Virtual Machines Job Trends in Glasgow

Virtual Machine (VM)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 48 225
Rank change year-on-year -14 +177 -133
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 2 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.21% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the System Software category 5.41% 2.17% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £52,875
25th Percentile £26,500 - £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £27,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £68,250
Scotland median annual salary £27,000 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%

All System Software Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 37 46 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.91% 10.98% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24 35 153
10th Percentile £26,650 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.17% +18.56% -3.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £73,305 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,000 £84,700 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £40,800 £58,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.66% +16.00% -9.09%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware