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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 318 330
Rank change year-on-year +44 +12 +137
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 118 81 268
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.62% 0.84%
As % of the System Software category 8.26% 4.08% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 88 76 245
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £41,900
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +104.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £136,250 £88,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £143,750 £115,000 £82,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +56.52% - -

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 1,429 1,987 4,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.19% 15.12% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,012 1,567 3,584
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £79,795 £83,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £102,500 £113,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -9.09%

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 14 April 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 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (78.81%) Azure
2 55 (46.61%) Azure AI
2 55 (46.61%) Azure Machine Learning
2 55 (46.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 55 (46.61%) Snowflake
3 15 (12.71%) AWS
3 15 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (11.02%) GCP
4 13 (11.02%) Serverless
5 12 (10.17%) Entra ID
6 10 (8.47%) OpenShift
7 8 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (6.78%) Amazon MSK
7 8 (6.78%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (5.08%) GitHub
8 6 (5.08%) OneDrive
9 5 (4.24%) Figma
10 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.39%) SaaS
11 3 (2.54%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.47%) Firewall
2 9 (7.63%) WAN
3 8 (6.78%) DNS
3 8 (6.78%) VPN
4 7 (5.93%) DHCP
4 7 (5.93%) SD-WAN
4 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.39%) Broadband
5 4 (3.39%) LAN
5 4 (3.39%) Wireless
6 1 (0.85%) Network Security
6 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.85%) Telnet
6 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (50.85%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.39%) MySQL
4 1 (0.85%) MS Access
4 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Snyk
2 6 (5.08%) Git
3 5 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 72 (61.02%) Finance
2 20 (16.95%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.25%) Banking
4 11 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Advertising
6 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Data Manager
1 33 (27.97%) Engineering Manager
1 33 (27.97%) Finance Manager
1 33 (27.97%) Senior
2 23 (19.49%) Architect
3 12 (10.17%) Azure Architect
3 12 (10.17%) Azure Data Architect
3 12 (10.17%) Data Architect
4 11 (9.32%) Cloud Architect
4 11 (9.32%) Cloud Security Architect
4 11 (9.32%) Security Architect
4 11 (9.32%) Senior Architect
4 11 (9.32%) Senior Cloud Architect
4 11 (9.32%) Senior Security Architect
5 10 (8.47%) Developer
5 10 (8.47%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (8.47%) Head of AI
5 10 (8.47%) Head of Finance
5 10 (8.47%) Senior Developer
6 9 (7.63%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) Django
1 9 (7.63%) React
2 8 (6.78%) Kafka
3 5 (4.24%) REST
3 5 (4.24%) Twisted
3 5 (4.24%) Web Services
3 5 (4.24%) WebSockets
4 4 (3.39%) Model Context Protocol
5 2 (1.69%) LAMP
6 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.17%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.63%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.39%) iPad
5 4 (3.39%) iPhone
5 4 (3.39%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.39%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.41%) Linux
2 15 (12.71%) Windows
3 11 (9.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.08%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.39%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.39%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.69%) CentOS
6 2 (1.69%) Debian
6 2 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.69%) Unix
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (61.86%) AI
2 61 (51.69%) Agile
2 61 (51.69%) Roadmaps
3 59 (50.00%) Migration
4 57 (48.31%) Machine Learning
5 55 (46.61%) Data Architecture
5 55 (46.61%) Data Development
5 55 (46.61%) Data Engineering
5 55 (46.61%) Data Governance
5 55 (46.61%) Line Management
5 55 (46.61%) Regulatory Compliance
6 19 (16.10%) CI/CD
7 17 (14.41%) DevOps
8 16 (13.56%) Containerisation
9 15 (12.71%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (10.17%) Asset Management
10 12 (10.17%) Cloud Security
11 11 (9.32%) Security Testing
11 11 (9.32%) Test Automation
11 11 (9.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 73 (61.86%) SQL
2 20 (16.95%) Python
3 9 (7.63%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.78%) Go
5 5 (4.24%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.24%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.54%) Bash
7 2 (1.69%) Perl
8 1 (0.85%) Bicep
8 1 (0.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (5.08%) Degree
2 4 (3.39%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.39%) HNC
2 4 (3.39%) HND
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.32%) GRC
2 6 (5.08%) QA
3 4 (3.39%) SLA
4 1 (0.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (14.41%) Docker
2 15 (12.71%) Active Directory
3 10 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (6.78%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.08%) vSphere
6 4 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.85%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.85%) Firmware
7 1 (0.85%) KVM
7 1 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (13.56%) Terraform
2 13 (11.02%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (6.78%) Istio
5 4 (3.39%) Ansible
6 2 (1.69%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.85%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 72 (61.02%) Microsoft
2 55 (46.61%) Databricks
3 11 (9.32%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (9.32%) Palo Alto
3 11 (9.32%) Tenable
4 10 (8.47%) VMware
5 8 (6.78%) Confluent
6 4 (3.39%) Cisco
6 4 (3.39%) Meraki
6 4 (3.39%) Synology
6 4 (3.39%) Veeam
7 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.85%) Apple
8 1 (0.85%) Citrix
8 1 (0.85%) Concur
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.85%) SAP
8 1 (0.85%) Zscaler