Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with 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 1 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Virtual Machine (VM)
England > Yorkshire
6 months to
1 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 255 209 159
Rank change year-on-year -46 -50 +128
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 44 33 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.57% 0.57% 0.85%
As % of the System Software category 3.15% 2.71% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 11
10th Percentile £26,175 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,081 £33,813 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,050 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.15% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £49,438 £68,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £53,125 £73,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -

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 advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for system software skills.

All System Software Skills
Yorkshire
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,399 1,218 682
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 18.13% 21.07% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,062 597
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,875 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £64,688 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2022.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 July 2022. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -46 35 £42,500 -15.84% 2
North Yorkshire -17 7 £36,550 -8.63%
South Yorkshire - 2 - -
Virtual Machines
England

For the 6 months to 1 July 2022, IT jobs citing Virtual Machines also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for Virtual Machines.

1 33 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (59.09%) Azure
3 25 (56.82%) Windows
4 22 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 22 (50.00%) DNS
4 22 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (43.18%) VMS
7 18 (40.91%) Azure Active Directory
8 17 (38.64%) IaaS
9 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
10 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (31.82%) Finance
11 12 (27.27%) Citrix
12 10 (22.73%) SolarWinds
12 10 (22.73%) WSUS
12 10 (22.73%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (15.91%) Workflow
13 7 (15.91%) VMware
13 7 (15.91%) DHCP
13 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
13 7 (15.91%) SQL
13 7 (15.91%) SCCM
13 7 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
14 6 (13.64%) Test Automation
14 6 (13.64%) Hyper-V
14 6 (13.64%) QA
14 6 (13.64%) .NET
15 5 (11.36%) Six Sigma
15 5 (11.36%) Validation

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.09%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (59.09%) Azure
2 18 (40.91%) Azure Active Directory
3 17 (38.64%) IaaS
4 10 (22.73%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) PaaS
7 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (50.00%) DNS
2 7 (15.91%) DHCP
3 2 (4.55%) SAN
3 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.27%) VLAN
4 1 (2.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) RDBMS
1 4 (9.09%) Relational Database
1 4 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Automotive
4 4 (9.09%) Law
4 4 (9.09%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Analyst
2 12 (27.27%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 8 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Development Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Software Tester
5 4 (9.09%) Tester
6 2 (4.55%) Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) QA Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) QA Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Service Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Services Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Support
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) .NET
2 2 (4.55%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Legacy Code
3 2 (4.55%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 25 (56.82%) Windows
2 19 (43.18%) VMS
3 3 (6.82%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.55%) Linux
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (15.91%) Workflow
4 6 (13.64%) Test Automation
5 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.36%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (11.36%) Data Analysis
5 5 (11.36%) Mathematics
5 5 (11.36%) Migration
5 5 (11.36%) Physics
5 5 (11.36%) Six Sigma
5 5 (11.36%) Statistics
5 5 (11.36%) Validation
6 4 (9.09%) Integration Testing
6 4 (9.09%) Issue Tracking
6 4 (9.09%) Manual Testing
6 4 (9.09%) Practice Management
6 4 (9.09%) Regression Testing
6 4 (9.09%) Software Testing
6 4 (9.09%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) SQL
2 2 (4.55%) Bash
2 2 (4.55%) C#
2 2 (4.55%) Lua
2 2 (4.55%) Perl
2 2 (4.55%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) Ruby
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.55%) ISEB
2 2 (4.55%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.64%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.55%) BitLocker
4 2 (4.55%) Postfix
5 1 (2.27%) Docker
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) WSUS
2 7 (15.91%) SCCM
3 2 (4.55%) Ansible
3 2 (4.55%) ZABBIX
4 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.27%) Citrix
3 10 (22.73%) SolarWinds
4 7 (15.91%) VMware
5 2 (4.55%) IBM
5 2 (4.55%) NEC
5 2 (4.55%) Northgate
5 2 (4.55%) Oracle
5 2 (4.55%) Red Hat