Microsoft Virtual Server Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Virtual Server
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 300 327
Rank change year-on-year -21 +27 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 4 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.022% 0.033% 0.077%
As % of the System Software category 0.34% 0.33% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile - £39,950 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £43,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +16.00% -31.82%
75th Percentile £41,375 £44,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,100 - £50,000
England median annual salary £47,739 £42,000 £40,478
% change year-on-year +13.66% +3.76% -26.40%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,171 921 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.44% 10.13% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 940 599 995
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £65,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -1.82%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server in the South East over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Virtual Server in the South East

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Surrey - 3 £32,500 -
Thames Valley +4 1 £62,500 +43.68%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £62,500 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Rubrik
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Technician
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Nimble Storage
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds