%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (5.08%) Infrastructure Architect
10 9 (5.08%) Technical Engineer
11 8 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (4.52%) IT Engineer
11 8 (4.52%) Lead
11 8 (4.52%) Software Support Engineer
12 7 (3.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.95%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.73%) .NET
2 9 (5.08%) HTML
2 9 (5.08%) JSON
3 8 (4.52%) Vue
4 7 (3.95%) .NET Core
4 7 (3.95%) CSS
4 7 (3.95%) HTML5
4 7 (3.95%) Loki
4 7 (3.95%) REST
4 7 (3.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 7 (3.95%) XML
4 7 (3.95%) YAML
5 6 (3.39%) ARM Templates
5 6 (3.39%) LAMP
5 6 (3.39%) Razor View Engine
5 6 (3.39%) Sass
5 6 (3.39%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (1.13%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.13%) OpenMP
6 2 (1.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.52%) Cloud Native
1 8 (4.52%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.95%) Public Cloud
2 7 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.39%) Replication
4 5 (2.82%) IoT
5 4 (2.26%) CCTV
5 4 (2.26%) Chip and PIN
5 4 (2.26%) Mobile Payment
5 4 (2.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.13%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.13%) CUDA
6 2 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.13%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.13%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.13%) SCADA
6 2 (1.13%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.13%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 82 (46.33%) Windows
2 49 (27.68%) Linux
3 35 (19.77%) Ubuntu
4 25 (14.12%) Windows Server
5 13 (7.34%) Windows 10
6 11 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.82%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.69%) Android
9 3 (1.69%) SUSE
9 3 (1.69%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (1.69%) Unix
9 3 (1.69%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.13%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.13%) OpenVMS
10 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.56%) AIX
11 1 (0.56%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (25.99%) Collaborative Working
1 46 (25.99%) DevOps
2 45 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (24.86%) High Availability
4 43 (24.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (22.03%) Performance Tuning
6 37 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (20.90%) Collaborative Culture
7 36 (20.34%) Disaster Recovery
8 31 (17.51%) Agile
9 29 (16.38%) DevSecOps
10 27 (15.25%) Application Security
11 19 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (10.73%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (9.04%) Configuration Management
12 16 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (9.04%) Project Management
13 15 (8.47%) CI/CD
14 14 (7.91%) Containerisation
15 13 (7.34%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 70 (39.55%) SQL
2 36 (20.34%) T-SQL
3 22 (12.43%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 12 (6.78%) Python
5 10 (5.65%) C#
6 9 (5.08%) Java
7 7 (3.95%) Bash
8 5 (2.82%) Bicep
8 5 (2.82%) Go
9 4 (2.26%) C++
10 3 (1.69%) Perl
10 3 (1.69%) Ruby
11 2 (1.13%) C
11 2 (1.13%) C-shell
11 2 (1.13%) Fortran
12 1 (0.56%) JSX
12 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (31.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 37 (20.90%) Security Cleared
3 29 (16.38%) Azure Certification
3 29 (16.38%) Degree
4 27 (15.25%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.82%) HNC
7 5 (2.82%) HND
8 4 (2.26%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.13%) CCNA
10 2 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.13%) MCSA
10 2 (1.13%) MCSE
10 2 (1.13%) PhD
11 1 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.95%) ISO 9001
3 6 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.26%) QA
5 2 (1.13%) GDPR
5 2 (1.13%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (38.98%) Active Directory
2 51 (28.81%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (9.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (8.47%) Hyper-V
5 9 (5.08%) Docker
6 7 (3.95%) vSphere
7 4 (2.26%) pfSense
8 3 (1.69%) Ceph
8 3 (1.69%) Gluster
8 3 (1.69%) KVM
8 3 (1.69%) oVirt
8 3 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 41 (23.16%) Terraform
2 31 (17.51%) Ansible
3 28 (15.82%) Kubernetes
4 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (5.65%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.82%) SCCM
7 3 (1.69%) Graylog
7 3 (1.69%) Observium
7 3 (1.69%) Puppet
7 3 (1.69%) ZABBIX
8 2 (1.13%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.13%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.13%) WSUS
9 1 (0.56%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.56%) Nessus
9 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (55.93%) Microsoft
2 36 (20.34%) VMware
3 16 (9.04%) Oracle
4 13 (7.34%) Veeam
5 11 (6.21%) Citrix
6 9 (5.08%) Zerto
7 7 (3.95%) Cisco
8 6 (3.39%) Adobe
9 5 (2.82%) Aruba
9 5 (2.82%) Google
9 5 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.82%) ProCurve
9 5 (2.82%) Synology
9 5 (2.82%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (2.26%) BroadSoft
10 4 (2.26%) Brocade
10 4 (2.26%) Dell
10 4 (2.26%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.26%) QNAP
10 4 (2.26%) ServiceNow