Virtual Machines Job Trends in London

Virtual Machine (VM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 360 343
Rank change year-on-year +56 -17 +119
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 70 68 100
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.50% 0.44% 0.55%
As % of the System Software category 5.68% 3.13% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 49 56 87
10th Percentile £46,000 £56,875 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £82,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +26.92% -7.14%
75th Percentile £120,000 £89,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £102,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,233 2,171 2,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.74% 13.99% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 883 1,388 2,256
10th Percentile £31,800 £36,675 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,885 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £117,000 £117,500 £109,375
England median annual salary £48,790 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% +4.55% -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in London

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in London

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Central London +39 11 £70,000 -17.65% 4
Virtual Machines
England

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.43%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (41.43%) Azure
2 18 (25.71%) Azure Monitor
2 18 (25.71%) Entra ID
3 13 (18.57%) Slack
4 10 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (14.29%) GitHub
5 9 (12.86%) Azure AKS
5 9 (12.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (12.86%) Azure Key Vault
5 9 (12.86%) Datadog
5 9 (12.86%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (7.14%) AWS
6 5 (7.14%) Azure Functions
6 5 (7.14%) IaaS
6 5 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (7.14%) PaaS
6 5 (7.14%) Serverless
7 4 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (5.71%) Azure Storage
7 4 (5.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (34.29%) VPN
2 22 (31.43%) Firewall
3 21 (30.00%) WAN
4 12 (17.14%) DNS
5 8 (11.43%) LAN
5 8 (11.43%) Network Security
5 8 (11.43%) Wireless
6 7 (10.00%) DHCP
7 6 (8.57%) BGP
7 6 (8.57%) OSPF
7 6 (8.57%) SD-WAN
7 6 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (5.71%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (5.71%) Cisco Wireless
8 4 (5.71%) EIGRP
8 4 (5.71%) HSRP
8 4 (5.71%) SNMP
8 4 (5.71%) TACACS
8 4 (5.71%) TCP/IP
8 4 (5.71%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.43%) MS Access
2 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.43%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (18.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) Hardhat
2 1 (1.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.43%) Selenium
2 1 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 27 (38.57%) Finance
3 14 (20.00%) Banking
4 13 (18.57%) Influencing Skills
4 13 (18.57%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (11.43%) Legal
5 8 (11.43%) Retail
6 4 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.71%) Marketing
7 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.43%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (27.14%) Cloud Engineer
2 17 (24.29%) Senior
3 14 (20.00%) Cloud Native Engineer
3 14 (20.00%) Cloud Software Engineer
3 14 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 11 (15.71%) Analyst
5 9 (12.86%) Lead
6 8 (11.43%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 8 (11.43%) Configuration Manager
6 8 (11.43%) Service Manager
7 7 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (10.00%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 7 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
7 7 (10.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 7 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) Network Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) Security Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) Support Engineer
8 6 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
9 5 (7.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.86%) ADO
1 9 (12.86%) OAuth
1 9 (12.86%) SAML
1 9 (12.86%) YAML
2 4 (5.71%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.43%) .NET
3 1 (1.43%) Blazor
3 1 (1.43%) Middleware
3 1 (1.43%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.43%) Truffle
3 1 (1.43%) Web Services
3 1 (1.43%) web3js
3 1 (1.43%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.71%) Management Information System
2 15 (21.43%) Cloud Native
3 14 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (20.00%) Legacy Code
4 8 (11.43%) CMDB
4 8 (11.43%) Onboarding
5 6 (8.57%) Data Centre
6 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (5.71%) iPad
6 4 (5.71%) iPhone
6 4 (5.71%) Mobile App
6 4 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.43%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.43%) Derivative
8 1 (1.43%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.43%) Linux
2 9 (12.86%) VMS
2 9 (12.86%) Windows
3 7 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.71%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) CI/CD
2 25 (35.71%) DevOps
3 22 (31.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (25.71%) ITIL
4 18 (25.71%) Network Virtualisation
5 17 (24.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (24.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 15 (21.43%) Analytics
6 15 (21.43%) Open Source
7 14 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (20.00%) Log Analytics
7 14 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 13 (18.57%) Cost Management
8 13 (18.57%) Data Collection
8 13 (18.57%) Penetration Testing
8 13 (18.57%) RBAC
8 13 (18.57%) Technology Transformation
8 13 (18.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 13 (18.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 27 (38.57%) Go
2 18 (25.71%) PowerShell
3 17 (24.29%) Python
4 15 (21.43%) Java
5 14 (20.00%) C
5 14 (20.00%) C++
5 14 (20.00%) Rust
6 13 (18.57%) Bash
7 12 (17.14%) SQL
8 9 (12.86%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (5.71%) Bicep
10 1 (1.43%) C#
10 1 (1.43%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 24 (34.29%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) CCNP
2 6 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.71%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.71%) CCIE
4 4 (5.71%) CISA
4 4 (5.71%) CISM
4 4 (5.71%) CISSP
4 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) CCNA
6 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (37.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (24.29%) NIST
3 13 (18.57%) Accessibility
3 13 (18.57%) SOC 2
4 9 (12.86%) GDPR
5 8 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 19770
6 4 (5.71%) PMO
6 4 (5.71%) SLA
7 3 (4.29%) GRC
System Software
1 22 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 14 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
3 9 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (11.43%) Hyper-V
5 5 (7.14%) Docker
6 4 (5.71%) ProxySG
7 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (27.14%) Kubernetes
2 16 (22.86%) Terraform
3 10 (14.29%) Ansible
4 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (5.71%) SCOM
6 1 (1.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (32.86%) ServiceNow
2 18 (25.71%) Microsoft
3 13 (18.57%) Tenable
4 11 (15.71%) Palo Alto
5 9 (12.86%) VMware
5 9 (12.86%) Zscaler
6 6 (8.57%) Cisco
7 4 (5.71%) Blue Coat
7 4 (5.71%) Carbon Black
7 4 (5.71%) CheckPoint
7 4 (5.71%) Darktrace
7 4 (5.71%) F5
7 4 (5.71%) Infoblox
7 4 (5.71%) Motorola
7 4 (5.71%) Qualys
7 4 (5.71%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.86%) ForeScout
8 2 (2.86%) Juniper
8 2 (2.86%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (2.86%) Meraki