Virtual Machine (VM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 339 537
Rank change year-on-year -105 +198 +31
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 527 1,061 966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 1.01% 0.63%
As % of the System Software category 4.30% 6.62% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 428 309 377
10th Percentile £33,350 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% +20.00% -3.74%

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Machines is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,249 16,035 28,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 15.32% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 10,596 15,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK

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 27 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
England -58 471 £57,500 - 118
UK excluding London -141 409 £57,500 +6.48% 72
Work from Home +139 285 £57,500 -4.17% 56
South East -18 125 £59,500 +10.19% 18
London +85 101 £74,000 +0.34% 55
North of England -34 90 £52,500 -6.67% 12
Midlands -57 60 £46,250 -13.15% 15
South West -55 49 £57,500 +53.33% 13
North West -31 40 £57,500 -6.12% 6
Yorkshire +39 38 £40,000 -15.79% 6
West Midlands -24 37 £48,750 -8.45% 5
East of England -13 35 £55,000 +69.23% 13
Wales -11 31 £45,000 -6.98% 2
East Midlands -34 23 £46,250 -31.48% 10
Scotland -149 19 £57,500 +4.55% 3
North East +3 12 £55,000 -4.35%

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:

Application Platforms
1 70 (13.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (8.35%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.47%) IIS
4 7 (1.33%) Apache
4 7 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.33%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.14%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.95%) Confluence
6 5 (0.95%) Solana
7 3 (0.57%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.38%) Resin
8 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Opics
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 375 (71.16%) Azure
2 125 (23.72%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (16.51%) Power Platform
4 78 (14.80%) Entra ID
5 70 (13.28%) AWS
6 69 (13.09%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (10.06%) IaaS
8 49 (9.30%) Serverless
9 46 (8.73%) SaaS
10 43 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
11 36 (6.83%) Azure Functions
12 35 (6.64%) Azure Storage
13 30 (5.69%) PaaS
14 28 (5.31%) Azure AKS
14 28 (5.31%) GitHub
15 26 (4.93%) Azure App Service
15 26 (4.93%) Nutanix
16 25 (4.74%) Amazon S3
17 24 (4.55%) GCP
18 23 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 102 (19.35%) Firewall
2 90 (17.08%) DNS
3 76 (14.42%) Broadband
4 73 (13.85%) VPN
5 51 (9.68%) DHCP
6 28 (5.31%) LAN
7 26 (4.93%) WAN
8 24 (4.55%) VLAN
9 22 (4.17%) SAN
9 22 (4.17%) Wireless
10 20 (3.80%) HTTP
11 19 (3.61%) Internet
12 17 (3.23%) Network Security
13 16 (3.04%) 5G
13 16 (3.04%) VoIP
14 12 (2.28%) NetScaler
14 12 (2.28%) TCP/IP
15 10 (1.90%) iSCSI
15 10 (1.90%) NAS
16 9 (1.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (23.91%) SQL Server
2 92 (17.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 82 (15.56%) Power BI
4 20 (3.80%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.33%) Apache Hive
6 7 (1.33%) Presto
7 6 (1.14%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.57%) Big Data
10 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.38%) MySQL
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.38%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (8.54%) Git
2 31 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.36%) JIRA
4 12 (2.28%) GitLab
5 10 (1.90%) Trac
6 8 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.52%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.95%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.57%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.57%) JUnit
9 3 (0.57%) Selenium
9 3 (0.57%) Subversion
9 3 (0.57%) TestNG
9 3 (0.57%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
General
1 225 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 104 (19.73%) Finance
3 35 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.31%) Banking
4 28 (5.31%) Games
5 22 (4.17%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.66%) Automotive
7 14 (2.66%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.09%) Electronics
8 11 (2.09%) Retail
9 8 (1.52%) Law
10 7 (1.33%) Marketing
10 7 (1.33%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.14%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.14%) Local Government
12 5 (0.95%) Legal
13 4 (0.76%) Back Office
13 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (14.42%) DBA
2 76 (14.42%) SQL DBA
3 58 (11.01%) Senior
4 48 (9.11%) Architect
5 39 (7.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (6.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 32 (6.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (5.12%) IT Support
8 27 (5.12%) Lead
9 23 (4.36%) Azure Engineer
9 23 (4.36%) Support Engineer
10 22 (4.17%) IT Engineer
11 20 (3.80%) Security Architect
12 19 (3.61%) Infrastructure Architect
13 18 (3.42%) Support Specialist
14 16 (3.04%) Analyst
14 16 (3.04%) Consultant
15 15 (2.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 15 (2.85%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.16%) ARM Templates
2 39 (7.40%) .NET
3 19 (3.61%) JWT
4 17 (3.23%) RESTful
5 9 (1.71%) http4s
5 9 (1.71%) Lambda Expressions
6 7 (1.33%) REST
7 5 (0.95%) React
8 4 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.57%) Flash
10 2 (0.38%) ADO
10 2 (0.38%) JSON
10 2 (0.38%) OAuth
10 2 (0.38%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.38%) SOAP
10 2 (0.38%) Swagger
10 2 (0.38%) XML
11 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.19%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.40%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (4.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (4.74%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.17%) Mobile App
5 22 (4.17%) PKI
6 19 (3.61%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.23%) IoT
8 12 (2.28%) Replication
9 11 (2.09%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.33%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.14%) CCTV
12 6 (1.14%) Clustering
12 6 (1.14%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.95%) Blockchain
13 5 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (0.57%) IBM Storwize
14 3 (0.57%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 235 (44.59%) Windows
2 143 (27.13%) Windows Server
3 106 (20.11%) Linux
4 101 (19.17%) VMS
5 44 (8.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 39 (7.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (5.31%) Windows 10
8 23 (4.36%) Unix
9 15 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.90%) Ubuntu
11 9 (1.71%) AIX
11 9 (1.71%) Debian
11 9 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.52%) Solaris
12 8 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (1.14%) CentOS
14 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.76%) Android
16 3 (0.57%) SUSE
16 3 (0.57%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (30.74%) DevOps
2 151 (28.65%) Disaster Recovery
3 106 (20.11%) High Availability
4 100 (18.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 95 (18.03%) Collaborative Working
6 93 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (17.08%) CI/CD
8 82 (15.56%) Business Intelligence
9 78 (14.80%) Performance Tuning
10 70 (13.28%) Containerisation
10 70 (13.28%) Infrastructure as Code
11 66 (12.52%) Agile
12 64 (12.14%) ITIL
13 62 (11.76%) Network Virtualisation
14 50 (9.49%) Configuration Management
15 44 (8.35%) Actionable Insight
16 43 (8.16%) Microservices
17 38 (7.21%) Computer Science
18 34 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
18 34 (6.45%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (23.72%) SQL
2 115 (21.82%) PowerShell
3 98 (18.60%) T-SQL
4 68 (12.90%) Python
5 58 (11.01%) Bash
6 39 (7.40%) C#
7 37 (7.02%) Bicep
8 33 (6.26%) Java
9 18 (3.42%) Perl
10 15 (2.85%) VB
11 14 (2.66%) VBScript
12 9 (1.71%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.71%) Ruby
12 9 (1.71%) Scala
13 8 (1.52%) Go
14 6 (1.14%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.95%) JavaScript
15 5 (0.95%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.38%) Lua
16 2 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 96 (18.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 73 (13.85%) Degree
3 67 (12.71%) Security Cleared
4 35 (6.64%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.74%) Azure Certification
5 25 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (1.90%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.14%) MCP
11 5 (0.95%) ISEB
11 5 (0.95%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.57%) CCNA
12 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.57%) CISSP
12 3 (0.57%) MCSE
13 2 (0.38%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.66%) QA
4 10 (1.90%) GDPR
5 9 (1.71%) PMO
6 8 (1.52%) SLA
7 7 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 149 (28.27%) Active Directory
2 101 (19.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (14.42%) Hyper-V
4 53 (10.06%) Docker
5 29 (5.50%) vSphere
6 27 (5.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 24 (4.55%) Firmware
8 16 (3.04%) pfSense
8 16 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
9 12 (2.28%) NFS
10 10 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (1.33%) XenApp
12 6 (1.14%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.76%) KVM
14 3 (0.57%) Ceph
14 3 (0.57%) Gluster
14 3 (0.57%) oVirt
14 3 (0.57%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 80 (15.18%) Terraform
2 76 (14.42%) Kubernetes
3 49 (9.30%) Ansible
4 37 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (5.88%) SCCM
6 25 (4.74%) ZABBIX
7 23 (4.36%) SCOM
8 21 (3.98%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 19 (3.61%) Grafana
10 16 (3.04%) SCDPM
10 16 (3.04%) WSUS
11 14 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (2.47%) Puppet
13 10 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
14 9 (1.71%) Progress Chef
15 8 (1.52%) vCenter Server
16 6 (1.14%) FortiGate
17 5 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
17 5 (0.95%) Nagios
18 4 (0.76%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 297 (56.36%) Microsoft
2 129 (24.48%) VMware
3 35 (6.64%) Veeam
4 29 (5.50%) Cisco
5 24 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 20 (3.80%) Citrix
7 19 (3.61%) Google
8 17 (3.23%) Juniper
9 15 (2.85%) HP
10 14 (2.66%) ForgeRock
10 14 (2.66%) Red Hat
10 14 (2.66%) Sitecore
11 13 (2.47%) Commvault
11 13 (2.47%) Oracle
12 10 (1.90%) McAfee
13 9 (1.71%) Dell
13 9 (1.71%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.33%) Databricks
14 7 (1.33%) Meraki
15 6 (1.14%) Dell Compellent