Virtual Servers Jobs

Virtual Servers
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Virtual Servers skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Servers 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 643 723 838
Rank change year-on-year +80 +115 +126
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 41 162 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the System Software category 0.76% 1.32% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 33 130 132
10th Percentile £31,422 £31,000 £32,050
25th Percentile £38,890 £36,250 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,489 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.14% -26.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £64,555 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,250 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.13% -5.88% -

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Servers 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 Servers
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Servers over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
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 Servers 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 +66 36 £45,000 +11.11% 32
UK excluding London +116 26 £45,250 +13.13% 17
London +77 15 £45,000 -28.57% 16
Work from Home +143 13 £47,500 -5.00% 15
Midlands +34 7 £55,000 +37.50% 3
South West +118 6 £39,500 +50.48% 6
North of England +64 5 £39,357 +4.95% 2
East Midlands +44 5 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Wales - 4 £47,500 -
North West +33 3 £39,357 -17.14% 1
South East +71 2 £66,000 +38.95% 3
West Midlands +29 2 £42,500 +17.09% 2
Yorkshire +66 1 £45,500 +102.22% 1
East of England +48 1 £38,890 -22.22% 3
North East +36 1 £32,500 -13.33%
Scotland - 1 £32,500 - 1

Virtual Servers
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 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (24.39%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) Firewall
2 11 (26.83%) VoIP
3 8 (19.51%) WAN
4 6 (14.63%) LAN
5 5 (12.20%) Network Security
6 3 (7.32%) DHCP
6 3 (7.32%) DNS
6 3 (7.32%) Internet
6 3 (7.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (7.32%) VLAN
7 2 (4.88%) SAN
7 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
7 2 (4.88%) VRRP
7 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
8 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) MariaDB
1 4 (9.76%) MySQL
1 4 (9.76%) RDBMS
1 4 (9.76%) Relational Database
1 4 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Retail
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) IT Support
2 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) IT Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 5 (12.20%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (12.20%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Administrator
4 5 (12.20%) IT Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
4 5 (12.20%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (9.76%) Linux Administrator
5 4 (9.76%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 4 (9.76%) VMWare Administrator
6 3 (7.32%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Data Centre
1 7 (17.07%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.32%) CMDB
4 2 (4.88%) CCTV
4 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.44%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.44%) Replication
5 1 (2.44%) SCADA
5 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.44%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 26 (63.41%) Windows
2 17 (41.46%) Windows Server
3 12 (29.27%) Windows 10
4 11 (26.83%) Linux
5 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (19.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (9.76%) CentOS
7 4 (9.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (9.76%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.95%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Coaching
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
4 5 (12.20%) ITSM
5 4 (9.76%) Asset Management
5 4 (9.76%) Business Continuity
5 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (9.76%) Computer Science
5 4 (9.76%) High Availability
5 4 (9.76%) Security Patching
6 3 (7.32%) Configuration Management
6 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.32%) Data Security
6 3 (7.32%) Migration
6 3 (7.32%) Network Management
6 3 (7.32%) Server Management
6 3 (7.32%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.44%) Bash
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.44%) MCSA
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (43.90%) Active Directory
1 18 (43.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (19.51%) Hyper-V
3 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (14.63%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (14.63%) vSphere
5 1 (2.44%) Firmware
5 1 (2.44%) GPFS
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) SCCM
2 2 (4.88%) SCOM
3 1 (2.44%) Ansible
3 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (43.90%) VMware
3 5 (12.20%) Apple
3 5 (12.20%) Meraki
3 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.88%) Avaya
4 2 (4.88%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (4.88%) WatchGuard
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco
5 1 (2.44%) Citrix
5 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.44%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) SAP
5 1 (2.44%) Siemens