Virtual Machines Job Trends in the Midlands

Virtual Machine (VM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 214 274
Rank change year-on-year -19 +60 -50
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 15 15 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.12% 0.30% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 3.05% 2.24% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 46
10th Percentile - £42,350 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -0.54% -22.92%
75th Percentile £59,063 £48,000 £60,313
90th Percentile £68,625 - £67,500
England median annual salary £90,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +56.52% - -4.17%

All System Software Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 491 670 1,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.99% 13.46% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 390 488 1,178
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -8.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,438 £56,750 £57,375
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £68,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the Midlands

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
West Midlands -21 13 £37,500 -18.48% 3
East Midlands -22 2 £52,500 - 1
Virtual Machines
England

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (13.33%) IIS
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Serverless
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Storage
4 1 (6.67%) Cloudflare
4 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) SSL
2 1 (6.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Snyk
General
1 10 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Cloud Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Cloud Security Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Security Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Senior
1 10 (66.67%) Senior Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Senior Cloud Architect
1 10 (66.67%) Senior Security Architect
2 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Support
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Server Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) COM
1 2 (13.33%) DCOM
1 2 (13.33%) LDAP
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (20.00%) PKI
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (13.33%) Smartcard
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) AI
1 10 (66.67%) Application Security
1 10 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 10 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 10 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 10 (66.67%) SDLC
1 10 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 10 (66.67%) Security Testing
1 10 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
1 10 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
1 10 (66.67%) Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Case Management
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 10 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 10 (66.67%) Tenable
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.67%) Veeam
4 1 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (6.67%) Zerto