Virtual Infrastructure
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Infrastructure over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 779 916 1135
Rank change year-on-year +137 +219 -305
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure 109 79 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.078% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.081% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 82 35 72
10th Percentile £41,375 £40,200 £35,125
25th Percentile £50,313 £41,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,800 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +35.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Virtual Infrastructure is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Virtual Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Infrastructure in the UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure.

Salary trend for Virtual Infrastructure in the UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Infrastructure in the UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England +108 105 £62,500 +13.64% 18
UK excluding London -7 71 £55,000 +7.32% 15
London +149 34 £65,000 -22.16% 5
Work from Home +68 27 £62,500 +13.64% 47
South East +1 22 £62,500 +47.06% 2
West Midlands +13 20 £55,000 -13.73% 2
Midlands +5 20 £55,000 -13.73% 3
South West -8 19 £32,500 -29.35% 6
North of England +37 4 £48,500 -11.82% 3
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Yorkshire +75 2 £47,000 -14.55%
East of England - 2 £55,000 -
North West +6 1 £47,000 +18.26% 3
North East - 1 £50,000 -

Virtual Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.75%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (46.79%) Azure
2 33 (30.28%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (20.18%) AWS
4 17 (15.60%) IaaS
5 12 (11.01%) Nutanix
6 9 (8.26%) OneDrive
7 7 (6.42%) Power Platform
8 6 (5.50%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.50%) SaaS
9 5 (4.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (4.59%) PaaS
10 4 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.83%) Azure App Service
12 2 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.83%) GCP
13 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
13 1 (0.92%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 46 (42.20%) Firewall
2 26 (23.85%) DNS
3 25 (22.94%) SAN
4 22 (20.18%) WAN
5 18 (16.51%) VLAN
6 16 (14.68%) VPN
7 13 (11.93%) SD-WAN
8 10 (9.17%) VSAN
9 9 (8.26%) LAN
10 8 (7.34%) Cisco ASA
10 8 (7.34%) Software-Defined Networking
11 7 (6.42%) NAS
12 6 (5.50%) DHCP
12 6 (5.50%) Network Security
12 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
13 5 (4.59%) Unified Communications
13 5 (4.59%) Wireless
14 4 (3.67%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (3.67%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (3.67%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.59%) Power BI
3 2 (1.83%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.83%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.83%) MSBuild
General
1 30 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.18%) Finance
3 18 (16.51%) Aerospace
3 18 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.01%) Billing
5 9 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.50%) Marketing
7 6 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.59%) Banking
8 5 (4.59%) Law
9 4 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.67%) Police
10 2 (1.83%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 31 (28.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 25 (22.94%) Administrator
2 25 (22.94%) Senior
3 22 (20.18%) Network Engineer
4 19 (17.43%) VMWare Administrator
5 16 (14.68%) Architect
5 16 (14.68%) Systems Administrator
6 14 (12.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (11.01%) Infrastructure Architect
8 8 (7.34%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Security Engineer
8 8 (7.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (6.42%) Lead
10 6 (5.50%) SOC Engineer
11 5 (4.59%) IT Administrator
12 4 (3.67%) Cloud Architect
12 4 (3.67%) Cloud Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 4 (3.67%) Server Administrator
12 4 (3.67%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.83%) .NET
1 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 40 (36.70%) Data Centre
2 21 (19.27%) Replication
3 20 (18.35%) Public Cloud
4 16 (14.68%) Management Information System
5 14 (12.84%) PKI
6 12 (11.01%) IoT
7 8 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (5.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (4.59%) PMI
10 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.92%) CCTV
12 1 (0.92%) Clustering
12 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.92%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 59 (54.13%) Windows
2 54 (49.54%) Linux
3 27 (24.77%) Windows Server
4 16 (14.68%) Ubuntu
5 12 (11.01%) SUSE
5 12 (11.01%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (3.67%) Android
6 4 (3.67%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.67%) CentOS
6 4 (3.67%) DC/OS
6 4 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.67%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.75%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (33.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.94%) ITIL
4 24 (22.02%) Agile
4 24 (22.02%) Collaborative Working
4 24 (22.02%) Task Automation
5 20 (18.35%) Asset Management
6 19 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (17.43%) DevOps
6 19 (17.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (15.60%) Capacity Planning
7 17 (15.60%) Network Monitoring
7 17 (15.60%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (14.68%) Cloud Enablement
8 16 (14.68%) Presales
9 15 (13.76%) Actionable Insight
10 14 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (12.84%) Project Delivery
11 13 (11.93%) Mentoring
12 12 (11.01%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (29.36%) PowerShell
2 22 (20.18%) Bash
3 18 (16.51%) Perl
3 18 (16.51%) Python
4 17 (15.60%) SQL
5 6 (5.50%) C#
6 4 (3.67%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.83%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (20.18%) Security Cleared
3 21 (19.27%) Degree
4 20 (18.35%) MCSE
5 16 (14.68%) MCSA
6 14 (12.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (7.34%) CCNA
7 8 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (7.34%) DV Cleared
8 6 (5.50%) CISA
8 6 (5.50%) CISSP
8 6 (5.50%) GIAC
8 6 (5.50%) JNCIA
9 5 (4.59%) PMI Certification
10 4 (3.67%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.67%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (4.59%) PCI DSS
2 5 (4.59%) QA
3 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.67%) NCSC
4 2 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.83%) NIST
5 1 (0.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (60.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 48 (44.04%) Active Directory
3 35 (32.11%) vSphere
4 22 (20.18%) VMware NSX
5 14 (12.84%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (11.01%) vCloud
6 12 (11.01%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (6.42%) Firmware
8 4 (3.67%) Docker
8 4 (3.67%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.83%) Hyper-V
9 2 (1.83%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.92%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (7.34%) SCCM
2 4 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.67%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.67%) vRealize
2 4 (3.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.75%) SCOM
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 66 (60.55%) VMware
2 43 (39.45%) Microsoft
3 23 (21.10%) Veeam
4 18 (16.51%) Cisco
5 15 (13.76%) HP
6 12 (11.01%) Fujitsu
7 7 (6.42%) Fortinet
8 6 (5.50%) Juniper
8 6 (5.50%) Splunk
9 5 (4.59%) Avaya
9 5 (4.59%) BT
9 5 (4.59%) Mitel
9 5 (4.59%) SolarWinds
9 5 (4.59%) Zscaler
10 4 (3.67%) Google
11 2 (1.83%) Remedy
12 1 (0.92%) Aderant
12 1 (0.92%) Citrix
12 1 (0.92%) iManage
12 1 (0.92%) Sophos