Hybrid/Remote Microsoft Virtual Server Job Trends

Microsoft Virtual Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microsoft Virtual Server skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 422 466
Rank change year-on-year -34 +44 +35
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 9 2 23
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.036% 0.012% 0.10%
As % of the System Software category 0.48% 0.10% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £40,572 - £36,250
25th Percentile £45,179 £39,250 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,870 £40,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +82.39% -4.71% -46.88%
75th Percentile £110,000 £41,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £53,750
UK median annual salary £43,870 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.45% -16.00% +11.11%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,882 1,909 2,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.57% 11.33% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 1,010 1,682
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £74,985 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,875 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Virtual Server and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microsoft Virtual Server job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Virtual Server.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Virtual Server

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microsoft Virtual Server over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Microsoft Virtual Server salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microsoft Virtual Server
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) SAS
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (22.22%) AWS
5 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) DHCP
2 4 (44.44%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (33.33%) VLAN
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (22.22%) NAS
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
4 2 (22.22%) WebEx
5 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (11.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Collaboration Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Network Communications Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
1 2 (22.22%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (22.22%) FlexPod
2 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 2 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 3 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (22.22%) People Management
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Proactive Management
5 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) vSphere
3 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (22.22%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (22.22%) Grafana
3 1 (11.11%) Autotask
3 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (11.11%) N-central
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) SonicWALL
5 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
5 2 (22.22%) NetApp
5 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
5 2 (22.22%) Splunk
6 1 (11.11%) Datto