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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 735 807
Rank change year-on-year +128 +72 +194
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 89 167 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the System Software category 1.43% 1.39% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 26 134 129
10th Percentile £38,070 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,478 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% -26.40% +18.99%
75th Percentile £48,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £59,375 £93,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -9.09% +3.53%

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 6,223 11,985 14,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.15% 11.37% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,569 9,300 9,779
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,725
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,691 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% -9.65% -1.51%
75th Percentile £76,840 £67,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -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 4 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 13 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 4 June 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 +81 85 £45,000 +11.14% 23
UK excluding London +135 75 £47,500 +18.75% 17
North of England +90 61 £45,000 +20.00% 5
Yorkshire +112 58 £45,500 +102.22%
London +79 14 £45,000 -33.33% 8
Work from Home +94 11 £47,500 -5.00% 17
Wales +47 4 £47,500 +18.75%
Midlands +44 4 £57,250 +43.13% 2
East Midlands +30 4 £57,250 +27.22% 1
South West +101 3 £36,000 -20.00% 5
North West +9 3 £39,357 - 5
South East +43 2 £66,000 +63.98% 3
East of England +33 1 £38,890 -22.22% 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 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.87%) Azure
3 1 (1.12%) AWS
3 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.12%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 70 (78.65%) Firewall
2 9 (10.11%) VoIP
3 7 (7.87%) DHCP
3 7 (7.87%) DNS
4 6 (6.74%) WAN
5 4 (4.49%) LAN
5 4 (4.49%) Network Security
6 3 (3.37%) Internet
6 3 (3.37%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.25%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.12%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.12%) SAN
8 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.12%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.12%) VLAN
8 1 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) MariaDB
1 4 (4.49%) MySQL
1 4 (4.49%) RDBMS
1 4 (4.49%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Git
General
1 14 (15.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.37%) Finance
3 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.25%) Retail
5 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (49.44%) IT Engineer
2 19 (21.35%) Instrumentation Engineer
3 9 (10.11%) IT Support
4 8 (8.99%) Analyst
5 7 (7.87%) IT Analyst
5 7 (7.87%) IT Support Analyst
5 7 (7.87%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) Administrator
6 5 (5.62%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (4.49%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.49%) Network Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Network Support
7 4 (4.49%) Network Support Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) VMWare Administrator
8 3 (3.37%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (3.37%) ICT Technician
8 3 (3.37%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (64.04%) Operational Technology
2 7 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.37%) CMDB
6 2 (2.25%) CCTV
6 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.12%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.12%) Replication
7 1 (1.12%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 80 (89.89%) Windows
2 16 (17.98%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
4 8 (8.99%) Linux
5 6 (6.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (6.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.49%) CentOS
6 4 (4.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.49%) Ubuntu
6 4 (4.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (66.29%) Network Management
2 58 (65.17%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (64.04%) Network Design
4 11 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.99%) ITIL
6 6 (6.74%) Customer Service
7 5 (5.62%) Roadmaps
7 5 (5.62%) Server Management
7 5 (5.62%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (4.49%) Coaching
8 4 (4.49%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (4.49%) Computer Science
8 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (4.49%) Mentoring
8 4 (4.49%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (4.49%) Security Patching
8 4 (4.49%) Storage Management
9 3 (3.37%) Asset Management
9 3 (3.37%) ITSM
9 3 (3.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.99%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Degree
2 2 (2.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.12%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.12%) MCSA
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) SLA
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
System Software
1 77 (86.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (15.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.74%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (5.62%) vSphere
5 3 (3.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.12%) Firmware
6 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.37%) SCCM
2 2 (2.25%) SCOM
3 1 (1.12%) Ansible
3 1 (1.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.73%) VMware
3 5 (5.62%) Apple
4 4 (4.49%) Veeam
5 3 (3.37%) Meraki
5 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.12%) Cisco
6 1 (1.12%) Citrix
6 1 (1.12%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.12%) Google