KVM Job Trends in Reading

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring KVM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing KVM 13 0 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 1.34% - 1.13%
As % of the System Software category 22.03% - 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £26,000
75th Percentile £70,938 - -
90th Percentile £74,875 - £35,600
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 - £26,000

All System Software Skills
Reading

KVM 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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 59 105 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 6.10% 21.04% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 16 60 232
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,225 £27,893
25th Percentile £45,938 £52,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +25.00% +8.89%
75th Percentile £70,938 £87,813 £59,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £112,500 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +27.27% +14.58%

KVM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing KVM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

KVM job vacancy trend in Reading

KVM
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing KVM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing KVM

KVM
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing KVM in Reading over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Salary histogram for KVM in Reading

KVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 13 (100.00%) AWS
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
1 13 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Python Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Python Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Distributed Systems Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 13 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 13 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 13 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 13 (100.00%) System Testing
1 13 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (69.23%) Collaborative Culture
2 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) C++
1 13 (100.00%) Python
1 13 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) QA
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 13 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) VMware