Virtual Machines Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 86 65
Rank change year-on-year -1 -21 +58
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 2 13 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.12% 1.09% 0.86%
As % of the System Software category 1.54% 6.57% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 7
10th Percentile - £50,050 £52,000
25th Percentile - £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,160 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% - +57.14%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile - £63,250 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £46,160 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% -4.55% +57.14%

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 130 198 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.71% 16.56% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 87 120 114
10th Percentile £32,586 £36,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,813 £59,750
90th Percentile - £73,764 £74,250
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Server Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware