Virtual Machines Jobs in England

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 325 570
Rank change year-on-year -100 +245 -23
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 474 914 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 1.02% 0.53%
As % of the System Software category 4.42% 6.63% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 398 275 289
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,728 13,782 24,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.51% 15.43% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,695 9,369 13,940
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in England

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
South East -55 124 £59,000 +2.61% 23
London +72 105 £80,000 +10.34% 47
North of England -72 88 £55,000 +0.11% 13
Midlands -73 58 £46,250 -14.55% 11
South West -84 52 £55,000 +46.67% 19
North West -57 40 £57,500 - 6
East of England -24 36 £55,000 +69.23% 9
West Midlands -47 36 £48,750 -8.45% 4
Yorkshire +19 35 £42,500 -5.56% 6
East Midlands -47 22 £46,250 -31.48% 7
North East +1 13 £56,250 -2.17% 1
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 57 (12.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (8.23%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.32%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.32%) IIS
4 9 (1.90%) Apache
5 7 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.27%) Skype for Business
7 5 (1.05%) Confluence
7 5 (1.05%) Solana
8 4 (0.84%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.63%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.42%) Resin
10 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 20 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.21%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 351 (74.05%) Azure
2 111 (23.42%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (15.82%) Power Platform
4 70 (14.77%) AWS
5 69 (14.56%) Entra ID
6 65 (13.71%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (10.55%) Serverless
8 48 (10.13%) IaaS
9 44 (9.28%) SaaS
10 40 (8.44%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (7.81%) Azure Storage
12 36 (7.59%) Azure Functions
13 29 (6.12%) Azure AKS
13 29 (6.12%) GitHub
14 27 (5.70%) Amazon S3
15 26 (5.49%) Azure App Service
16 25 (5.27%) PaaS
17 24 (5.06%) Nutanix
18 23 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
19 22 (4.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 92 (19.41%) Firewall
2 86 (18.14%) DNS
3 65 (13.71%) Broadband
4 62 (13.08%) VPN
5 49 (10.34%) DHCP
6 25 (5.27%) LAN
7 24 (5.06%) VLAN
8 23 (4.85%) WAN
9 18 (3.80%) Network Security
9 18 (3.80%) SAN
10 17 (3.59%) HTTP
11 16 (3.38%) 5G
11 16 (3.38%) VoIP
12 15 (3.16%) Internet
13 14 (2.95%) TCP/IP
14 13 (2.74%) Wireless
15 12 (2.53%) NetScaler
16 10 (2.11%) iSCSI
17 9 (1.90%) Unified Communications
18 7 (1.48%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (22.36%) SQL Server
2 79 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 70 (14.77%) Power BI
4 16 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.48%) Apache Hive
6 7 (1.48%) Presto
7 6 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (0.84%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.63%) Big Data
9 3 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.42%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.42%) MySQL
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (10.55%) Git
2 30 (6.33%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.22%) JIRA
4 11 (2.32%) GitLab
5 10 (2.11%) Trac
6 7 (1.48%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (1.48%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.05%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.84%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.63%) JUnit
9 3 (0.63%) Selenium
9 3 (0.63%) Subversion
9 3 (0.63%) TestNG
9 3 (0.63%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
General
1 180 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 81 (17.09%) Finance
3 34 (7.17%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.64%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.38%) Automotive
7 14 (2.95%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.74%) Banking
8 13 (2.74%) Games
9 11 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.32%) Electronics
10 9 (1.90%) Retail
11 7 (1.48%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.27%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.27%) Law
12 6 (1.27%) Local Government
12 6 (1.27%) Marketing
13 4 (0.84%) Back Office
13 4 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (17.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 63 (13.29%) DBA
2 63 (13.29%) SQL DBA
3 51 (10.76%) Senior
4 37 (7.81%) Cloud Engineer
5 35 (7.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 34 (7.17%) Lead
7 33 (6.96%) Architect
8 24 (5.06%) IT Support
9 23 (4.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (4.85%) Support Engineer
10 22 (4.64%) Azure Engineer
11 19 (4.01%) IT Engineer
12 18 (3.80%) Infrastructure Architect
13 17 (3.59%) Linux Engineer
14 16 (3.38%) Analyst
14 16 (3.38%) Software Engineer
15 15 (3.16%) Azure Specialist
15 15 (3.16%) Support Specialist
16 14 (2.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.86%) ARM Templates
2 40 (8.44%) .NET
3 18 (3.80%) JWT
4 17 (3.59%) RESTful
5 10 (2.11%) http4s
5 10 (2.11%) Lambda Expressions
6 6 (1.27%) REST
7 5 (1.05%) React
8 4 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.63%) Flash
10 2 (0.42%) ADO
10 2 (0.42%) Bazel
10 2 (0.42%) JSON
10 2 (0.42%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.42%) Middleware
10 2 (0.42%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.42%) SOAP
10 2 (0.42%) Swagger
10 2 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (5.27%) Data Centre
2 25 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (4.85%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.43%) PKI
6 19 (4.01%) Cloud Native
7 15 (3.16%) IoT
8 11 (2.32%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.11%) Replication
10 8 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.48%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.27%) CCTV
12 6 (1.27%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.05%) Blockchain
13 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.63%) Clustering
15 3 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
15 3 (0.63%) IBM Storwize
Operating Systems
1 211 (44.51%) Windows
2 123 (25.95%) Windows Server
3 100 (21.10%) Linux
4 87 (18.35%) VMS
5 43 (9.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 35 (7.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (5.27%) Windows 10
8 16 (3.38%) Ubuntu
9 15 (3.16%) Unix
10 10 (2.11%) Debian
10 10 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (1.05%) CentOS
14 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.63%) Android
15 3 (0.63%) SUSE
15 3 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.21%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (32.91%) DevOps
2 122 (25.74%) Disaster Recovery
3 95 (20.04%) CI/CD
4 92 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (18.99%) High Availability
6 88 (18.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 84 (17.72%) Collaborative Working
8 71 (14.98%) Business Intelligence
8 71 (14.98%) Infrastructure as Code
9 67 (14.14%) Agile
9 67 (14.14%) Performance Tuning
10 63 (13.29%) Network Virtualisation
11 54 (11.39%) ITIL
12 53 (11.18%) Containerisation
13 50 (10.55%) Configuration Management
14 46 (9.70%) Microservices
15 37 (7.81%) Software Engineering
16 36 (7.59%) Computer Science
17 34 (7.17%) Artificial Intelligence
18 31 (6.54%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (22.78%) PowerShell
2 107 (22.57%) SQL
3 87 (18.35%) T-SQL
4 68 (14.35%) Python
5 55 (11.60%) Bash
6 38 (8.02%) C#
7 36 (7.59%) Bicep
8 34 (7.17%) Java
9 18 (3.80%) Perl
10 15 (3.16%) VB
11 14 (2.95%) VBScript
12 10 (2.11%) Go
12 10 (2.11%) Kotlin
12 10 (2.11%) Scala
13 7 (1.48%) Ruby
14 6 (1.27%) VB.NET
15 5 (1.05%) Rust
15 5 (1.05%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.84%) C
16 4 (0.84%) C++
Qualifications
1 86 (18.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 69 (14.56%) Degree
3 53 (11.18%) Security Cleared
4 36 (7.59%) SC Cleared
5 25 (5.27%) Azure Certification
5 25 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (2.11%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.27%) MCP
11 5 (1.05%) ISEB
11 5 (1.05%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.63%) CCNA
12 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.63%) CISSP
12 3 (0.63%) MCSE
13 2 (0.42%) CISM
13 2 (0.42%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (3.16%) QA
3 13 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.11%) GDPR
4 10 (2.11%) PMO
5 7 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (1.48%) SLA
6 6 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 132 (27.85%) Active Directory
2 82 (17.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (13.08%) Hyper-V
4 54 (11.39%) Docker
5 29 (6.12%) vSphere
6 28 (5.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (3.38%) pfSense
8 14 (2.95%) NFS
9 12 (2.53%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (1.90%) Firmware
11 7 (1.48%) Ceph
11 7 (1.48%) XenApp
12 6 (1.27%) XenDesktop
13 5 (1.05%) KVM
14 4 (0.84%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 3 (0.63%) Gluster
15 3 (0.63%) oVirt
15 3 (0.63%) VirtualBox
16 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 80 (16.88%) Kubernetes
2 77 (16.24%) Terraform
3 38 (8.02%) Ansible
4 34 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (6.54%) SCCM
6 25 (5.27%) ZABBIX
7 23 (4.85%) Grafana
8 21 (4.43%) SCOM
9 19 (4.01%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (3.38%) SCDPM
10 16 (3.38%) WSUS
11 14 (2.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (2.74%) Puppet
13 11 (2.32%) Progress Chef
14 9 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
15 8 (1.69%) vCenter Server
16 7 (1.48%) Nagios
17 6 (1.27%) CASB
17 6 (1.27%) Prometheus
17 6 (1.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 268 (56.54%) Microsoft
2 102 (21.52%) VMware
3 33 (6.96%) Veeam
4 26 (5.49%) Cisco
4 26 (5.49%) Fortinet
5 20 (4.22%) Citrix
6 18 (3.80%) Google
7 17 (3.59%) Juniper
8 16 (3.38%) ForgeRock
8 16 (3.38%) Sitecore
9 13 (2.74%) HP
10 11 (2.32%) Commvault
11 10 (2.11%) McAfee
12 8 (1.69%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.69%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.48%) Databricks
13 7 (1.48%) Meraki
14 6 (1.27%) Dell Compellent
14 6 (1.27%) Kenna
14 6 (1.27%) Rapid7