Virtual Machines Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 211 481
Rank change year-on-year -201 +270 -27
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 408 999 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 1.70% 0.59%
As % of the System Software category 4.63% 10.78% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 345 205 196
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £38,999 £33,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,882 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% +21.96% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,652 £59,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -3.38%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,816 9,269 12,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.15% 15.77% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,012 5,729 8,320
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,250 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Machines within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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 -50 124 £60,000 +4.35% 31
North of England -75 88 £55,000 +0.22% 15
Midlands -94 57 £46,250 -14.55% 13
South West -77 55 £55,000 +46.67% 17
North West -66 41 £57,500 -11.54% 6
West Midlands -47 36 £48,750 -8.45% 7
East of England -22 35 £55,000 +69.23% 14
Yorkshire +4 34 £42,500 -3.48% 8
Wales -24 30 £45,000 +0.84%
East Midlands -41 21 £46,250 -31.48% 6
Scotland -162 19 £57,500 +4.55% 5
North East 0 13 £56,250 -2.17% 1
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 64 (15.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (9.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.21%) IIS
4 6 (1.47%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.98%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.74%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.49%) Confluence
7 2 (0.49%) Resin
7 2 (0.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 285 (69.85%) Azure
2 105 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (19.61%) Power Platform
4 70 (17.16%) Entra ID
5 43 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (9.07%) AWS
7 35 (8.58%) IaaS
8 34 (8.33%) SaaS
9 26 (6.37%) Azure Storage
10 25 (6.13%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (5.15%) Nutanix
12 18 (4.41%) GitHub
12 18 (4.41%) Serverless
13 15 (3.68%) Amazon S3
14 14 (3.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (3.43%) PaaS
15 13 (3.19%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.19%) Azure Key Vault
16 11 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 94 (23.04%) Firewall
2 76 (18.63%) Broadband
3 72 (17.65%) DNS
4 68 (16.67%) VPN
5 45 (11.03%) DHCP
6 27 (6.62%) LAN
7 25 (6.13%) VLAN
8 23 (5.64%) WAN
9 16 (3.92%) 5G
9 16 (3.92%) Wireless
10 15 (3.68%) SAN
11 14 (3.43%) Internet
12 13 (3.19%) HTTP
13 12 (2.94%) VoIP
14 11 (2.70%) Network Security
15 10 (2.45%) iSCSI
15 10 (2.45%) TCP/IP
15 10 (2.45%) Unified Communications
16 9 (2.21%) NAS
17 7 (1.72%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (27.94%) SQL Server
2 86 (21.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (19.61%) Power BI
4 11 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.74%) Big Data
8 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.49%) MySQL
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.49%) Tableau
9 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.07%) Git
2 19 (4.66%) JIRA
3 11 (2.70%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.45%) Trac
5 5 (1.23%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
General
1 201 (49.26%) Social Skills
2 66 (16.18%) Finance
3 35 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.39%) Telecoms
5 16 (3.92%) Games
6 11 (2.70%) Banking
6 11 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.47%) Automotive
9 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.47%) Local Government
10 4 (0.98%) Back Office
10 4 (0.98%) Electronics
10 4 (0.98%) Law
10 4 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.98%) Retail
11 3 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.49%) Advertising
12 2 (0.49%) Legal
Job Titles
1 81 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (18.14%) DBA
2 74 (18.14%) SQL DBA
3 41 (10.05%) Senior
4 35 (8.58%) Cloud Engineer
5 30 (7.35%) Architect
6 28 (6.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (6.37%) IT Support
8 20 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (4.90%) IT Engineer
9 18 (4.41%) Support Engineer
9 18 (4.41%) Support Specialist
10 17 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
11 16 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (3.92%) IT Technician
12 15 (3.68%) Active Directory Specialist
12 15 (3.68%) Active Directory Support
12 15 (3.68%) Azure Specialist
12 15 (3.68%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.62%) ARM Templates
2 26 (6.37%) .NET
3 10 (2.45%) JWT
3 10 (2.45%) RESTful
4 4 (0.98%) REST
5 3 (0.74%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.74%) Flash
6 2 (0.49%) ADO
6 2 (0.49%) JSON
6 2 (0.49%) SOAP
6 2 (0.49%) XML
6 2 (0.49%) YAML
7 1 (0.25%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.25%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.58%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (4.17%) PKI
5 16 (3.92%) IoT
6 15 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.70%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.21%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.96%) Replication
10 7 (1.72%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.47%) CCTV
11 6 (1.47%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.74%) EPoS
14 3 (0.74%) IBM Storwize
14 3 (0.74%) Smartcard
15 2 (0.49%) Clustering
15 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 181 (44.36%) Windows
2 119 (29.17%) Windows Server
3 89 (21.81%) Linux
4 84 (20.59%) VMS
5 36 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (7.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (6.13%) Windows 10
8 18 (4.41%) Unix
9 12 (2.94%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (2.45%) Debian
12 8 (1.96%) AIX
12 8 (1.96%) Solaris
12 8 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 6 (1.47%) Android
15 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.98%) CentOS
16 3 (0.74%) SUSE
16 3 (0.74%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (33.09%) Disaster Recovery
2 120 (29.41%) DevOps
3 97 (23.77%) High Availability
4 93 (22.79%) Collaborative Working
5 86 (21.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 81 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
8 74 (18.14%) Performance Tuning
9 57 (13.97%) ITIL
10 52 (12.75%) CI/CD
11 50 (12.25%) Network Virtualisation
12 44 (10.78%) Infrastructure as Code
13 38 (9.31%) Agile
14 35 (8.58%) Containerisation
15 34 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
16 31 (7.60%) Configuration Management
17 30 (7.35%) Validation
18 29 (7.11%) Identity Management
19 26 (6.37%) Release Management
20 25 (6.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (28.43%) SQL
2 90 (22.06%) T-SQL
3 89 (21.81%) PowerShell
4 44 (10.78%) Bash
4 44 (10.78%) Python
5 35 (8.58%) C#
6 30 (7.35%) Bicep
7 17 (4.17%) Perl
8 15 (3.68%) VB
8 15 (3.68%) VBScript
9 9 (2.21%) Java
10 6 (1.47%) VB.NET
11 4 (0.98%) Ruby
12 3 (0.74%) Go
12 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 86 (21.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 52 (12.75%) Degree
3 51 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 30 (7.35%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (3.43%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.47%) MCP
10 5 (1.23%) ISEB
10 5 (1.23%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.49%) CCNA
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CCNP
12 1 (0.25%) CEH
12 1 (0.25%) CISM
12 1 (0.25%) GIAC
12 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (3.43%) Data Quality
2 14 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.45%) GDPR
4 7 (1.72%) PMO
5 6 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.47%) SLA
6 5 (1.23%) QA
7 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 127 (31.13%) Active Directory
2 79 (19.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (16.18%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 26 (6.37%) Docker
6 24 (5.88%) vSphere
7 17 (4.17%) Firmware
8 16 (3.92%) pfSense
9 14 (3.43%) NFS
10 11 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
11 8 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (1.72%) XenApp
13 6 (1.47%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.98%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 3 (0.74%) Ceph
15 3 (0.74%) Gluster
15 3 (0.74%) KVM
15 3 (0.74%) oVirt
16 1 (0.25%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 38 (9.31%) Kubernetes
1 38 (9.31%) Terraform
2 37 (9.07%) Ansible
3 33 (8.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (6.62%) SCCM
5 22 (5.39%) ZABBIX
6 20 (4.90%) Grafana
7 19 (4.66%) SCOM
8 18 (4.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 16 (3.92%) SCDPM
10 15 (3.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (3.68%) WSUS
11 4 (0.98%) Nagios
12 3 (0.74%) Graylog
12 3 (0.74%) Observium
12 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.74%) Puppet
12 3 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 233 (57.11%) Microsoft
2 103 (25.25%) VMware
3 28 (6.86%) Veeam
4 23 (5.64%) Fortinet
5 17 (4.17%) Juniper
6 14 (3.43%) Cisco
7 12 (2.94%) Citrix
7 12 (2.94%) Oracle
8 11 (2.70%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.45%) McAfee
10 8 (1.96%) Commvault
11 7 (1.72%) HP
11 7 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.47%) Dell
12 6 (1.47%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (1.47%) Epicor
12 6 (1.47%) ForgeRock
12 6 (1.47%) Google
12 6 (1.47%) Sitecore
13 5 (1.23%) Meraki