Microsoft Virtual Server Job Trends

Microsoft Virtual Server
UK

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 670 838
Rank change year-on-year -64 +168 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 19 7 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.014% 0.040%
As % of the System Software category 0.34% 0.12% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 30
10th Percentile £25,000 £39,250 £34,930
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +6.58% -30.91%
75th Percentile £47,679 £43,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £64,575 £44,250 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £43,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.75% +16.00% -16.67%

All System Software Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 5,645 6,086 11,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.77% 12.44% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,123 3,858 8,789
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £34,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% +2.22% -5.26%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in the UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Virtual Server in the UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 12 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 6 months to 10 July 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
UK excluding London -53 19 £41,000 -5.75% 6
England -59 17 £45,000 +11.11% 4
Work from Home +16 12 £45,000 +11.11% 2
South West - 6 - -
East of England - 4 £47,739 - 3
West Midlands - 3 £37,000 -
North of England - 3 £45,000 -
Midlands - 3 £37,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 -
Wales - 2 £25,000 - 2
South East -42 1 £62,500 +43.68% 1
North West - 1 £65,000 -

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (36.84%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) SAS
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (57.89%) Azure
3 6 (31.58%) AWS
4 4 (21.05%) Mimecast
5 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (5.26%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) Firewall
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (31.58%) DHCP
2 6 (31.58%) DNS
2 6 (31.58%) LAN
2 6 (31.58%) Unified Communications
2 6 (31.58%) VLAN
2 6 (31.58%) WAN
2 6 (31.58%) WebEx
3 4 (21.05%) VPN
4 3 (15.79%) FTP
4 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
5 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 9 (47.37%) Retail
2 6 (31.58%) Banking
2 6 (31.58%) Marketing
2 6 (31.58%) Public Sector
2 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Finance
5 3 (15.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Collaboration Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) IT Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) ICT Support
4 2 (10.53%) ICT Support Technician
4 2 (10.53%) ICT Technician
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Hybrid Cloud
1 9 (47.37%) Onboarding
2 8 (42.11%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (31.58%) FlexPod
3 6 (31.58%) Replication
4 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
5 2 (10.53%) CMDB
5 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
5 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Linux
2 7 (36.84%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) ITIL
2 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (47.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (42.11%) Infrastructure Automation
4 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (31.58%) Data Management
4 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (31.58%) Performance Management
5 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
5 5 (26.32%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (15.79%) Service Management
6 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (10.53%) Business Continuity
7 2 (10.53%) CRM
7 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) A+ Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.79%) MCSA
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 9 (47.37%) Active Directory
3 8 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (36.84%) vSphere
5 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
6 1 (5.26%) MetaFrame
6 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (5.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Ansible
1 6 (31.58%) Cisco CUCM
1 6 (31.58%) Grafana
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (31.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) Cisco
3 8 (42.11%) VMware
4 6 (31.58%) Fortinet
4 6 (31.58%) NetApp
4 6 (31.58%) Palo Alto
4 6 (31.58%) Splunk
5 4 (21.05%) Citrix
6 3 (15.79%) Meraki
6 3 (15.79%) SonicWALL
7 2 (10.53%) IFS
7 2 (10.53%) Oracle
8 1 (5.26%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (5.26%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds