KVM Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring KVM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 - 218
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing KVM 10 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% - 0.29%
As % of the System Software category 4.13% - 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 16
10th Percentile £46,975 - -
25th Percentile £52,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £26,000
75th Percentile £70,938 - -
90th Percentile £74,875 - -
South East median annual salary £58,750 £42,500 £26,000
% change year-on-year +38.24% +63.46% -54.78%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 242 482 951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.51% 15.13% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 165 299 750
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £45,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +18.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +26.32% -

KVM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

KVM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

KVM
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing KVM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing KVM

KVM
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing KVM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for KVM in the Thames Valley

KVM
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing KVM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Berkshire - 10 £62,500 - 1
KVM
South East

KVM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (90.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
1 1 (10.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (10.00%) SMTP
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
1 1 (10.00%) VLAN
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Python Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Python Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Distributed Systems Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Client/Server
1 9 (90.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) FreeBSD
2 1 (10.00%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (90.00%) Code Quality
2 9 (90.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (90.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) System Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
3 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Use Case
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Operations
6 1 (10.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (10.00%) Open Source
6 1 (10.00%) Presales
6 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (90.00%) C
2 9 (90.00%) C++
2 9 (90.00%) Rust
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Proxmox
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft