Hybrid/Remote Virtual Machines Job Trends

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 346 333
Rank change year-on-year +32 -13 +43
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 139 87 175
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the System Software category 7.54% 4.02% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 100 69 136
10th Percentile £45,250 £43,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £108,750 £60,000 £60,918
Median % change year-on-year +81.25% -1.51% -6.28%
75th Percentile £127,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £143,750 £117,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% -

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Virtual Machines 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 1,844 2,162 2,932
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.22% 13.10% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,384 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%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Virtual Machines salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Virtual Machines
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 9 (6.47%) IIS
2 7 (5.04%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (3.60%) Confluence
4 5 (3.60%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 101 (72.66%) Azure
2 55 (39.57%) Azure AI
2 55 (39.57%) Azure Machine Learning
2 55 (39.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 55 (39.57%) Snowflake
3 28 (20.14%) Serverless
4 22 (15.83%) AWS
5 19 (13.67%) Entra ID
5 19 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (10.79%) GCP
7 12 (8.63%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (7.19%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (5.76%) Amazon MSK
9 8 (5.76%) Azure AKS
9 8 (5.76%) OpenShift
10 6 (4.32%) GitHub
10 6 (4.32%) SaaS
11 5 (3.60%) Figma
11 5 (3.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.79%) Firewall
2 11 (7.91%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.76%) DNS
4 6 (4.32%) DHCP
4 6 (4.32%) VPN
5 4 (2.88%) Broadband
5 4 (2.88%) VLAN
5 4 (2.88%) Wireless
6 2 (1.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (51.08%) SQL Server
2 16 (11.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 25 (17.99%) Snyk
2 8 (5.76%) Git
3 6 (4.32%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.60%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.44%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.72%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (47.48%) Finance
2 24 (17.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (14.39%) Banking
4 18 (12.95%) Social Skills
5 7 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.16%) Law
7 2 (1.44%) Advertising
7 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Automotive
8 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (29.50%) Senior
2 39 (28.06%) Architect
3 33 (23.74%) Data Manager
3 33 (23.74%) Engineering Manager
3 33 (23.74%) Finance Manager
4 26 (18.71%) Cloud Architect
4 26 (18.71%) Senior Architect
4 26 (18.71%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 25 (17.99%) Cloud Security Architect
5 25 (17.99%) Security Architect
5 25 (17.99%) Senior Security Architect
6 15 (10.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 13 (9.35%) Azure Architect
7 13 (9.35%) Support Engineer
8 12 (8.63%) Azure Data Architect
8 12 (8.63%) Data Architect
9 11 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (7.19%) AWS Engineer
10 10 (7.19%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (7.19%) Head of Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.47%) ARM Templates
1 9 (6.47%) Django
1 9 (6.47%) React
2 8 (5.76%) Kafka
3 6 (4.32%) .NET
3 6 (4.32%) REST
4 5 (3.60%) Loki
4 5 (3.60%) Twisted
4 5 (3.60%) Web Services
4 5 (3.60%) WebSockets
5 4 (2.88%) COM
5 4 (2.88%) DCOM
5 4 (2.88%) LDAP
5 4 (2.88%) Middleware
5 4 (2.88%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.27%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.60%) PKI
3 5 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.60%) Raspberry Pi
3 5 (3.60%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.88%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.88%) Smartcard
5 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.44%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Clustering
7 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.72%) IoT
7 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.71%) Linux
2 22 (15.83%) Windows
3 12 (8.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.60%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.72%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (66.91%) AI
2 60 (43.17%) Agile
3 59 (42.45%) Roadmaps
4 57 (41.01%) Data Architecture
4 57 (41.01%) Migration
5 56 (40.29%) Data Engineering
6 55 (39.57%) Data Development
6 55 (39.57%) Data Governance
6 55 (39.57%) Line Management
6 55 (39.57%) Machine Learning
6 55 (39.57%) Regulatory Compliance
7 39 (28.06%) CI/CD
8 29 (20.86%) Cloud Security
9 26 (18.71%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (18.71%) Security Architecture
10 25 (17.99%) Application Security
10 25 (17.99%) DevSecOps
10 25 (17.99%) SDLC
10 25 (17.99%) Security Testing
10 25 (17.99%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 74 (53.24%) SQL
2 20 (14.39%) Python
3 17 (12.23%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.47%) Bicep
4 9 (6.47%) C#
4 9 (6.47%) Go
5 5 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.60%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.44%) C
7 1 (0.72%) Bash
7 1 (0.72%) C++
7 1 (0.72%) Java
7 1 (0.72%) Rust
7 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (9.35%) Degree
2 7 (5.04%) Azure Certification
3 6 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.60%) HNC
4 5 (3.60%) HND
4 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.88%) CCNA
5 4 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.44%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (17.99%) GRC
2 10 (7.19%) QA
3 4 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.72%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.72%) MISRA
4 1 (0.72%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.72%) NIST
4 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (17.99%) Active Directory
2 22 (15.83%) Docker
3 12 (8.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.60%) vSphere
5 4 (2.88%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.72%) KVM
Systems Management
1 20 (14.39%) Kubernetes
2 17 (12.23%) Terraform
3 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (5.76%) Istio
5 5 (3.60%) Grafana
5 5 (3.60%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.72%) Podman
6 1 (0.72%) SCCM
6 1 (0.72%) SCOM
Vendors
1 88 (63.31%) Microsoft
2 55 (39.57%) Databricks
3 25 (17.99%) CrowdStrike
3 25 (17.99%) Palo Alto
3 25 (17.99%) Tenable
4 12 (8.63%) VMware
5 8 (5.76%) Confluent
6 5 (3.60%) Cisco
6 5 (3.60%) Meraki
6 5 (3.60%) Synology
6 5 (3.60%) Veeam
7 4 (2.88%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.44%) Apple
9 1 (0.72%) Oracle
9 1 (0.72%) Rackspace