Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Microsoft Virtual Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Virtual Server UK
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	814	840	898
Rank change year-on-year	+26	+58
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server	58	84	73
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.066%	0.087%	0.066%
As % of the System Software category	0.51%	0.68%	0.56%
Number of salaries quoted	50	70	69
Median salary	£40,000	£44,500	£41,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-10.11%	+8.53%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£30,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£50,500	£52,050
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£44,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-15.73%	+11.25%

Microsoft Virtual Server is in the system software skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

System Software Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	11339	12341	13042
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	12.87%	12.71%	11.78%
Number of salaries quoted	9621	10508	10784
Median salary	£44,000	£42,500	£41,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.52%	+3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,000	£25,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£65,000	£67,500
UK excluding London median salary	£38,500	£39,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-1.28%	+4.00%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Microsoft Virtual Server as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the System Software category.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Virtual Server in the UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Salary trend for Microsoft Virtual Server in the UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Virtual Server in the UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Job Locations

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 UK over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+27	57	£40,000	-11.11%	10
London	+15	20	£47,500	+9.19%	3
Yorkshire	+15	15	£35,000	-10.25%	1
West Yorkshire	+15	15	£35,000	-10.25%	1
Leeds	+3	11	£35,000	-10.25%	1
West Midlands	+9	8	£40,250	-10.55%
South East	+42	7	£45,000	-	4
Birmingham	+2	6	£40,250	-10.55%
Pudsey	-	5	£37,500	-
Buckinghamshire	-4	3	£37,500	-11.76%	1
Milton Keynes	-7	3	£37,500	-11.76%	1
Manchester	-20	3	£18,000	-63.07%
North West	-36	3	£18,000	-63.07%
Hampshire	-	3	£45,000	-
East of England	-	2	£65,000	-	1
Norfolk	-	2	£65,000	-	1
Norwich	-	2	£65,000	-	1
Havant	-	2	£45,000	-
Hammersmith	-	2	-	-
Berkshire	+30	1	£45,000	-	1
City of London	+27	1	£57,500	+53.33%
East Midlands	+24	1	£20,000	-33.33%
West End of London	+3	1	-	-
South West	+1	1	£30,000	-13.04%	1
Somerset	-	1	£30,000	-
Walsall	-	1	£45,000	-
Glasgow	-	1	-	-
Scotland	-	1	-	-
Reading	-	1	£45,000	-	1
Loughborough	-	1	£20,000	-

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Microsoft Virtual Server.

1	94 (96.91%)	Virtual Servers
2	80 (82.47%)	Windows
2	80 (82.47%)	Microsoft
3	70 (72.16%)	VMware
3	70 (72.16%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	69 (71.13%)	Active Directory
5	43 (44.33%)	Windows Server
6	32 (32.99%)	Citrix
6	32 (32.99%)	MS Exchange
6	32 (32.99%)	SQL
7	29 (29.90%)	Linux
8	28 (28.87%)	Firewall
8	28 (28.87%)	Windows Server 2012
9	27 (27.84%)	SQL Server
10	25 (25.77%)	IIS

11	24 (24.74%)	ITIL
11	24 (24.74%)	Hyper-V
12	23 (23.71%)	Windows Server 2008
13	22 (22.68%)	DNS
13	22 (22.68%)	Microsoft Certification
14	21 (21.65%)	Windows 7
15	20 (20.62%)	MCSE
15	20 (20.62%)	Exchange Server 2010
16	19 (19.59%)	Microsoft Office
16	19 (19.59%)	LAN
17	18 (18.56%)	DHCP
18	17 (17.53%)	WAN
18	17 (17.53%)	SAN
18	17 (17.53%)	Finance
18	17 (17.53%)	Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	32 (32.99%)	MS Exchange
2	25 (25.77%)	IIS
3	20 (20.62%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	12 (12.37%)	SharePoint
5	9 (9.28%)	Apache
6	8 (8.25%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	7 (7.22%)	Exchange Server 2003
8	5 (5.15%)	Alfresco
8	5 (5.15%)	Skype for Business
8	5 (5.15%)	Tomcat
9	3 (3.09%)	SharePoint 2013
10	2 (2.06%)	WebSphere
11	1 (1.03%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
11	1 (1.03%)	Exchange Server 2007
11	1 (1.03%)	SharePoint 2010

Applications
1	19 (19.59%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	2 (2.06%)	Oracle BPM

Cloud Services
1	17 (17.53%)	Microsoft Azure
2	15 (15.46%)	Office 365
3	5 (5.15%)	Amazon AWS
3	5 (5.15%)	G Suite
4	3 (3.09%)	Azure Active Directory
4	3 (3.09%)	SaaS
5	2 (2.06%)	Cloud Computing
5	2 (2.06%)	IaaS
5	2 (2.06%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	28 (28.87%)	Firewall
2	22 (22.68%)	DNS
3	19 (19.59%)	LAN
4	18 (18.56%)	DHCP
5	17 (17.53%)	SAN
5	17 (17.53%)	WAN
6	15 (15.46%)	VLAN
7	8 (8.25%)	ISDN
7	8 (8.25%)	LDAP
7	8 (8.25%)	TCP/IP
8	6 (6.19%)	VPN
9	5 (5.15%)	NetScaler
10	4 (4.12%)	Internet
10	4 (4.12%)	Remote Desktop
11	3 (3.09%)	Cisco ASA
11	3 (3.09%)	VoIP
11	3 (3.09%)	Wireless
12	2 (2.06%)	Cisco IOS
12	2 (2.06%)	Skype
13	1 (1.03%)	NAS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	27 (27.84%)	SQL Server
2	8 (8.25%)	NoSQL
3	7 (7.22%)	MySQL
3	7 (7.22%)	Oracle Database
4	5 (5.15%)	Oracle Database 11g
5	4 (4.12%)	BusinessObjects
5	4 (4.12%)	Crystal Reports
6	3 (3.09%)	SQL Server 2012
7	2 (2.06%)	MS Access
8	1 (1.03%)	Data Warehouse
8	1 (1.03%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	4 (4.12%)	MSI
2	1 (1.03%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

General
1	17 (17.53%)	Finance
2	5 (5.15%)	Publishing
3	3 (3.09%)	Advertising
3	3 (3.09%)	Manufacturing
4	2 (2.06%)	Automotive
4	2 (2.06%)	Banking
4	2 (2.06%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	17 (17.53%)	Administrator
1	17 (17.53%)	Infrastructure Engineer
2	15 (15.46%)	IT Engineer
3	14 (14.43%)	IT Support
4	13 (13.40%)	Support Engineer
5	12 (12.37%)	3rd Line Engineer
5	12 (12.37%)	Systems Administrator
6	11 (11.34%)	Analyst
7	10 (10.31%)	IT Support Engineer
7	10 (10.31%)	Senior IT Engineer
8	9 (9.28%)	Storage Engineer
8	9 (9.28%)	Team Leader
9	8 (8.25%)	Citrix Engineer
9	8 (8.25%)	Citrix Support
9	8 (8.25%)	Citrix Support Engineer
9	8 (8.25%)	Senior Citrix Engineer
9	8 (8.25%)	Senior Citrix Support
9	8 (8.25%)	Senior IT Support
9	8 (8.25%)	Senior Support Engineer
9	8 (8.25%)	Support Team Leader

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	8 (8.25%)	802.1X
2	5 (5.15%)	Web Services
3	4 (4.12%)	HTML
3	4 (4.12%)	XML
3	4 (4.12%)	XSLT
4	2 (2.06%)	.NET
5	1 (1.03%)	COM
5	1 (1.03%)	LAMP
5	1 (1.03%)	Software Packaging

Miscellaneous
1	15 (15.46%)	Data Centre
2	8 (8.25%)	Linked Data
3	7 (7.22%)	EMC VNX
4	6 (6.19%)	Management Information System
5	5 (5.15%)	Analytical Skills
5	5 (5.15%)	Driving Licence
5	5 (5.15%)	Fat Client
5	5 (5.15%)	Thin Client
6	3 (3.09%)	Replication
7	2 (2.06%)	Clustering
7	2 (2.06%)	CMDB
7	2 (2.06%)	Enterprise Cloud
7	2 (2.06%)	Enterprise Software
7	2 (2.06%)	Fintech
7	2 (2.06%)	Public Cloud
7	2 (2.06%)	Virtual Team
8	1 (1.03%)	CCTV
8	1 (1.03%)	Enterprise Storage
8	1 (1.03%)	HP StoreVirtual
8	1 (1.03%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	80 (82.47%)	Windows
2	43 (44.33%)	Windows Server
3	29 (29.90%)	Linux
4	28 (28.87%)	Windows Server 2012
5	23 (23.71%)	Windows Server 2008
6	21 (21.65%)	Windows 7
7	7 (7.22%)	Windows 8
8	6 (6.19%)	Mac OS X
8	6 (6.19%)	Unix
9	5 (5.15%)	Android
9	5 (5.15%)	Debian
9	5 (5.15%)	NetWare
9	5 (5.15%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	5 (5.15%)	SUSE
9	5 (5.15%)	Ubuntu
9	5 (5.15%)	Windows Server 2003
10	4 (4.12%)	Windows 10
11	1 (1.03%)	CentOS
11	1 (1.03%)	VMS
11	1 (1.03%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	24 (24.74%)	ITIL
2	16 (16.49%)	Disaster Recovery
3	14 (14.43%)	Change Control
3	14 (14.43%)	Service Delivery
4	12 (12.37%)	Change Management
5	11 (11.34%)	Strategic Planning
6	9 (9.28%)	Agile Software Development
6	9 (9.28%)	Configuration Management
6	9 (9.28%)	Information Security
6	9 (9.28%)	Open Source
6	9 (9.28%)	Server Virtualisation
7	8 (8.25%)	Contingency Planning
7	8 (8.25%)	Continuous Integration
7	8 (8.25%)	Performance Management
7	8 (8.25%)	Presales
7	8 (8.25%)	SOA
7	8 (8.25%)	TOGAF
8	7 (7.22%)	Business Continuity
8	7 (7.22%)	ERP
8	7 (7.22%)	Project Management

Programming Languages
1	32 (32.99%)	SQL
2	17 (17.53%)	PowerShell
3	9 (9.28%)	C
4	8 (8.25%)	Bash Shell
4	8 (8.25%)	Java
5	6 (6.19%)	VBScript
6	4 (4.12%)	XPath
7	3 (3.09%)	C#
8	2 (2.06%)	Python
9	1 (1.03%)	C++
9	1 (1.03%)	Perl
9	1 (1.03%)	PHP
9	1 (1.03%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	22 (22.68%)	Microsoft Certification
2	20 (20.62%)	MCSE
3	14 (14.43%)	MCSA
4	9 (9.28%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5	8 (8.25%)	Degree
5	8 (8.25%)	MCITP
6	3 (3.09%)	CCNA
6	3 (3.09%)	Cisco Certification
6	3 (3.09%)	HND
6	3 (3.09%)	Master's Degree
7	2 (2.06%)	A+ Certification
7	2 (2.06%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
7	2 (2.06%)	MCTS
7	2 (2.06%)	NCDA
7	2 (2.06%)	NCIE
7	2 (2.06%)	NCSA
7	2 (2.06%)	Network+ Certification
8	1 (1.03%)	DBS Check
8	1 (1.03%)	MCAD
8	1 (1.03%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (10.31%)	PCI DSS
2	6 (6.19%)	SLA
3	2 (2.06%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	2 (2.06%)	QA

System Software
1	94 (96.91%)	Virtual Servers
2	70 (72.16%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	69 (71.13%)	Active Directory
4	24 (24.74%)	Hyper-V
5	17 (17.53%)	XenApp
6	13 (13.40%)	vSphere
7	10 (10.31%)	XenDesktop
8	6 (6.19%)	Terminal Services
8	6 (6.19%)	VMware Server
9	4 (4.12%)	Microsoft App-V
9	4 (4.12%)	Virtual Machines
10	2 (2.06%)	Postfix
10	2 (2.06%)	Squid
11	1 (1.03%)	Forefront TMG
11	1 (1.03%)	ISA Server
11	1 (1.03%)	Shibboleth
11	1 (1.03%)	Terminal Server
11	1 (1.03%)	VMware ESXi
11	1 (1.03%)	VMware Workstation
11	1 (1.03%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	14 (14.43%)	SCCM
2	5 (5.15%)	EMC VPLEX
2	5 (5.15%)	Nagios
2	5 (5.15%)	NetIQ Identity Manager
2	5 (5.15%)	Simpana
3	4 (4.12%)	Backup Exec
4	3 (3.09%)	SCOM
5	1 (1.03%)	Control-M
5	1 (1.03%)	Dollar Universe
5	1 (1.03%)	Microsoft Clustering
5	1 (1.03%)	NetBackup
5	1 (1.03%)	Norton AntiVirus
5	1 (1.03%)	Opscode Chef
5	1 (1.03%)	PowerCLI
5	1 (1.03%)	Terraform
5	1 (1.03%)	vCenter Server
5	1 (1.03%)	WMI
5	1 (1.03%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	80 (82.47%)	Microsoft
2	70 (72.16%)	VMware
3	32 (32.99%)	Citrix
4	13 (13.40%)	EMC
5	12 (12.37%)	Cisco
6	11 (11.34%)	NetApp
6	11 (11.34%)	Oracle
7	9 (9.28%)	Avaya
8	8 (8.25%)	HP
9	7 (7.22%)	Google
9	7 (7.22%)	Red Hat
10	6 (6.19%)	CommVault
10	6 (6.19%)	Dell
11	5 (5.15%)	Apple
11	5 (5.15%)	Novell
12	4 (4.12%)	Cognos
13	3 (3.09%)	CheckPoint
13	3 (3.09%)	SolarWinds
13	3 (3.09%)	Veritas
14	2 (2.06%)	Splunk