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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 767 1001
Rank change year-on-year +49 +234 -177
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 124 120 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 1.31% 0.93% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 92 100 206
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,039 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,478 £49,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +3.68% +13.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,063 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +12.00%

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 9,464 12,848 30,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 15.92% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,021 8,994 15,471
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,293 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £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 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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 15 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 26 July 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 +46 119 £40,500 -19.00% 16
UK excluding London +1 105 £40,000 -9.09% 19
Work from Home +47 41 £63,218 -2.74% 8
South East +15 36 £44,000 - 6
Midlands +7 30 £40,000 -23.81%
London +53 17 £80,000 +14.29% 1
West Midlands +13 17 £32,000 -21.95%
East of England +8 13 £50,000 +11.11% 3
South West -12 13 £35,000 -14.63% 1
East Midlands -16 13 £45,000 -14.29%
North of England +8 10 £37,500 -21.05% 6
Yorkshire +59 6 £22,500 -52.63% 1
Wales +30 3 £40,000 -11.11% 1
North East -9 3 £39,500 -12.22% 2
North West -12 1 £39,000 -17.89% 3

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 16 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.61%) Resin
5 1 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.81%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 62 (50.00%) Azure
2 47 (37.90%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (22.58%) AWS
4 12 (9.68%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.65%) IaaS
6 4 (3.23%) Cohesity
7 3 (2.42%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.42%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.61%) GitHub
8 2 (1.61%) PaaS
9 1 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (33.06%) DNS
2 32 (25.81%) Firewall
3 18 (14.52%) SAN
4 15 (12.10%) DHCP
4 15 (12.10%) TCP/IP
5 13 (10.48%) VPN
6 12 (9.68%) LAN
6 12 (9.68%) Wireless
7 10 (8.06%) VLAN
7 10 (8.06%) WAN
8 4 (3.23%) NAS
8 4 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.42%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.81%) Internet
10 1 (0.81%) Intranet
10 1 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.81%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.81%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.42%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (2.42%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.81%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.81%) Git
2 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 23 (18.55%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (7.26%) Finance
3 6 (4.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.03%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.23%) Legal
6 3 (2.42%) Local Government
6 3 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Military
7 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.81%) Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (16.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (12.90%) Administrator
2 16 (12.90%) Architect
3 14 (11.29%) Senior
3 14 (11.29%) Systems Engineer
4 8 (6.45%) IT Engineer
4 8 (6.45%) Systems Administrator
5 7 (5.65%) Analyst
5 7 (5.65%) Cloud Specialist
5 7 (5.65%) Server Specialist
6 6 (4.84%) Lead
6 6 (4.84%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 6 (4.84%) Software Engineer
6 6 (4.84%) Technical Architect
7 5 (4.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 5 (4.03%) IT Manager
7 5 (4.03%) IT Support
7 5 (4.03%) Server Administrator
7 5 (4.03%) Windows Administrator
7 5 (4.03%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.90%) OAuth
1 16 (12.90%) OpenID
1 16 (12.90%) REST
1 16 (12.90%) SAML
2 2 (1.61%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.81%) JSON
3 1 (0.81%) Middleware
3 1 (0.81%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.81%) Web Services
3 1 (0.81%) XML
3 1 (0.81%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.06%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.84%) Cyberattack
4 5 (4.03%) Driving Licence
4 5 (4.03%) NHS
5 4 (3.23%) Clustering
5 4 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.23%) Replication
6 3 (2.42%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.42%) IoT
6 3 (2.42%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.61%) CMDB
7 2 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.61%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (48.39%) Windows
2 39 (31.45%) Linux
2 39 (31.45%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.65%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.65%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (5.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.42%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.61%) CentOS
6 2 (1.61%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.81%) Android
7 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.81%) SUSE
7 1 (0.81%) Unix
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (16.94%) Agile
3 21 (16.94%) Open Source
4 20 (16.13%) Customer Service
5 19 (15.32%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (13.71%) Microservices
6 17 (13.71%) Project Management
6 17 (13.71%) Scrum
7 16 (12.90%) BDD
7 16 (12.90%) DevSecOps
7 16 (12.90%) Digital Identity
7 16 (12.90%) Identity Access Management
7 16 (12.90%) Kanban
7 16 (12.90%) TDD
8 15 (12.10%) ITIL
8 15 (12.10%) Patch Management
9 13 (10.48%) Change Management
10 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (7.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.55%) PowerShell
2 17 (13.71%) Java
3 9 (7.26%) SQL
4 8 (6.45%) C
5 6 (4.84%) Bash
6 4 (3.23%) Go
7 3 (2.42%) C++
7 3 (2.42%) Rust
8 2 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (15.32%) Azure Certification
2 18 (14.52%) SC Cleared
2 18 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 15 (12.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (11.29%) DBS Check
5 12 (9.68%) Degree
6 9 (7.26%) MCSE
7 5 (4.03%) MCITP
7 5 (4.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (3.23%) CCNA
8 4 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.61%) MCSA
10 1 (0.81%) CCA
10 1 (0.81%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.81%) MCP
10 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (3.23%) GDPR
1 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.23%) SLA
2 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 55 (44.35%) Active Directory
2 38 (30.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (25.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 13 (10.48%) Hyper-V
4 13 (10.48%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (9.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (8.87%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (7.26%) vSphere
8 5 (4.03%) Firmware
9 3 (2.42%) Ceph
10 1 (0.81%) Docker
10 1 (0.81%) NFS
10 1 (0.81%) pfSense
10 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.81%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (10.48%) SCCM
2 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.45%) SCOM
4 7 (5.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (5.65%) Ansible
5 6 (4.84%) Terraform
6 5 (4.03%) vCenter Server
7 4 (3.23%) Autotask
7 4 (3.23%) SCOrch
8 3 (2.42%) Knative
8 3 (2.42%) Kubernetes
8 3 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.81%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.81%) Packer
9 1 (0.81%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 53 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 38 (30.65%) VMware
3 14 (11.29%) Veeam
4 13 (10.48%) Cisco
5 10 (8.06%) Commvault
6 8 (6.45%) Dell
7 6 (4.84%) NetApp
8 5 (4.03%) Datto
8 5 (4.03%) IBM
9 4 (3.23%) HP
9 4 (3.23%) Oracle
10 3 (2.42%) EMC
10 3 (2.42%) Meraki
11 2 (1.61%) Citrix
11 2 (1.61%) Dialogic
11 2 (1.61%) Juniper
11 2 (1.61%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (1.61%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.61%) Ribbon
12 1 (0.81%) Apple