Microsoft Virtual Server Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Virtual Server
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 - 201
Rank change year-on-year - - +84
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.017% - 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 0.51% - 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 - £36,298
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.93%
75th Percentile - - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All System Software Skills
West Midlands

Microsoft Virtual Server 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 195 412 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.37% 10.44% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 140 241 633
10th Percentile £27,900 £32,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £75,375 £75,000 £72,433
England median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% +17.50% -9.09%

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
Staffordshire - 1 £37,000 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft