Virtual Machines Job Trends in Portsmouth

Virtual Machine (VM)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 39 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 7 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 1.26% 2.56% -
As % of the System Software category 31.82% 10.53% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £42,500 £90,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -53.04% +44.80% +35.87%

All System Software Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 22 76 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 3.96% 24.36% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 20 7 57
10th Percentile - £35,350 £28,745
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -12.37% -5.83%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £90,750 £78,750
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +21.05% -5.00%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) IT Support
1 7 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Development
1 7 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (100.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft