Virtual Servers Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Servers skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Servers over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Virtual Servers UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	710	689	733
Rank change year-on-year	-21	+44
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers	164	249	231
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.18%	0.25%	0.21%
As % of the System Software category	1.43%	1.99%	1.80%
Number of salaries quoted	133	209	193
Median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,250	£28,500	£26,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,750	£64,500	£53,950
UK excluding London median salary	£38,000	£39,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-2.56%	-8.23%

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

System Software Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills	11500	12483	12809
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	12.93%	12.69%	11.70%
Number of salaries quoted	16113	18682	19844
Median salary	£44,000	£42,500	£41,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.52%	+3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£24,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£73,750	£65,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£38,500	£38,500	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+2.66%

Virtual Servers
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Virtual Servers.

Salary trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Virtual Servers over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 9 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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-39	153	£42,250	-0.58%	19
UK excluding London	-5	109	£38,000	-2.56%	15
London	-15	52	£48,500	-3.00%	5
South East	+29	40	£37,750	-16.11%	4
Midlands	-1	27	£42,500	+21.42%	1
North of England	-10	27	£35,000	-6.66%	4
Scotland	+23	8	£42,500	+9.90%	1
East of England	-12	4	£52,500	+39.07%	3
South West	-9	3	£35,000	+1.44%	2

Virtual Servers
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing Virtual Servers also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Virtual Servers.

1	209 (65.31%)	Windows
2	198 (61.88%)	VMware
2	198 (61.88%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	151 (47.19%)	Microsoft
3	151 (47.19%)	Active Directory
4	109 (34.06%)	Windows Server
5	97 (30.31%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
6	93 (29.06%)	Linux
6	93 (29.06%)	Firewall
7	92 (28.75%)	SAN
8	81 (25.31%)	Hyper-V
9	79 (24.69%)	Windows Server 2012
10	75 (23.44%)	Cisco
11	68 (21.25%)	ITIL
12	67 (20.94%)	MS Exchange

13	66 (20.63%)	Windows Server 2008
14	65 (20.31%)	Citrix
15	64 (20.00%)	Data Centre
16	62 (19.38%)	SQL
17	60 (18.75%)	Amazon AWS
18	58 (18.13%)	Microsoft Azure
19	55 (17.19%)	SQL Server
20	54 (16.88%)	Office 365
21	53 (16.56%)	Microsoft Certification
22	51 (15.94%)	Microsoft Office
23	50 (15.63%)	Finance
24	43 (13.44%)	Unix
25	42 (13.13%)	WAN
26	41 (12.81%)	DNS
26	41 (12.81%)	Windows 7

Virtual Servers
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	67 (20.94%)	MS Exchange
2	39 (12.19%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	36 (11.25%)	IIS
4	26 (8.13%)	Apache
5	25 (7.81%)	SharePoint
6	17 (5.31%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	13 (4.06%)	Elasticsearch
8	7 (2.19%)	Skype for Business
8	7 (2.19%)	Tomcat
9	6 (1.88%)	Exchange Server 2003
9	6 (1.88%)	IBM Domino
9	6 (1.88%)	nginx
10	5 (1.56%)	Alfresco
10	5 (1.56%)	SAS
10	5 (1.56%)	SharePoint 2013
11	4 (1.25%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
12	3 (0.94%)	WebSphere
13	2 (0.63%)	Exchange Server 2007
14	1 (0.31%)	SharePoint 2010

Applications
1	51 (15.94%)	Microsoft Office
2	5 (1.56%)	Microsoft Excel
3	4 (1.25%)	Adobe Illustrator
3	4 (1.25%)	InDesign
3	4 (1.25%)	Photoshop
4	1 (0.31%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	2 (0.63%)	Oracle BPM

Cloud Services
1	60 (18.75%)	Amazon AWS
2	58 (18.13%)	Microsoft Azure
3	54 (16.88%)	Office 365
4	13 (4.06%)	DigitalOcean
4	13 (4.06%)	Linode
5	12 (3.75%)	SaaS
6	9 (2.81%)	Amazon S3
7	6 (1.88%)	IaaS
8	5 (1.56%)	Amazon CloudWatch
8	5 (1.56%)	Amazon EC2
8	5 (1.56%)	Amazon ELB
8	5 (1.56%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	5 (1.56%)	Azure Active Directory
8	5 (1.56%)	G Suite
8	5 (1.56%)	Virtual Private Cloud
9	4 (1.25%)	Cloud Computing
10	2 (0.63%)	IBM Cloud
10	2 (0.63%)	PaaS
10	2 (0.63%)	SoftLayer
11	1 (0.31%)	Dynamics 365

Communications & Networking
1	93 (29.06%)	Firewall
2	92 (28.75%)	SAN
3	42 (13.13%)	WAN
4	41 (12.81%)	DNS
5	40 (12.50%)	TCP/IP
6	38 (11.88%)	LAN
7	34 (10.63%)	DHCP
8	31 (9.69%)	VPN
9	28 (8.75%)	Internet
10	25 (7.81%)	VoIP
11	21 (6.56%)	VLAN
12	17 (5.31%)	NAS
13	13 (4.06%)	LDAP
14	12 (3.75%)	Cisco ASA
15	11 (3.44%)	ISDN
15	11 (3.44%)	SSL
16	7 (2.19%)	Wireless
17	6 (1.88%)	Asterisk PBX
17	6 (1.88%)	Fibre Channel
17	6 (1.88%)	IP Telephony

Database & Business Intelligence
1	55 (17.19%)	SQL Server
2	40 (12.50%)	MySQL
3	15 (4.69%)	PostgreSQL
4	9 (2.81%)	NoSQL
5	8 (2.50%)	Oracle Database
6	7 (2.19%)	Crystal Reports
7	6 (1.88%)	MariaDB
8	5 (1.56%)	Amazon RDS
8	5 (1.56%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	4 (1.25%)	BusinessObjects
10	3 (0.94%)	SQL Server 2012
11	2 (0.63%)	MS Access
12	1 (0.31%)	Data Mining
12	1 (0.31%)	Data Warehouse
12	1 (0.31%)	MongoDB
12	1 (0.31%)	SQL Server 2008
12	1 (0.31%)	SQL Server 2014

Development Applications
1	19 (5.94%)	Vagrant
2	17 (5.31%)	Subversion
3	14 (4.38%)	Git (software)
4	13 (4.06%)	JIRA
5	11 (3.44%)	git-flow
6	4 (1.25%)	Dreamweaver
6	4 (1.25%)	MSI
7	2 (0.63%)	Atlassian Bamboo
8	1 (0.31%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

General
1	50 (15.63%)	Finance
2	22 (6.88%)	Telecoms
3	13 (4.06%)	Banking
3	13 (4.06%)	Retail
4	6 (1.88%)	Back Office
4	6 (1.88%)	Games
4	6 (1.88%)	Manufacturing
5	5 (1.56%)	Publishing
6	4 (1.25%)	Investment Banking
7	3 (0.94%)	Advertising
8	2 (0.63%)	Legal
9	1 (0.31%)	Automotive

Job Titles
1	57 (17.81%)	Administrator
2	52 (16.25%)	Infrastructure Engineer
3	46 (14.38%)	Analyst
4	41 (12.81%)	Systems Administrator
5	32 (10.00%)	Support Engineer
6	28 (8.75%)	IT Engineer
7	27 (8.44%)	Systems Engineer
8	21 (6.56%)	Infrastructure Analyst
9	20 (6.25%)	3rd Line Engineer
9	20 (6.25%)	IT Support
9	20 (6.25%)	Unix Engineer
10	19 (5.94%)	Architect
11	18 (5.63%)	Developer
11	18 (5.63%)	PHP Developer
11	18 (5.63%)	Storage Engineer
12	17 (5.31%)	Support Analyst
13	16 (5.00%)	IT Support Engineer
13	16 (5.00%)	Server Engineer
14	15 (4.69%)	Windows Engineer
15	13 (4.06%)	Service Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	13 (4.06%)	Lucene
1	13 (4.06%)	RabbitMQ
1	13 (4.06%)	Symfony
2	12 (3.75%)	LAMP
3	11 (3.44%)	HTML
4	10 (3.13%)	Regular Expression
5	7 (2.19%)	802.1X
5	7 (2.19%)	CSS
5	7 (2.19%)	Web Services
6	6 (1.88%)	LEMP Stack
7	4 (1.25%)	Ajax
7	4 (1.25%)	jQuery
7	4 (1.25%)	JSON
7	4 (1.25%)	Middleware
7	4 (1.25%)	Twitter Bootstrap
7	4 (1.25%)	XML
7	4 (1.25%)	XSLT
8	3 (0.94%)	.NET
8	3 (0.94%)	Laravel
9	2 (0.63%)	React

Miscellaneous
1	64 (20.00%)	Data Centre
2	23 (7.19%)	Management Information System
3	10 (3.13%)	Analytical Skills
4	9 (2.81%)	Linked Data
5	8 (2.50%)	EMC VNX
5	8 (2.50%)	Replication
6	6 (1.88%)	Fat Client
6	6 (1.88%)	Thin Client
7	5 (1.56%)	Linux Command Line
8	4 (1.25%)	Blackberry
8	4 (1.25%)	Clustering
8	4 (1.25%)	Fintech
9	3 (0.94%)	Computer Science
9	3 (0.94%)	Enterprise Software
9	3 (0.94%)	Enterprise Storage
9	3 (0.94%)	Smartphone
10	2 (0.63%)	CMDB
10	2 (0.63%)	Public Cloud
10	2 (0.63%)	Video Conferencing
10	2 (0.63%)	Wiki

Operating Systems
1	209 (65.31%)	Windows
2	109 (34.06%)	Windows Server
3	93 (29.06%)	Linux
4	79 (24.69%)	Windows Server 2012
5	66 (20.63%)	Windows Server 2008
6	43 (13.44%)	Unix
7	41 (12.81%)	Windows 7
8	20 (6.25%)	Debian
9	18 (5.63%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	16 (5.00%)	Ubuntu
10	16 (5.00%)	Windows 10
11	15 (4.69%)	Windows 8
11	15 (4.69%)	Windows Server 2003
12	12 (3.75%)	AIX
12	12 (3.75%)	Solaris
13	9 (2.81%)	Android
13	9 (2.81%)	CentOS
14	6 (1.88%)	Mac OS X
15	5 (1.56%)	NetWare
15	5 (1.56%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	68 (21.25%)	ITIL
2	37 (11.56%)	Disaster Recovery
3	33 (10.31%)	Agile Software Development
4	31 (9.69%)	Change Management
5	24 (7.50%)	Capacity Planning
6	22 (6.88%)	DevOps
7	21 (6.56%)	Business Continuity
7	21 (6.56%)	Configuration Management
7	21 (6.56%)	Problem Management
8	20 (6.25%)	Mentoring
8	20 (6.25%)	PRINCE2
8	20 (6.25%)	Service Delivery
9	19 (5.94%)	Software Engineering
10	18 (5.63%)	Change Control
10	18 (5.63%)	Patch Management
10	18 (5.63%)	Project Management
11	17 (5.31%)	High Availability
11	17 (5.31%)	Root Cause Analysis
12	16 (5.00%)	Service Management
12	16 (5.00%)	Web Development

Programming Languages
1	62 (19.38%)	SQL
2	27 (8.44%)	PHP
3	22 (6.88%)	PowerShell
4	17 (5.31%)	Java
5	13 (4.06%)	C
5	13 (4.06%)	PHP 5
6	12 (3.75%)	Bash Shell
7	7 (2.19%)	JavaScript
7	7 (2.19%)	Shell Script
8	6 (1.88%)	C#
8	6 (1.88%)	Python
8	6 (1.88%)	VBScript
9	4 (1.25%)	XPath
10	3 (0.94%)	Perl
11	2 (0.63%)	C++
11	2 (0.63%)	Korn
12	1 (0.31%)	Ruby
12	1 (0.31%)	T-SQL
12	1 (0.31%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	53 (16.56%)	Microsoft Certification
2	38 (11.88%)	MCSE
3	33 (10.31%)	MCSA
4	26 (8.13%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5	19 (5.94%)	Cisco Certification
6	18 (5.63%)	CCNA
6	18 (5.63%)	Degree
7	17 (5.31%)	MCP
8	12 (3.75%)	ITIL Certification
8	12 (3.75%)	Security Cleared
9	10 (3.13%)	CompTIA Security+
9	10 (3.13%)	Security+ Certification
10	9 (2.81%)	MCITP
11	8 (2.50%)	DV Cleared
12	5 (1.56%)	CISMP
13	4 (1.25%)	DBS Check
14	3 (0.94%)	HND
14	3 (0.94%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
14	3 (0.94%)	SC Cleared
15	2 (0.63%)	Postgraduate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (4.06%)	SLA
2	9 (2.81%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	9 (2.81%)	PCI DSS
3	4 (1.25%)	QA
4	2 (0.63%)	Cyber Essentials

System Software
1	198 (61.88%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	151 (47.19%)	Active Directory
3	97 (30.31%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
4	81 (25.31%)	Hyper-V
5	31 (9.69%)	vSphere
6	28 (8.75%)	XenApp
7	21 (6.56%)	Docker
8	18 (5.63%)	Virtual Machines
9	15 (4.69%)	XenDesktop
10	14 (4.38%)	VMware ESXi
11	13 (4.06%)	LXC
12	12 (3.75%)	KVM
13	11 (3.44%)	Terminal Server
13	11 (3.44%)	VMware Server
14	10 (3.13%)	pfSense
15	6 (1.88%)	Cronacle
15	6 (1.88%)	Forefront TMG
15	6 (1.88%)	Terminal Services
15	6 (1.88%)	Veritas File System
15	6 (1.88%)	VirtualBox

Systems Management
1	40 (12.50%)	SCCM
2	15 (4.69%)	SCOM
3	14 (4.38%)	vCenter Server
4	10 (3.13%)	Puppet
5	8 (2.50%)	Backup Exec
6	7 (2.19%)	NetBackup
7	6 (1.88%)	Ansible
7	6 (1.88%)	Salt
8	5 (1.56%)	EMC Navisphere
8	5 (1.56%)	EMC VPLEX
8	5 (1.56%)	Nagios
8	5 (1.56%)	NetIQ Identity Manager
8	5 (1.56%)	Opscode Chef
8	5 (1.56%)	Simpana
8	5 (1.56%)	WMI
9	3 (0.94%)	Tivoli
9	3 (0.94%)	XenMobile
10	2 (0.63%)	McAfee ePO
10	2 (0.63%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10	2 (0.63%)	NetVault Backup

Vendors
1	198 (61.88%)	VMware
2	151 (47.19%)	Microsoft
3	75 (23.44%)	Cisco
4	65 (20.31%)	Citrix
5	30 (9.38%)	HP
6	29 (9.06%)	Red Hat
7	28 (8.75%)	NetApp
8	27 (8.44%)	Oracle
9	24 (7.50%)	Dell
9	24 (7.50%)	EMC
10	19 (5.94%)	SolarWinds
11	18 (5.63%)	IBM
12	10 (3.13%)	Avaya
12	10 (3.13%)	LANDesk
12	10 (3.13%)	Sun
13	9 (2.81%)	Draytek
13	9 (2.81%)	Veritas
14	8 (2.50%)	Apple
14	8 (2.50%)	CommVault
14	8 (2.50%)	Splunk