Virtual Servers
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Servers skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Servers 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 742 843 969
Rank change year-on-year +101 +126 -258
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 162 150 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the System Software category 1.33% 0.94% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 130 135 200
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,478 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £67,813 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £81,375 £105,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +1.19%

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Servers 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 Servers
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Servers 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 +108 159 £40,478 -26.40% 51
UK excluding London +45 116 £40,000 -5.88% 36
Work from Home +88 51 £50,000 -23.08% 15
London +105 43 £63,000 +5.00% 17
South East +10 43 £44,000 -20.00% 9
Midlands +46 34 £40,000 +5.26% 9
North of England +68 25 £37,500 +4.17% 2
West Midlands +40 24 £36,298 -11.47% 6
North East +10 17 £37,500 +4.17%
East of England +17 11 £50,000 +25.00% 7
East Midlands +4 10 £45,000 +28.57% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £22,500 - 1
North West +5 3 £47,500 +35.71% 1
South West -33 3 £26,250 -35.98% 9

Virtual Servers
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 24 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (12.96%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.32%) IIS
4 2 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.23%) Resin
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.62%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 92 (56.79%) Azure
2 60 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (24.69%) AWS
4 16 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.88%) Nutanix
5 5 (3.09%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.85%) IaaS
7 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.23%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.23%) GitHub
7 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.23%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.62%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.62%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.62%) PaaS
8 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 68 (41.98%) DNS
2 43 (26.54%) Firewall
3 35 (21.60%) DHCP
4 27 (16.67%) SAN
5 19 (11.73%) TCP/IP
6 18 (11.11%) VPN
7 13 (8.02%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (4.94%) LAN
8 8 (4.94%) VLAN
8 8 (4.94%) Wireless
9 7 (4.32%) NAS
9 7 (4.32%) WAN
10 5 (3.09%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (2.47%) iSCSI
12 3 (1.85%) Unified Communications
13 2 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (1.23%) HSRP
13 2 (1.23%) NetScaler
13 2 (1.23%) RIP
13 2 (1.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.47%) Git
1 4 (2.47%) Subversion
2 2 (1.23%) JIRA
3 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.64%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.17%) Manufacturing
4 9 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.32%) Finance
7 5 (3.09%) Automotive
7 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.47%) Legal
8 4 (2.47%) Military
9 3 (1.85%) Local Government
10 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.23%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (15.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (12.96%) IT Engineer
3 20 (12.35%) Administrator
4 19 (11.73%) Architect
5 18 (11.11%) Senior
6 15 (9.26%) Storage Specialist
7 14 (8.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 11 (6.79%) Analyst
10 9 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
10 9 (5.56%) Technical Architect
11 8 (4.94%) IT Support
11 8 (4.94%) Lead
11 8 (4.94%) Server Specialist
12 7 (4.32%) Cloud Specialist
12 7 (4.32%) ICT Officer
13 6 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 6 (3.70%) IT Analyst
13 6 (3.70%) IT Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.73%) OAuth
1 19 (11.73%) OpenID
1 19 (11.73%) REST
1 19 (11.73%) SAML
2 15 (9.26%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.23%) LAMP
3 2 (1.23%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.26%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.02%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.32%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.32%) PKI
3 7 (4.32%) Replication
4 6 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.85%) CCTV
6 3 (1.85%) CMDB
6 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.85%) IoT
7 2 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.23%) Clustering
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (54.94%) Windows
2 59 (36.42%) Windows Server
3 37 (22.84%) Linux
4 18 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.85%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
3 35 (21.60%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.20%) Agile
6 21 (12.96%) Identity Access Management
7 20 (12.35%) Microservices
7 20 (12.35%) Open Source
7 20 (12.35%) Scrum
8 19 (11.73%) BDD
8 19 (11.73%) DevSecOps
8 19 (11.73%) Digital Identity
8 19 (11.73%) Kanban
8 19 (11.73%) Project Delivery
8 19 (11.73%) TDD
9 18 (11.11%) Customer Service
10 16 (9.88%) Business Continuity
10 16 (9.88%) ITIL
11 15 (9.26%) High Availability
11 15 (9.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.35%) Java
2 18 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 17 (10.49%) SQL
4 6 (3.70%) Bash
5 2 (1.23%) C
5 2 (1.23%) Go
6 1 (0.62%) C++
6 1 (0.62%) Python
6 1 (0.62%) Rust
Qualifications
1 31 (19.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (14.20%) SC Cleared
2 23 (14.20%) Security Cleared
3 22 (13.58%) MCSE
4 20 (12.35%) Degree
5 17 (10.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 14 (8.64%) DBS Check
7 12 (7.41%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.09%) CCNA
8 5 (3.09%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.23%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.23%) CISSP
11 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.23%) MCITP
11 2 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.62%) MCP
12 1 (0.62%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.70%) SLA
2 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.85%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (49.38%) Active Directory
2 50 (30.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (19.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 22 (13.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (10.49%) Hyper-V
6 13 (8.02%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (6.79%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (6.17%) vSphere
9 5 (3.09%) Firmware
10 3 (1.85%) Docker
10 3 (1.85%) pfSense
11 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (1.23%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.62%) Ceph
12 1 (0.62%) NFS
12 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (9.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.32%) vCenter Server
4 6 (3.70%) SCCM
5 5 (3.09%) SCOM
6 4 (2.47%) Autotask
6 4 (2.47%) Terraform
7 3 (1.85%) Ansible
7 3 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.85%) WSUS
8 2 (1.23%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.23%) HP SIM
8 2 (1.23%) PowerCLI
8 2 (1.23%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.23%) vRealize
8 2 (1.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.62%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.62%) Knative
9 1 (0.62%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 80 (49.38%) Microsoft
2 50 (30.86%) VMware
3 27 (16.67%) Veeam
4 20 (12.35%) HP
5 19 (11.73%) Commvault
6 15 (9.26%) Nimble Storage
7 13 (8.02%) Citrix
8 9 (5.56%) Datto
9 8 (4.94%) Cisco
10 7 (4.32%) Dell
10 7 (4.32%) EMC
11 5 (3.09%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (2.47%) Aruba
13 3 (1.85%) Adobe
13 3 (1.85%) Brocade
13 3 (1.85%) Meraki
13 3 (1.85%) NetApp
13 3 (1.85%) Sophos
14 2 (1.23%) BMC
14 2 (1.23%) Veritas