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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 430 489
Rank change year-on-year -14 +59 +57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 11 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.012% 0.044%
As % of the System Software category 0.60% 0.093% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile - £39,250 £36,274
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,739 £40,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.87% +5.19% -61.50%
75th Percentile - £41,750 £44,000
90th Percentile - - £50,000
UK median annual salary £37,000 £40,500 £40,478
% change year-on-year -8.64% +0.05% -26.40%

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 1,832 2,162 2,932
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.23% 13.10% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 1,260 2,144
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,438 £41,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £54,624 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.25% - -9.91%

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 (27.27%) SAS
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) AWS
3 4 (36.36%) Azure
4 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco ASA
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Firepower
2 7 (63.64%) LAN
2 7 (63.64%) Unified Communications
2 7 (63.64%) VLAN
2 7 (63.64%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) WebEx
3 3 (27.27%) DHCP
3 3 (27.27%) DNS
3 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 3 (27.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
1 7 (63.64%) Marketing
1 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
1 7 (63.64%) Retail
1 7 (63.64%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Collaboration Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) IT Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Network Communications Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Onboarding
2 7 (63.64%) FlexPod
2 7 (63.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (63.64%) Replication
2 7 (63.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (63.64%) Data Management
2 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Performance Management
3 6 (54.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (27.27%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (9.09%) Database Optimisation
5 1 (9.09%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) A+ Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
2 7 (63.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (63.64%) vSphere
3 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
3 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Ansible
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco CUCM
1 7 (63.64%) Grafana
1 7 (63.64%) Terraform
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (90.91%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) Fortinet
3 7 (63.64%) NetApp
3 7 (63.64%) Palo Alto
3 7 (63.64%) Splunk
3 7 (63.64%) VMware
4 3 (27.27%) SonicWALL