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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 606 748 883
Rank change year-on-year +142 +135 -111
Permanent jobs citing VMS 235 178 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.88% 1.24% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 176 112 94
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £38,100
25th Percentile £50,938 £36,038 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -31.65% +20.87%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £82,125
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £98,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -31.16% +34.63%

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 12,482 14,305 26,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.43% 16.17% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,828 9,827 15,002
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £87,500
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 20 May 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 20 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
London +96 68 £57,500 +53.33% 20
North of England +63 53 £57,500 -11.54% 16
South East +10 46 £57,500 +21.05% 6
North West +15 35 £57,500 -11.54% 12
Midlands +10 30 £57,500 +35.29% 9
South West -6 20 £57,500 +24.32% 4
East Midlands - 17 £57,500 - 6
East of England +17 14 £57,500 -
Yorkshire +88 13 £57,500 -11.54% 3
West Midlands +13 13 £57,500 +35.29% 3
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 28 (11.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (10.21%) SharePoint
3 21 (8.94%) IIS
4 9 (3.83%) WordPress
5 6 (2.55%) Umbraco
6 5 (2.13%) JBoss
6 5 (2.13%) Solana
6 5 (2.13%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.70%) CMS
8 3 (1.28%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.43%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (8.94%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.85%) Shopify
3 1 (0.43%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.43%) Misys Opics
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 139 (59.15%) Azure
2 70 (29.79%) Power Platform
3 38 (16.17%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (11.49%) Entra ID
5 25 (10.64%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (9.79%) OneDrive
7 22 (9.36%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (6.81%) AWS
9 14 (5.96%) PaaS
10 12 (5.11%) IaaS
11 8 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.40%) SaaS
12 7 (2.98%) GCP
12 7 (2.98%) Serverless
13 6 (2.55%) Azure App Service
14 5 (2.13%) Nutanix
15 4 (1.70%) GitHub
15 4 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
16 3 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
16 3 (1.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (31.49%) Firewall
2 63 (26.81%) Broadband
3 51 (21.70%) VPN
3 51 (21.70%) WAN
4 47 (20.00%) LAN
5 38 (16.17%) Internet
6 31 (13.19%) DNS
7 16 (6.81%) iSCSI
7 16 (6.81%) NAS
8 13 (5.53%) Fibre Channel
9 12 (5.11%) SAN
10 11 (4.68%) Network Security
11 10 (4.26%) DHCP
11 10 (4.26%) Wireless
12 7 (2.98%) TCP/IP
13 4 (1.70%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.70%) SNMP
13 4 (1.70%) WLAN
14 3 (1.28%) VLAN
15 2 (0.85%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (40.85%) SQL Server
2 72 (30.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (27.66%) Power BI
4 6 (2.55%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.85%) MySQL
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.43%) Firebird
7 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (8.94%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (3.83%) Octopus Deploy
2 9 (3.83%) TeamCity
3 8 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.98%) GitLab
5 6 (2.55%) Git
General
1 132 (56.17%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.00%) Retail
3 23 (9.79%) Law
4 16 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.96%) Manufacturing
6 9 (3.83%) Finance
6 9 (3.83%) Marketing
7 8 (3.40%) Games
7 8 (3.40%) Legal
7 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.98%) Electronics
8 7 (2.98%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.28%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.85%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.85%) Military
12 1 (0.43%) Banking
12 1 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.43%) Local Government
12 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (26.81%) DBA
1 63 (26.81%) SQL DBA
2 42 (17.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (14.04%) Senior
4 27 (11.49%) Developer
5 25 (10.64%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (9.79%) Architect
7 21 (8.94%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 21 (8.94%) Infrastructure Architect
8 18 (7.66%) Dynamics AX Developer
9 15 (6.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (6.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.11%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.68%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) Analyst
12 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) Software Support Engineer
12 8 (3.40%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.38%) .NET
2 10 (4.26%) LAMP
3 9 (3.83%) ARM Templates
4 8 (3.40%) React
5 5 (2.13%) JSON
6 4 (1.70%) .NET Core
6 4 (1.70%) HTML
6 4 (1.70%) LDAP
6 4 (1.70%) YAML
7 3 (1.28%) CSS
7 3 (1.28%) Node.js
7 3 (1.28%) REST
7 3 (1.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (1.28%) Vue
7 3 (1.28%) XML
8 2 (0.85%) HTML5
8 2 (0.85%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (0.85%) Sass
8 2 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.43%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.68%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (4.26%) Replication
3 9 (3.83%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.40%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.98%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.13%) Blockchain
7 5 (2.13%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.70%) Chip and PIN
8 4 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.70%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (1.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.28%) IoT
10 2 (0.85%) PKI
10 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 107 (45.53%) Windows
2 66 (28.09%) Linux
3 48 (20.43%) Ubuntu
4 36 (15.32%) Windows Server
5 15 (6.38%) Windows 10
6 13 (5.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.83%) Unix
7 9 (3.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.28%) Android
10 3 (1.28%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.28%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.28%) SUSE
10 3 (1.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.85%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.85%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.43%) AIX
12 1 (0.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (31.06%) High Availability
2 72 (30.64%) Collaborative Working
3 67 (28.51%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (28.51%) Performance Tuning
4 63 (26.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 58 (24.68%) DevOps
6 47 (20.00%) Agile
7 43 (18.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 42 (17.87%) Collaborative Culture
9 38 (16.17%) Actionable Insight
9 38 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (15.74%) DevSecOps
11 36 (15.32%) Application Security
12 21 (8.94%) Migration
13 19 (8.09%) CI/CD
14 18 (7.66%) ERP
15 17 (7.23%) Configuration Management
15 17 (7.23%) Customer Service
16 16 (6.81%) Project Management
16 16 (6.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 94 (40.00%) SQL
2 64 (27.23%) T-SQL
3 32 (13.62%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.83%) Java
5 8 (3.40%) Bash
5 8 (3.40%) Bicep
5 8 (3.40%) C#
5 8 (3.40%) Python
6 6 (2.55%) Go
6 6 (2.55%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.70%) Ruby
9 3 (1.28%) Perl
10 2 (0.85%) Scala
11 1 (0.43%) C++
11 1 (0.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 84 (35.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 52 (22.13%) Security Cleared
3 34 (14.47%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.64%) Degree
5 20 (8.51%) Azure Certification
6 13 (5.53%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.13%) HNC
8 5 (2.13%) HND
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.85%) MCSA
9 2 (0.85%) MCSE
10 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.13%) QA
3 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.85%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 85 (36.17%) Virtual Machines
2 82 (34.89%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.81%) Docker
3 16 (6.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (6.38%) Hyper-V
5 11 (4.68%) vSphere
6 8 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.70%) pfSense
7 4 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.28%) Ceph
8 3 (1.28%) Gluster
8 3 (1.28%) KVM
8 3 (1.28%) oVirt
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 50 (21.28%) Terraform
2 40 (17.02%) Ansible
3 26 (11.06%) Kubernetes
4 21 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (6.81%) SCCM
6 11 (4.68%) WSUS
7 4 (1.70%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.28%) Grafana
8 3 (1.28%) Graylog
8 3 (1.28%) Nessus
8 3 (1.28%) Observium
8 3 (1.28%) Puppet
8 3 (1.28%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.85%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 125 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.17%) VMware
3 17 (7.23%) Veeam
4 15 (6.38%) Oracle
5 13 (5.53%) Citrix
5 13 (5.53%) Zerto
6 10 (4.26%) Apple
7 9 (3.83%) Aruba
7 9 (3.83%) Cisco
7 9 (3.83%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.83%) ProCurve
7 9 (3.83%) Synology
8 6 (2.55%) Dell
9 5 (2.13%) Google
9 5 (2.13%) SAP
10 4 (1.70%) BroadSoft
10 4 (1.70%) Brocade
10 4 (1.70%) Dell Compellent
10 4 (1.70%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.70%) QNAP