Virtual Infrastructure Jobs

Virtual Infrastructure
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Infrastructure 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 798 873 1160
Rank change year-on-year +75 +287 -305
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure 109 74 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.078% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.082% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 75 32 64
10th Percentile £40,740 £40,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,625 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +26.83%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £80,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +36.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Virtual Infrastructure is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Virtual Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Infrastructure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Infrastructure in the UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Infrastructure in the UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Infrastructure in the UK

Virtual Infrastructure
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Infrastructure within the UK 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
England +68 104 £62,500 -3.85% 5
UK excluding London -19 75 £57,500 +4.55% 4
London +133 30 £65,000 -18.75% 2
South West -2 26 £32,500 -29.35%
South East -16 24 £62,500 +2.04% 2
Work from Home +42 23 £62,500 -3.85% 3
Midlands -13 17 £55,000 -15.38% 1
West Midlands -14 17 £55,000 -15.38% 1
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
East of England - 2 £55,000 -
North of England +27 1 £40,500 -26.36%
North West -4 1 £40,500 +1.90%
Scotland -65 1 £47,500 - 1

Virtual Infrastructure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.92%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (44.04%) Azure
2 27 (24.77%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (18.35%) AWS
4 19 (17.43%) IaaS
5 14 (12.84%) Nutanix
6 9 (8.26%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.50%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (4.59%) PaaS
8 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
8 5 (4.59%) SaaS
9 4 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.92%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 49 (44.95%) Firewall
2 27 (24.77%) WAN
3 26 (23.85%) DNS
4 21 (19.27%) SAN
5 19 (17.43%) SD-WAN
6 15 (13.76%) VLAN
7 14 (12.84%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (12.84%) Software-Defined Networking
8 13 (11.93%) VPN
9 11 (10.09%) VSAN
10 8 (7.34%) LAN
11 7 (6.42%) NAS
12 6 (5.50%) Network Security
12 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
13 5 (4.59%) Unified Communications
14 4 (3.67%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (3.67%) DHCP
14 4 (3.67%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (3.67%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.59%) Power BI
General
1 27 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.94%) Aerospace
3 24 (22.02%) Finance
4 20 (18.35%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.26%) Billing
5 9 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.50%) Marketing
6 6 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Banking
7 4 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Police
8 1 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.92%) Law
8 1 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 33 (30.28%) Senior
2 30 (27.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (25.69%) Network Engineer
4 26 (23.85%) Administrator
5 20 (18.35%) VMWare Administrator
6 17 (15.60%) Systems Administrator
7 16 (14.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (12.84%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 14 (12.84%) Senior Network Engineer
9 13 (11.93%) Architect
10 9 (8.26%) Infrastructure Architect
11 8 (7.34%) Security Engineer
12 7 (6.42%) Lead
13 6 (5.50%) SOC Engineer
14 5 (4.59%) IT Administrator
15 4 (3.67%) IT Engineer
15 4 (3.67%) Network Security Engineer
15 4 (3.67%) Server Administrator
15 4 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
15 4 (3.67%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 38 (34.86%) Data Centre
2 18 (16.51%) Public Cloud
2 18 (16.51%) Replication
3 16 (14.68%) Management Information System
4 15 (13.76%) PKI
5 14 (12.84%) IoT
6 8 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (5.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (4.59%) PMI
9 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.92%) CCTV
11 1 (0.92%) Clustering
11 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.92%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 55 (50.46%) Windows
2 50 (45.87%) Linux
3 20 (18.35%) Windows Server
4 13 (11.93%) Ubuntu
5 9 (8.26%) SUSE
5 9 (8.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (3.67%) Android
6 4 (3.67%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.67%) CentOS
6 4 (3.67%) DC/OS
6 4 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.67%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.83%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (29.36%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (28.44%) Collaborative Working
4 30 (27.52%) Agile
5 26 (23.85%) ITIL
5 26 (23.85%) Task Automation
6 22 (20.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (17.43%) Capacity Planning
7 19 (17.43%) DevOps
7 19 (17.43%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (16.51%) Cloud Enablement
9 17 (15.60%) Asset Management
10 16 (14.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (13.76%) Actionable Insight
12 14 (12.84%) Decision-Making
12 14 (12.84%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (12.84%) Network Monitoring
12 14 (12.84%) Network Virtualisation
12 14 (12.84%) Performance Analysis
12 14 (12.84%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (25.69%) PowerShell
2 24 (22.02%) Bash
3 20 (18.35%) Perl
3 20 (18.35%) Python
4 12 (11.01%) SQL
5 4 (3.67%) C#
5 4 (3.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (26.61%) Security Cleared
2 18 (16.51%) Degree
3 15 (13.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (12.84%) DV Cleared
5 11 (10.09%) MCSE
5 11 (10.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (8.26%) MCSA
7 8 (7.34%) CCNA
7 8 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (5.50%) CISA
8 6 (5.50%) CISSP
8 6 (5.50%) GIAC
8 6 (5.50%) JNCIA
9 5 (4.59%) PMI Certification
10 4 (3.67%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.67%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (4.59%) PCI DSS
2 5 (4.59%) QA
3 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.67%) NCSC
4 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.92%) NIST
System Software
1 72 (66.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (39.45%) Active Directory
3 33 (30.28%) vSphere
4 29 (26.61%) VMware NSX
5 15 (13.76%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (12.84%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (8.26%) vCloud
8 8 (7.34%) Firmware
9 4 (3.67%) Docker
9 4 (3.67%) VMware Server
10 2 (1.83%) Hyper-V
10 2 (1.83%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.92%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (3.67%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.67%) SCCM
1 4 (3.67%) vCenter Server
1 4 (3.67%) vRealize
1 4 (3.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 72 (66.06%) VMware
2 35 (32.11%) Microsoft
3 24 (22.02%) Cisco
4 19 (17.43%) Veeam
5 12 (11.01%) HP
6 9 (8.26%) Fujitsu
7 7 (6.42%) Fortinet
8 6 (5.50%) Juniper
8 6 (5.50%) Splunk
9 5 (4.59%) Avaya
9 5 (4.59%) BT
9 5 (4.59%) Mitel
9 5 (4.59%) SolarWinds
9 5 (4.59%) Zscaler
10 4 (3.67%) Google
11 1 (0.92%) Aderant
11 1 (0.92%) Citrix
11 1 (0.92%) iManage
11 1 (0.92%) Sophos