Virtual Machine (VM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 320 548
Rank change year-on-year -129 +228 +11
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 537 1,099 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 1.06% 0.59%
As % of the System Software category 4.39% 6.92% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 436 312 369
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,200 £31,100
25th Percentile £45,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,875 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,882 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.77% +21.96% -

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,221 15,884 28,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.39% 15.31% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,686 10,479 15,796
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,954 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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
England -61 480 £57,500 -4.17% 117
UK excluding London -159 412 £57,500 +4.77% 73
Work from Home +129 289 £57,500 -4.17% 53
South East -42 126 £60,000 +10.09% 20
London +72 107 £75,000 +3.45% 49
North of England -44 89 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Midlands -55 60 £46,250 -14.55% 13
South West -78 50 £56,250 +50.00% 16
North West -42 40 £57,500 -6.12% 6
Yorkshire +22 37 £41,250 -13.16% 7
West Midlands -33 37 £48,750 -8.45% 4
East of England -9 36 £55,000 +69.23% 9
Wales -17 32 £45,000 -6.98% 1
East Midlands -28 23 £46,250 -31.48% 9
Scotland -156 19 £57,500 +4.55% 3
North East +1 12 £55,000 -4.35%

Virtual Machines
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 69 (12.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (8.38%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.42%) IIS
4 9 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.49%) Apache
6 7 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.12%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.93%) Confluence
8 5 (0.93%) Solana
9 3 (0.56%) CloudStack
9 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.37%) Resin
10 2 (0.37%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Opics
2 1 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 382 (71.14%) Azure
2 124 (23.09%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (16.20%) Power Platform
4 81 (15.08%) Entra ID
5 74 (13.78%) AWS
6 72 (13.41%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (10.06%) IaaS
8 52 (9.68%) Serverless
9 48 (8.94%) SaaS
10 43 (8.01%) Azure Monitor
11 37 (6.89%) Azure Functions
12 36 (6.70%) Azure Storage
13 30 (5.59%) PaaS
14 29 (5.40%) Azure AKS
14 29 (5.40%) GitHub
15 27 (5.03%) Amazon S3
16 26 (4.84%) Azure App Service
16 26 (4.84%) Nutanix
17 25 (4.66%) GCP
18 24 (4.47%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 102 (18.99%) Firewall
2 91 (16.95%) DNS
3 76 (14.15%) Broadband
4 72 (13.41%) VPN
5 51 (9.50%) DHCP
6 28 (5.21%) LAN
7 26 (4.84%) WAN
8 24 (4.47%) VLAN
9 22 (4.10%) SAN
10 21 (3.91%) Wireless
11 20 (3.72%) HTTP
12 19 (3.54%) Internet
13 17 (3.17%) Network Security
14 16 (2.98%) 5G
14 16 (2.98%) VoIP
15 13 (2.42%) TCP/IP
16 12 (2.23%) NetScaler
17 10 (1.86%) iSCSI
17 10 (1.86%) NAS
18 9 (1.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (23.46%) SQL Server
2 93 (17.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 82 (15.27%) Power BI
4 19 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.30%) Apache Hive
6 7 (1.30%) Presto
7 6 (1.12%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.56%) Big Data
10 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.37%) MySQL
11 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (9.12%) Git
2 31 (5.77%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.47%) JIRA
4 12 (2.23%) GitLab
5 10 (1.86%) Trac
6 8 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
6 8 (1.49%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.93%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.56%) JUnit
9 3 (0.56%) Selenium
9 3 (0.56%) Subversion
9 3 (0.56%) TestNG
9 3 (0.56%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
General
1 223 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.55%) Finance
3 36 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.21%) Banking
4 28 (5.21%) Games
5 22 (4.10%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.79%) Automotive
8 14 (2.61%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.05%) Electronics
9 11 (2.05%) Retail
10 7 (1.30%) Law
10 7 (1.30%) Marketing
10 7 (1.30%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.12%) Local Government
12 4 (0.74%) Back Office
12 4 (0.74%) Legal
12 4 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (17.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (14.15%) DBA
2 76 (14.15%) SQL DBA
3 63 (11.73%) Senior
4 50 (9.31%) Architect
5 39 (7.26%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (6.70%) DevOps Engineer
7 32 (5.96%) Lead
7 32 (5.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (5.03%) IT Support
9 24 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
10 23 (4.28%) Support Engineer
11 22 (4.10%) IT Engineer
12 20 (3.72%) Infrastructure Architect
12 20 (3.72%) Security Architect
13 18 (3.35%) Support Specialist
14 16 (2.98%) Analyst
14 16 (2.98%) Consultant
14 16 (2.98%) IT Technician
15 15 (2.79%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.82%) ARM Templates
2 40 (7.45%) .NET
3 19 (3.54%) JWT
4 17 (3.17%) RESTful
5 10 (1.86%) http4s
5 10 (1.86%) Lambda Expressions
6 7 (1.30%) REST
7 5 (0.93%) React
8 4 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.56%) Flash
10 2 (0.37%) ADO
10 2 (0.37%) JSON
10 2 (0.37%) OAuth
10 2 (0.37%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.37%) SOAP
10 2 (0.37%) Swagger
10 2 (0.37%) XML
11 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.19%) Bazel
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.26%) Data Centre
2 35 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.28%) Mobile App
6 22 (4.10%) PKI
7 21 (3.91%) Cloud Native
8 17 (3.17%) IoT
9 12 (2.23%) Replication
10 11 (2.05%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.30%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.12%) CCTV
13 6 (1.12%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.93%) Blockchain
14 5 (0.93%) Clustering
14 5 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
15 3 (0.56%) EPoS
15 3 (0.56%) IBM Storwize
Operating Systems
1 234 (43.58%) Windows
2 141 (26.26%) Windows Server
3 110 (20.48%) Linux
4 102 (18.99%) VMS
5 43 (8.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 38 (7.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (5.21%) Windows 10
8 23 (4.28%) Unix
9 14 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (2.42%) Ubuntu
11 9 (1.68%) AIX
11 9 (1.68%) Debian
11 9 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.49%) Solaris
12 8 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.30%) CentOS
14 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.93%) Android
16 3 (0.56%) SUSE
16 3 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (30.91%) DevOps
2 151 (28.12%) Disaster Recovery
3 105 (19.55%) High Availability
4 99 (18.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 96 (17.88%) CI/CD
6 95 (17.69%) Collaborative Working
6 95 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (15.27%) Business Intelligence
8 79 (14.71%) Performance Tuning
9 75 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 72 (13.41%) Containerisation
11 67 (12.48%) Agile
12 65 (12.10%) Network Virtualisation
13 64 (11.92%) ITIL
14 52 (9.68%) Configuration Management
15 45 (8.38%) Microservices
16 44 (8.19%) Actionable Insight
17 38 (7.08%) Computer Science
18 36 (6.70%) Identity Access Management
18 36 (6.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (23.46%) SQL
2 117 (21.79%) PowerShell
3 98 (18.25%) T-SQL
4 71 (13.22%) Python
5 62 (11.55%) Bash
6 40 (7.45%) C#
7 36 (6.70%) Bicep
8 35 (6.52%) Java
9 19 (3.54%) Perl
10 15 (2.79%) VB
11 14 (2.61%) VBScript
12 10 (1.86%) Go
12 10 (1.86%) Kotlin
12 10 (1.86%) Scala
13 9 (1.68%) Ruby
14 6 (1.12%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.93%) JavaScript
15 5 (0.93%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.74%) Rust
17 2 (0.37%) Lua
Qualifications
1 97 (18.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 74 (13.78%) Degree
3 68 (12.66%) Security Cleared
4 36 (6.70%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.66%) Azure Certification
5 25 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (1.86%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.12%) MCP
11 5 (0.93%) ISEB
11 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.56%) CCNA
12 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.56%) CISSP
12 3 (0.56%) MCSE
13 2 (0.37%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (2.79%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (2.79%) QA
3 10 (1.86%) GDPR
3 10 (1.86%) PMO
4 7 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (1.30%) SLA
5 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.19%) GRC
6 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 151 (28.12%) Active Directory
2 101 (18.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (13.59%) Hyper-V
4 56 (10.43%) Docker
5 29 (5.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 29 (5.40%) vSphere
6 22 (4.10%) Firmware
7 16 (2.98%) pfSense
7 16 (2.98%) VMware ESXi
8 13 (2.42%) NFS
9 11 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (1.30%) XenApp
11 6 (1.12%) XenDesktop
12 5 (0.93%) Ceph
12 5 (0.93%) KVM
13 3 (0.56%) Gluster
13 3 (0.56%) oVirt
13 3 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 3 (0.56%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (15.64%) Terraform
2 81 (15.08%) Kubernetes
3 53 (9.87%) Ansible
4 38 (7.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (5.77%) SCCM
6 25 (4.66%) ZABBIX
7 22 (4.10%) SCOM
8 21 (3.91%) Grafana
9 20 (3.72%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (2.98%) SCDPM
10 16 (2.98%) WSUS
11 14 (2.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (2.61%) Puppet
12 10 (1.86%) Progress Chef
12 10 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.49%) vCenter Server
14 6 (1.12%) Nagios
15 5 (0.93%) FortiGate
15 5 (0.93%) Prometheus
16 4 (0.74%) CASB
Vendors
1 298 (55.49%) Microsoft
2 129 (24.02%) VMware
3 34 (6.33%) Veeam
4 28 (5.21%) Cisco
5 25 (4.66%) Fortinet
6 20 (3.72%) Citrix
6 20 (3.72%) Google
7 17 (3.17%) Juniper
8 15 (2.79%) ForgeRock
8 15 (2.79%) Red Hat
8 15 (2.79%) Sitecore
9 14 (2.61%) HP
10 13 (2.42%) Oracle
11 12 (2.23%) Commvault
12 10 (1.86%) McAfee
12 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.30%) Databricks
13 7 (1.30%) Dell
13 7 (1.30%) Meraki
14 6 (1.12%) Epicor