VMS Jobs in England

VMS
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 622 735 892
Rank change year-on-year +113 +157 -97
Permanent jobs citing VMS 244 166 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.93% 1.20% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 180 103 87
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £41,700
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,400 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -31.16% +20.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £80,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -29.10% +27.62%

All Operating Systems
England

VMS is in the Operating Systems 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 operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,627 13,801 26,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.88% 16.40% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,835 9,490 14,814
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VMS in England

VMS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VMS in England

VMS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VMS in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VMS in England

VMS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +105 71 £57,500 +51.82% 14
North of England +66 55 £57,500 -11.54% 16
South East -7 45 £57,500 +21.05% 6
North West +17 36 £57,500 -11.54% 9
Midlands +10 33 £57,500 +48.39% 7
South West -9 21 £57,500 +24.32% 4
East Midlands - 19 £57,500 - 5
Yorkshire +70 14 £57,500 -11.54% 6
East of England +11 14 £57,500 - 1
West Midlands -10 14 £57,500 +48.39% 2
North East - 5 £57,500 - 1
VMS
UK

VMS
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 29 (11.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (9.84%) SharePoint
3 22 (9.02%) IIS
4 9 (3.69%) WordPress
5 7 (2.87%) Umbraco
6 5 (2.05%) JBoss
6 5 (2.05%) Solana
6 5 (2.05%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.64%) CMS
8 3 (1.23%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.82%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.41%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.23%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (8.61%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.82%) Shopify
3 1 (0.41%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.41%) Misys Opics
3 1 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 143 (58.61%) Azure
2 71 (29.10%) Power Platform
3 38 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (11.07%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.66%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (10.25%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (9.43%) OneDrive
8 16 (6.56%) AWS
9 15 (6.15%) PaaS
10 12 (4.92%) IaaS
11 8 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.28%) SaaS
11 8 (3.28%) Serverless
12 7 (2.87%) GCP
13 6 (2.46%) Azure App Service
14 5 (2.05%) Nutanix
15 4 (1.64%) GitHub
15 4 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
16 3 (1.23%) Figma
16 3 (1.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 78 (31.97%) Firewall
2 63 (25.82%) Broadband
3 56 (22.95%) WAN
4 53 (21.72%) VPN
5 52 (21.31%) LAN
6 41 (16.80%) Internet
7 32 (13.11%) DNS
8 17 (6.97%) NAS
9 16 (6.56%) iSCSI
10 13 (5.33%) Fibre Channel
10 13 (5.33%) SAN
11 12 (4.92%) DHCP
12 11 (4.51%) Network Security
13 10 (4.10%) Wireless
14 8 (3.28%) TCP/IP
15 4 (1.64%) SD-WAN
15 4 (1.64%) SNMP
15 4 (1.64%) WLAN
16 3 (1.23%) VLAN
16 3 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (39.75%) SQL Server
2 72 (29.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (26.64%) Power BI
4 6 (2.46%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.82%) MySQL
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.41%) Firebird
7 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (8.61%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (4.10%) Octopus Deploy
2 10 (4.10%) TeamCity
3 9 (3.69%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.28%) Git
4 8 (3.28%) GitLab
General
1 136 (55.74%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.49%) Retail
3 23 (9.43%) Law
4 18 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.69%) Electronics
6 9 (3.69%) Finance
6 9 (3.69%) Marketing
7 8 (3.28%) Games
7 8 (3.28%) Legal
7 8 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.23%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.82%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.82%) Military
12 1 (0.41%) Banking
12 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.41%) Local Government
12 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (25.82%) DBA
1 63 (25.82%) SQL DBA
2 44 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (15.16%) Senior
4 28 (11.48%) Developer
5 24 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (9.43%) Architect
7 21 (8.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 21 (8.61%) Infrastructure Architect
8 18 (7.38%) Dynamics AX Developer
8 18 (7.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.74%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.33%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.51%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Analyst
12 8 (3.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Software Support Engineer
12 8 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.97%) .NET
2 10 (4.10%) LAMP
3 9 (3.69%) ARM Templates
4 8 (3.28%) React
5 6 (2.46%) JSON
6 5 (2.05%) .NET Core
6 5 (2.05%) HTML
7 4 (1.64%) CSS
7 4 (1.64%) LDAP
7 4 (1.64%) REST
7 4 (1.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 4 (1.64%) Vue
7 4 (1.64%) XML
7 4 (1.64%) YAML
8 3 (1.23%) HTML5
8 3 (1.23%) Node.js
8 3 (1.23%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (1.23%) Sass
8 3 (1.23%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.41%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.51%) Linux Command Line
1 11 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (4.10%) Replication
3 9 (3.69%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.87%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.87%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.46%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.46%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.05%) Blockchain
7 4 (1.64%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.64%) IoT
7 4 (1.64%) Mobile Payment
7 4 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.82%) CCTV
8 2 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.82%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 112 (45.90%) Windows
2 68 (27.87%) Linux
3 51 (20.90%) Ubuntu
4 36 (14.75%) Windows Server
5 16 (6.56%) Windows 10
6 13 (5.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.69%) Unix
7 9 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.23%) Android
10 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.23%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.23%) SUSE
10 3 (1.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (1.23%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.82%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.41%) AIX
12 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.51%) Collaborative Working
1 72 (29.51%) High Availability
2 67 (27.46%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (27.46%) Performance Tuning
3 63 (25.82%) Disaster Recovery
4 61 (25.00%) DevOps
5 50 (20.49%) Agile
6 46 (18.85%) Collaborative Culture
7 45 (18.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 42 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (16.80%) DevSecOps
10 39 (15.98%) Application Security
11 38 (15.57%) Actionable Insight
12 21 (8.61%) Migration
13 20 (8.20%) CI/CD
14 19 (7.79%) Configuration Management
15 18 (7.38%) Customer Service
15 18 (7.38%) ERP
16 17 (6.97%) Cybersecurity
16 17 (6.97%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 95 (38.93%) SQL
2 64 (26.23%) T-SQL
3 32 (13.11%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.10%) C#
4 10 (4.10%) Java
5 9 (3.69%) Bash
5 9 (3.69%) Python
6 8 (3.28%) Bicep
6 8 (3.28%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.87%) Go
8 5 (2.05%) Ruby
8 5 (2.05%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.23%) Perl
10 2 (0.82%) Scala
11 1 (0.41%) C++
11 1 (0.41%) PHP
11 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 84 (34.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 56 (22.95%) Security Cleared
3 37 (15.16%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.25%) Degree
5 20 (8.20%) Azure Certification
6 13 (5.33%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.05%) HNC
8 5 (2.05%) HND
9 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.82%) MCSA
9 2 (0.82%) MCSE
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) MCP
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.05%) QA
3 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.23%) SLA
4 2 (0.82%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 86 (35.25%) Active Directory
1 86 (35.25%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (6.56%) Docker
2 16 (6.56%) Hyper-V
2 16 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.51%) vSphere
4 8 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.64%) pfSense
6 3 (1.23%) Ceph
6 3 (1.23%) Gluster
6 3 (1.23%) KVM
6 3 (1.23%) oVirt
6 3 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 54 (22.13%) Terraform
2 43 (17.62%) Ansible
3 26 (10.66%) Kubernetes
4 21 (8.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (6.56%) SCCM
6 10 (4.10%) WSUS
7 4 (1.64%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.23%) Graylog
8 3 (1.23%) Observium
8 3 (1.23%) Puppet
8 3 (1.23%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.82%) Grafana
9 2 (0.82%) Nessus
9 2 (0.82%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 130 (53.28%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.98%) VMware
3 17 (6.97%) Veeam
4 15 (6.15%) Oracle
5 14 (5.74%) Citrix
6 13 (5.33%) Zerto
7 10 (4.10%) Apple
8 9 (3.69%) Aruba
8 9 (3.69%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.69%) ProCurve
8 9 (3.69%) Synology
9 8 (3.28%) Cisco
10 5 (2.05%) Dell
10 5 (2.05%) Google
10 5 (2.05%) SAP
10 5 (2.05%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (1.64%) BroadSoft
11 4 (1.64%) Brocade
11 4 (1.64%) Dell Compellent
11 4 (1.64%) QNAP