Virtual Machines Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 471 489
Rank change year-on-year +139 +18 -49
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 285 219 380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.84% 0.51% 0.57%
As % of the System Software category 6.52% 3.38% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 247 145 172
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,550 £32,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +6.85%
75th Percentile £63,750 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £82,250 £91,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

Virtual Machines is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,368 6,473 12,526
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.94% 15.00% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,491 4,751 7,595
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £72,433 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

Virtual Machines
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Machines trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines.

Virtual Machines salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Virtual Machines salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.16%) IIS
4 3 (1.05%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 227 (79.65%) Azure
2 81 (28.42%) Power Platform
3 49 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (15.79%) AWS
5 36 (12.63%) Entra ID
5 36 (12.63%) SaaS
6 30 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (9.82%) GitHub
8 26 (9.12%) Serverless
9 23 (8.07%) Azure Monitor
10 22 (7.72%) Azure Storage
11 21 (7.37%) Azure Functions
11 21 (7.37%) IaaS
12 20 (7.02%) Amazon S3
12 20 (7.02%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (5.96%) Azure App Service
13 17 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (5.96%) Nutanix
14 16 (5.61%) Matillion
15 15 (5.26%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (25.96%) Broadband
2 62 (21.75%) DNS
3 55 (19.30%) Firewall
4 48 (16.84%) VPN
5 29 (10.18%) DHCP
6 19 (6.67%) HTTP
7 17 (5.96%) WAN
8 16 (5.61%) 5G
9 14 (4.91%) LAN
10 11 (3.86%) VLAN
11 8 (2.81%) Internet
12 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
12 7 (2.46%) VoIP
13 6 (2.11%) IPv4
13 6 (2.11%) SAN
14 5 (1.75%) Wireless
15 4 (1.40%) FTP
15 4 (1.40%) NAS
15 4 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (1.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (35.09%) SQL Server
2 82 (28.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 81 (28.42%) Power BI
4 8 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.11%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.70%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.70%) MySQL
6 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.70%) Tableau
7 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (10.88%) Git
2 17 (5.96%) JIRA
3 13 (4.56%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.51%) Trac
5 5 (1.75%) eggPlant
6 3 (1.05%) GitLab
7 2 (0.70%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.70%) TeamCity
General
1 146 (51.23%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.82%) Finance
3 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.91%) Automotive
6 11 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.40%) Back Office
8 4 (1.40%) Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Law
8 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Advertising
9 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.70%) Marketing
10 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.70%) Retail
11 1 (0.35%) French Language
11 1 (0.35%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 74 (25.96%) DBA
1 74 (25.96%) SQL DBA
2 54 (18.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 40 (14.04%) Senior
4 30 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 27 (9.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 19 (6.67%) Architect
6 19 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
7 17 (5.96%) Lead
7 17 (5.96%) Support Specialist
8 14 (4.91%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (4.91%) Active Directory Support
8 14 (4.91%) Azure Specialist
8 14 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (4.21%) Analyst
10 10 (3.51%) Consultant
11 9 (3.16%) AWS DevOps
12 8 (2.81%) Project Consultant
12 8 (2.81%) Unix Consultant
13 7 (2.46%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.42%) .NET
2 18 (6.32%) JWT
3 16 (5.61%) ARM Templates
3 16 (5.61%) RESTful
4 5 (1.75%) REST
5 3 (1.05%) Flash
6 2 (0.70%) ADO
6 2 (0.70%) JSON
6 2 (0.70%) OAuth
6 2 (0.70%) SOAP
6 2 (0.70%) XML
7 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.35%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.35%) Swagger
7 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.18%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (8.07%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.32%) PKI
4 16 (5.61%) Mobile App
5 15 (5.26%) IoT
6 10 (3.51%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.46%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.11%) Replication
10 5 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.05%) IBM Storwize
12 2 (0.70%) Blog
12 2 (0.70%) FlexPod
12 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.70%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.35%) CUDA
13 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Storage
13 1 (0.35%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.35%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 130 (45.61%) Windows
2 81 (28.42%) VMS
3 73 (25.61%) Windows Server
4 61 (21.40%) Linux
5 28 (9.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (9.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (7.72%) Unix
8 8 (2.81%) AIX
8 8 (2.81%) Solaris
9 7 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (2.46%) Windows 10
10 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.05%) Android
11 3 (1.05%) SUSE
11 3 (1.05%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.70%) Debian
13 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (41.05%) Disaster Recovery
2 94 (32.98%) DevOps
3 84 (29.47%) High Availability
4 83 (29.12%) Collaborative Working
5 81 (28.42%) Business Intelligence
6 74 (25.96%) Performance Tuning
7 59 (20.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 46 (16.14%) CI/CD
9 42 (14.74%) Agile
10 38 (13.33%) ITIL
11 36 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (10.88%) Network Virtualisation
13 30 (10.53%) Microservices
14 29 (10.18%) Containerisation
15 27 (9.47%) Configuration Management
16 24 (8.42%) Actionable Insight
17 23 (8.07%) Infrastructure as Code
18 21 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
19 20 (7.02%) Artificial Intelligence
20 18 (6.32%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (33.68%) T-SQL
2 92 (32.28%) SQL
3 55 (19.30%) PowerShell
4 39 (13.68%) Python
5 29 (10.18%) C#
6 23 (8.07%) Bash
7 19 (6.67%) Java
8 18 (6.32%) Bicep
8 18 (6.32%) Perl
9 15 (5.26%) VB
10 14 (4.91%) VBScript
11 7 (2.46%) Go
12 6 (2.11%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.75%) Ruby
14 4 (1.40%) JavaScript
15 2 (0.70%) Lua
15 2 (0.70%) Rust
16 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 76 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.18%) Degree
4 23 (8.07%) SC Cleared
5 14 (4.91%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (2.46%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.75%) ISEB
7 5 (1.75%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CISM
9 1 (0.35%) CISSP
9 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.35%) ISACA
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.75%) QA
4 2 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 68 (23.86%) Active Directory
2 60 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (15.79%) Hyper-V
4 34 (11.93%) Docker
5 17 (5.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (5.96%) vSphere
6 16 (5.61%) pfSense
7 13 (4.56%) Firmware
8 10 (3.51%) NFS
9 8 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.05%) Ceph
10 3 (1.05%) Gluster
10 3 (1.05%) KVM
10 3 (1.05%) oVirt
11 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 32 (11.23%) Terraform
3 31 (10.88%) Ansible
4 22 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (7.72%) ZABBIX
5 16 (5.61%) Grafana
6 15 (5.26%) SCCM
7 14 (4.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (4.91%) SCOM
7 14 (4.91%) WSUS
8 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 10 (3.51%) SCDPM
9 5 (1.75%) Puppet
10 4 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.05%) Graylog
11 3 (1.05%) Observium
11 3 (1.05%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.05%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.70%) vRealize
12 2 (0.70%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 166 (58.25%) Microsoft
2 84 (29.47%) VMware
3 18 (6.32%) Fortinet
4 17 (5.96%) Juniper
5 16 (5.61%) Veeam
6 14 (4.91%) ForgeRock
6 14 (4.91%) Sitecore
7 12 (4.21%) Cisco
8 11 (3.86%) Oracle
9 10 (3.51%) McAfee
9 10 (3.51%) Red Hat
10 9 (3.16%) HP
11 8 (2.81%) Google
12 7 (2.46%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.40%) Meraki
14 3 (1.05%) Apple
14 3 (1.05%) Citrix
14 3 (1.05%) F5
14 3 (1.05%) IBM
15 2 (0.70%) Salesforce