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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 412 545
Rank change year-on-year +46 +133 +124
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 6 6 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.036% 0.043% 0.037%
As % of the System Software category 0.45% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £36,298
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +37.75% -41.92%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,125 £50,000
90th Percentile - £53,500 -
UK median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £40,478
% change year-on-year -2.22% +11.17% -21.40%

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 1,342 2,283 4,272
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.96% 16.46% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 950 1,577 3,659
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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
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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (50.00%) VLAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Collaboration Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) CMDB
1 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (50.00%) FlexPod
1 3 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (50.00%) Replication
1 3 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (50.00%) Grafana
1 3 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (50.00%) IFS
2 3 (50.00%) NetApp
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (50.00%) Splunk
2 3 (50.00%) VMware