VMS Jobs in England

VMS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring VMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VMS over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 620 732 887
Rank change year-on-year +112 +155 -80
Permanent jobs citing VMS 246 162 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.90% 1.20% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 181 98 87
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,250 £40,750
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £80,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.05% -26.92% +23.81%

All Operating Systems
England

VMS falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 12,931 13,471 27,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.53% 16.41% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,873 9,383 14,802
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
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 £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 13 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 13 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 +82 67 £57,500 +43.75% 13
North of England +47 56 £57,500 -11.54% 12
South East -29 45 £57,500 +21.05% 7
Midlands -8 38 £57,500 +48.39% 9
North West +1 37 £57,500 -11.54% 7
South West -22 22 £57,500 +24.32% 2
East Midlands - 22 £57,500 - 8
West Midlands -3 16 £57,500 +48.39% 1
Yorkshire +73 14 £57,500 -11.54% 4
East of England +2 14 £57,500 -
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 (11.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (9.76%) IIS
2 24 (9.76%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.66%) Umbraco
3 9 (3.66%) WordPress
4 5 (2.03%) JBoss
4 5 (2.03%) Solana
4 5 (2.03%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.63%) CMS
6 3 (1.22%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.41%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.03%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (8.54%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.81%) 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
1 147 (59.76%) Azure
2 70 (28.46%) Power Platform
3 38 (15.45%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (11.79%) Entra ID
5 28 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (10.16%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (9.35%) OneDrive
8 14 (5.69%) AWS
9 13 (5.28%) PaaS
10 11 (4.47%) IaaS
11 10 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.85%) SaaS
12 7 (2.85%) Serverless
13 6 (2.44%) Azure App Service
13 6 (2.44%) GCP
14 5 (2.03%) Figma
14 5 (2.03%) Nutanix
15 4 (1.63%) GitHub
15 4 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
16 3 (1.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 76 (30.89%) Firewall
2 63 (25.61%) Broadband
3 55 (22.36%) WAN
4 51 (20.73%) LAN
4 51 (20.73%) VPN
5 39 (15.85%) Internet
6 32 (13.01%) DNS
7 17 (6.91%) NAS
8 16 (6.50%) iSCSI
9 13 (5.28%) Fibre Channel
9 13 (5.28%) SAN
10 12 (4.88%) DHCP
11 11 (4.47%) Network Security
12 10 (4.07%) Wireless
13 8 (3.25%) TCP/IP
14 4 (1.63%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.63%) SNMP
14 4 (1.63%) WLAN
15 3 (1.22%) 4G
15 3 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (40.24%) SQL Server
2 72 (29.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 65 (26.42%) Power BI
4 6 (2.44%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.81%) 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 (8.54%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (4.07%) Git
3 9 (3.66%) Octopus Deploy
3 9 (3.66%) TeamCity
4 7 (2.85%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.44%) GitLab
6 2 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 139 (56.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (19.11%) Retail
3 25 (10.16%) Law
4 19 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.10%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.07%) Electronics
7 9 (3.66%) Finance
8 8 (3.25%) Legal
8 8 (3.25%) Marketing
9 7 (2.85%) Games
9 7 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.85%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.22%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.81%) Military
13 1 (0.41%) Banking
13 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.41%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.41%) Local Government
13 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (25.61%) DBA
1 63 (25.61%) SQL DBA
2 45 (18.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (15.04%) Senior
4 30 (12.20%) Developer
5 28 (11.38%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (8.54%) Architect
6 21 (8.54%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 19 (7.72%) Infrastructure Architect
8 18 (7.32%) Dynamics AX Developer
8 18 (7.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (6.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.47%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Analyst
12 8 (3.25%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Software Support Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.72%) .NET
2 10 (4.07%) LAMP
3 9 (3.66%) ARM Templates
4 8 (3.25%) JSON
5 7 (2.85%) .NET Core
5 7 (2.85%) HTML
5 7 (2.85%) React
6 6 (2.44%) CSS
6 6 (2.44%) REST
6 6 (2.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 6 (2.44%) Vue
6 6 (2.44%) XML
6 6 (2.44%) YAML
7 5 (2.03%) HTML5
7 5 (2.03%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (2.03%) Sass
7 5 (2.03%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (1.63%) LDAP
9 2 (0.81%) Loki
10 1 (0.41%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (4.47%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (4.07%) Replication
4 8 (3.25%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.85%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.85%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.03%) Blockchain
7 5 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.63%) Chip and PIN
8 4 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.63%) IoT
8 4 (1.63%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (1.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.22%) CCTV
10 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.81%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 111 (45.12%) Windows
2 66 (26.83%) Linux
3 49 (19.92%) Ubuntu
4 36 (14.63%) Windows Server
5 16 (6.50%) Windows 10
6 13 (5.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.66%) Unix
7 9 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.22%) Android
10 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.22%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.22%) SUSE
10 3 (1.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (1.22%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.81%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.41%) AIX
12 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (30.08%) Collaborative Working
2 72 (29.27%) High Availability
3 67 (27.24%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (27.24%) Performance Tuning
4 63 (25.61%) DevOps
4 63 (25.61%) Disaster Recovery
5 46 (18.70%) Agile
5 46 (18.70%) Collaborative Culture
5 46 (18.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.85%) DevSecOps
7 37 (15.04%) Application Security
8 36 (14.63%) Actionable Insight
9 21 (8.54%) Migration
10 18 (7.32%) CI/CD
10 18 (7.32%) Configuration Management
10 18 (7.32%) Customer Service
10 18 (7.32%) ERP
11 17 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (6.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (39.43%) SQL
2 64 (26.02%) T-SQL
3 32 (13.01%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.47%) C#
5 10 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.66%) Java
7 8 (3.25%) Bash
7 8 (3.25%) Bicep
7 8 (3.25%) Python
8 6 (2.44%) Go
9 5 (2.03%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.63%) Ruby
11 3 (1.22%) Perl
12 1 (0.41%) C++
12 1 (0.41%) PHP
12 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.41%) Scala
12 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 85 (34.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 55 (22.36%) Security Cleared
3 37 (15.04%) DV Cleared
4 28 (11.38%) Degree
5 23 (9.35%) Azure Certification
6 12 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.03%) HNC
8 5 (2.03%) HND
9 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.81%) MCSA
9 2 (0.81%) MCSE
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) MCP
10 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.63%) QA
5 3 (1.22%) SLA
6 2 (0.81%) GDPR
6 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 86 (34.96%) Active Directory
2 85 (34.55%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (6.50%) Hyper-V
3 16 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.69%) Docker
5 11 (4.47%) vSphere
6 8 (3.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.63%) pfSense
8 3 (1.22%) Ceph
8 3 (1.22%) Gluster
8 3 (1.22%) KVM
8 3 (1.22%) oVirt
8 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 53 (21.54%) Terraform
2 42 (17.07%) Ansible
3 26 (10.57%) Kubernetes
4 21 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (6.50%) SCCM
6 10 (4.07%) WSUS
7 6 (2.44%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.22%) Graylog
8 3 (1.22%) Observium
8 3 (1.22%) Puppet
8 3 (1.22%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.81%) Grafana
9 2 (0.81%) Nessus
9 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 134 (54.47%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.85%) VMware
3 17 (6.91%) Veeam
4 15 (6.10%) Oracle
5 14 (5.69%) Citrix
6 13 (5.28%) Zerto
7 10 (4.07%) Apple
8 9 (3.66%) Aruba
8 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.66%) ProCurve
8 9 (3.66%) Synology
9 8 (3.25%) Cisco
10 5 (2.03%) Adobe
10 5 (2.03%) Dell
10 5 (2.03%) Google
10 5 (2.03%) SAP
10 5 (2.03%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (1.63%) BroadSoft
11 4 (1.63%) Dell Compellent
11 4 (1.63%) QNAP