Virtual Machine (VM)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 468 | 442 | 324 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | -118 | +207 |
| Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines | 221 | 529 | 1,098 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.42% | 0.54% | 1.06% |
| As % of the System Software category | 4.10% | 4.31% | 6.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 173 | 430 | 308 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £33,450 | £32,200 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £45,750 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,836 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.58% | - | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £67,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £54,441 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +5.62% | +20.98% |
All System Software Skills
UK
Virtual Machines 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 | 5,388 | 12,269 | 15,980 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.33% | 12.48% | 15.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,933 | 9,741 | 10,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £26,250 | £27,915 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | -1.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £67,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £86,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Virtual Machines
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines.
Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Virtual Machines
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 | -16 | 212 | £57,836 | +0.58% | 115 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 149 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 73 |
| Work from Home | -3 | 75 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 76 |
| London | +69 | 67 | £87,500 | +19.86% | 47 |
| North of England | +58 | 64 | £57,836 | +10.16% | 18 |
| South East | +38 | 50 | £55,000 | -7.56% | 17 |
| North West | +39 | 46 | £57,836 | +0.58% | 11 |
| East of England | +37 | 15 | £55,000 | - | 8 |
| Midlands | +16 | 15 | £46,000 | -0.54% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 13 | £46,000 | -5.64% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +43 | 11 | £41,250 | +3.13% | 7 |
| North East | +47 | 7 | £32,000 | -41.82% | |
| South West | +70 | 4 | £70,000 | +21.74% | 10 |
| East Midlands | +28 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Scotland | +110 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | £34,500 | - |
Virtual Machines
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:
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