Microsoft Virtual Server Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 262 316
Rank change year-on-year -4 +54 +108
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 3 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.026% 0.069% 0.053%
As % of the System Software category 0.43% 0.71% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - £39,850 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile £47,500 £49,625 £72,500
90th Percentile - £51,350 £85,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All System Software Skills
North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 704 844 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.01% 9.74% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 525 508 1,400
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,200 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,592 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% +5.76% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,274 £87,500 £74,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in the North of England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
Yorkshire - 3 £45,000 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Mimecast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) CMDB
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 3 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IFS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle