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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 319 320
Rank change year-on-year -8 +1 +204
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 53 148 179
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.76% 0.83%
As % of the System Software category 4.12% 5.30% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 36 105 137
10th Percentile £40,750 £41,350 £37,200
25th Percentile £47,750 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% +21.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,875 £93,000 £77,900
UK median annual salary £58,250 £57,836 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.72% -7.46% +25.00%

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 1,285 2,792 3,610
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.41% 14.25% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 986 1,656 3,084
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,814
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,313 £76,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.91% +0.91% -

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 19 November 2025.

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 4 (7.55%) IIS
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (7.55%) nginx
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 39 (73.58%) Azure
2 22 (41.51%) Azure Monitor
3 18 (33.96%) Entra ID
4 16 (30.19%) AWS
4 16 (30.19%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (28.30%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (26.42%) IaaS
7 12 (22.64%) PaaS
8 9 (16.98%) SaaS
9 8 (15.09%) GitHub
10 7 (13.21%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (11.32%) GCP
11 6 (11.32%) OCI
12 5 (9.43%) Azure AKS
12 5 (9.43%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (9.43%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (7.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (7.55%) Azure Pipelines
13 4 (7.55%) Cloudflare
14 3 (5.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Firewall
2 9 (16.98%) DNS
2 9 (16.98%) VPN
3 8 (15.09%) WAN
4 6 (11.32%) SD-WAN
5 4 (7.55%) DHCP
5 4 (7.55%) LAN
5 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.77%) Wireless
7 1 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.89%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (5.66%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Git
1 7 (13.21%) TeamCity
2 4 (7.55%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (5.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (5.66%) GitLab
3 3 (5.66%) Maven
3 3 (5.66%) Subversion
4 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (39.62%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
3 12 (22.64%) Finance
4 3 (5.66%) Aviation
4 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (22.64%) Senior
2 11 (20.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 9 (16.98%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) Senior DevOps
4 7 (13.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Architect
5 6 (11.32%) Cloud Architect
5 6 (11.32%) Lead
6 5 (9.43%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Support
8 3 (5.66%) IT Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Lead Cloud Architect
8 3 (5.66%) Software Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) Node.js
2 4 (7.55%) .NET
2 4 (7.55%) ARM Templates
2 4 (7.55%) Loki
2 4 (7.55%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (7.55%) REST
3 3 (5.66%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.66%) Ionic Framework
3 3 (5.66%) Spring
3 3 (5.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Onboarding
1 10 (18.87%) Product Ownership
2 7 (13.21%) Data Centre
3 6 (11.32%) Private Cloud
3 6 (11.32%) Public Cloud
4 5 (9.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.66%) Replication
6 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.77%) iPad
6 2 (3.77%) iPhone
6 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.77%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.89%) IoT
7 1 (1.89%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Windows
2 9 (16.98%) Linux
3 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.77%) VMS
4 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) DevOps
2 24 (45.28%) Infrastructure as Code
3 21 (39.62%) Agile
4 20 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (35.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (35.85%) ITIL
6 17 (32.08%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (30.19%) Analytics
7 16 (30.19%) CI/CD
8 15 (28.30%) Log Analytics
9 14 (26.42%) Cost Management
10 12 (22.64%) Migration
11 11 (20.75%) AI
11 11 (20.75%) Business Strategy
11 11 (20.75%) Infrastructure Management
11 11 (20.75%) Roadmaps
12 10 (18.87%) Coaching
12 10 (18.87%) Deployment Automation
12 10 (18.87%) Mentoring
12 10 (18.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (43.40%) PowerShell
2 12 (22.64%) Bash
3 11 (20.75%) Bicep
4 10 (18.87%) Python
5 8 (15.09%) SQL
6 5 (9.43%) C#
7 4 (7.55%) Java
8 3 (5.66%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.89%) C
9 1 (1.89%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 12 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 11 (20.75%) Degree
4 8 (15.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (13.21%) Azure Certification
6 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (9.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (7.55%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.89%) MCP
9 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.77%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (28.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (22.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
4 9 (16.98%) Hyper-V
5 7 (13.21%) vSphere
6 6 (11.32%) Docker
7 1 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (30.19%) Terraform
2 12 (22.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 5 (9.43%) Prometheus
3 5 (9.43%) SCOM
4 4 (7.55%) Grafana
5 3 (5.66%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) VMware
2 15 (28.30%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.77%) Aruba