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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 320 326
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +194
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 66 150 176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.76% 0.81%
As % of the System Software category 4.11% 5.43% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 36 106 135
10th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £37,050
25th Percentile £47,750 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +19.82%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £95,875 £90,000 £83,150
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -4.17% -5.88% +27.50%

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 1,604 2,760 3,669
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.06% 13.89% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,619 3,124
10th Percentile £28,575 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,850 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -

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 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 (6.06%) IIS
1 4 (6.06%) nginx
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 52 (78.79%) Azure
2 35 (53.03%) Azure Monitor
3 32 (48.48%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (46.97%) AWS
4 31 (46.97%) Entra ID
5 29 (43.94%) IaaS
6 27 (40.91%) PaaS
7 24 (36.36%) SaaS
8 20 (30.30%) Azure Service Bus
9 18 (27.27%) Power Platform
10 16 (24.24%) Power Automate
11 15 (22.73%) Azure AI
11 15 (22.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 15 (22.73%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (19.70%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (12.12%) GitHub
14 7 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (9.09%) GCP
15 6 (9.09%) OCI
16 5 (7.58%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (40.91%) Firewall
2 23 (34.85%) DNS
2 23 (34.85%) VPN
3 20 (30.30%) WAN
4 18 (27.27%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.55%) DHCP
5 3 (4.55%) LAN
6 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.52%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (24.24%) Data Lake
2 15 (22.73%) MySQL
2 15 (22.73%) Power BI
3 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
4 5 (7.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (4.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (33.33%) Git
2 7 (10.61%) TeamCity
3 4 (6.06%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (4.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (4.55%) GitLab
4 3 (4.55%) Maven
4 3 (4.55%) Subversion
5 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.15%) Finance
4 3 (4.55%) Aviation
4 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) Architect
1 21 (31.82%) Cloud Architect
2 11 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Senior
4 9 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Senior DevOps
5 7 (10.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Lead
6 5 (7.58%) Support Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Lead Architect
8 3 (4.55%) Lead Cloud Architect
8 3 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.03%) Analyst
9 2 (3.03%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) Node.js
2 4 (6.06%) .NET
2 4 (6.06%) ARM Templates
2 4 (6.06%) Loki
2 4 (6.06%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (6.06%) REST
3 3 (4.55%) AngularJS
3 3 (4.55%) Ionic Framework
3 3 (4.55%) Spring
3 3 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 15 (22.73%) NHS
3 10 (15.15%) Product Ownership
4 8 (12.12%) Onboarding
5 6 (9.09%) Private Cloud
5 6 (9.09%) Public Cloud
6 5 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (4.55%) Replication
8 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
8 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.52%) IoT
9 1 (1.52%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.18%) Windows
2 10 (15.15%) Linux
3 4 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (65.15%) DevOps
2 40 (60.61%) Infrastructure as Code
3 36 (54.55%) Agile
4 32 (48.48%) CI/CD
4 32 (48.48%) ITIL
5 31 (46.97%) Analytics
6 30 (45.45%) Log Analytics
7 26 (39.39%) AI
7 26 (39.39%) Migration
7 26 (39.39%) Roadmaps
8 20 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (28.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (25.76%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (25.76%) Project Management
11 16 (24.24%) API Management
11 16 (24.24%) Network Virtualisation
12 15 (22.73%) B2B
12 15 (22.73%) RBAC
12 15 (22.73%) Service Management
12 15 (22.73%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 39 (59.09%) PowerShell
2 26 (39.39%) Bicep
3 22 (33.33%) SQL
4 13 (19.70%) Bash
5 11 (16.67%) Python
6 5 (7.58%) C#
7 4 (6.06%) Java
8 3 (4.55%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.52%) C
9 1 (1.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 16 (24.24%) DBS Check
2 16 (24.24%) Security Cleared
3 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 11 (16.67%) Degree
5 8 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (7.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (6.06%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.52%) MCP
9 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (13.64%) Active Directory
4 8 (12.12%) vSphere
5 7 (10.61%) Hyper-V
6 6 (9.09%) Docker
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (25.76%) Terraform
2 15 (22.73%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (9.09%) Kubernetes
5 5 (7.58%) Prometheus
5 5 (7.58%) SCOM
6 4 (6.06%) Ansible
6 4 (6.06%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (24.24%) VMware
2 15 (22.73%) Databricks
2 15 (22.73%) Meraki
3 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.03%) Aruba