VMS Jobs in the Thames Valley

VMS
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 232 270
Rank change year-on-year +9 +38 -48
Permanent jobs citing VMS 20 28 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.45% 0.12%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.93% 2.39% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13 25 3
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,400 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -26.92% +136.36%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,125 £67,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -32.14% +100.00%

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

VMS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,036 1,172 1,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.35% 19.03% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 893 718 1,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £28,965 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £68,938
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VMS in the Thames Valley

VMS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VMS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for VMS in the Thames Valley

VMS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VMS in the Thames Valley

VMS
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 VMS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +15 9 £52,500 +48.31% 5
Buckinghamshire - 9 £42,500 - 2
Oxfordshire +5 2 £57,500 +21.05%
VMS
South East

VMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) JBoss
1 5 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (20.00%) IIS
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (10.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) DNS
1 6 (30.00%) VPN
2 4 (20.00%) Broadband
2 4 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
2 4 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) iSCSI
2 4 (20.00%) NAS
2 4 (20.00%) SAN
2 4 (20.00%) Wireless
3 2 (10.00%) BGP
3 2 (10.00%) IPsec
3 2 (10.00%) OSPF
4 1 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (85.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 4 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Software Support Engineer
1 8 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Azure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) DBA
3 4 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) SQL DBA
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Chip and PIN
1 4 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
1 4 (20.00%) Mobile Payment
1 4 (20.00%) Replication
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) PKI
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Linux
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (20.00%) Ubuntu
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) OO
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
2 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (30.00%) High Availability
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Change Control
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 2 (10.00%) Security Hardening
4 2 (10.00%) Server Management
4 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (5.00%) Change Advisory Board
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) SQL
2 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (25.00%) Java
4 4 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) HNC
2 5 (25.00%) HND
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (20.00%) vSphere
3 2 (10.00%) Docker
3 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) SCCM
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (15.00%) WSUS
4 2 (10.00%) Grafana
4 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (10.00%) Nessus
4 2 (10.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Oracle
2 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (30.00%) VMware
4 4 (20.00%) Aruba
4 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (20.00%) ProCurve
4 4 (20.00%) Synology
4 4 (20.00%) Veeam
4 4 (20.00%) Zerto
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco
5 2 (10.00%) Dell
5 2 (10.00%) Juniper
5 2 (10.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.00%) Apple