Virtual Machine (VM)
Scotland > Scottish Borders
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Scottish Borders | 33.33% | - | - |
| As % of the System Software category | 100.00% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £38,269 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,594 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £40,919 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £44,547 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.76% | +9.09% | +42.28% |
All System Software Skills
Scottish Borders
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 Scottish Borders.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Scottish Borders | 33.33% | 33.33% | 20.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £38,269 | £29,750 | £32,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,594 | £31,500 | £34,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.70% | -7.35% | -18.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,919 | £33,250 | £36,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £56,250 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.27% | +4.76% | -8.30% |
Virtual Machines
Job Locations in the Scottish Borders
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the Scottish Borders region over the 6 months to 2 November 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galashiels | - | 1 | £39,594 | - | |
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Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Scottish Borders 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:
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