Virtual Machines Job Trends in Yorkshire

Virtual Machine (VM)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Virtual Machines skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 135 106
Rank change year-on-year -24 -29 +130
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 2 33 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.055% 0.79% 2.32%
As % of the System Software category 0.55% 9.38% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2 20 35
10th Percentile £26,625 £35,750 £31,125
25th Percentile £27,188 £51,438 £31,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £75,996 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -62.17% +117.13% -17.34%
75th Percentile £29,688 £85,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £29,875 £85,500 £67,070
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +17.37%

All System Software Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring system software skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 364 352 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.07% 8.45% 18.38%
Number of salaries quoted 252 197 458
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £40,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.26% +10.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £69,500 £71,605
England median annual salary £47,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.18% +1.82% -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Machines relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Virtual Machines job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Virtual Machines.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Virtual Machines

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 12 November 2025. 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 -20 1 £30,000 -62.50%
Virtual Machines
England

Virtual Machines
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Account Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Account Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service