Virtual Machines Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Virtual Machines skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 187 498
Rank change year-on-year -216 +311 -59
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 426 1,049 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 1.90% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 4.74% 12.08% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 353 199 208
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,500 £34,956
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,250 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% +15.14% +2.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,652 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +4.48%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

Virtual Machines falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,992 8,687 12,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.23% 15.72% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 6,949 5,557 8,325
10th Percentile £25,725 £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

Virtual Machines
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Machines as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machines
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -84 134 £60,000 - 16
North of England -115 93 £55,000 +15.79% 15
South West -96 59 £55,000 +46.67% 14
Midlands -125 55 £46,250 -22.92% 17
North West -95 42 £57,500 -11.54% 6
East of England -37 39 £57,500 +48.39% 10
Yorkshire -14 36 £42,500 -1.59% 7
West Midlands -65 36 £48,750 -13.91% 11
Wales -31 27 £45,000 +5.88%
Scotland -176 20 £57,500 +4.77% 3
East Midlands -72 19 £46,250 -31.48% 6
North East -9 15 £56,250 -2.17% 2
Virtual Machines
UK

Virtual Machines
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 67 (15.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (9.62%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.88%) IIS
4 6 (1.41%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.94%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.70%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.47%) Confluence
7 2 (0.47%) Resin
7 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 304 (71.36%) Azure
2 111 (26.06%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (19.72%) Entra ID
4 80 (18.78%) Power Platform
5 45 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (10.56%) IaaS
6 38 (8.92%) AWS
7 37 (8.69%) SaaS
8 36 (8.45%) Azure Storage
9 30 (7.04%) Azure Monitor
10 27 (6.34%) Nutanix
11 21 (4.93%) Serverless
12 19 (4.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (4.23%) GitHub
14 17 (3.99%) PaaS
15 15 (3.52%) Amazon S3
16 13 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (3.05%) Azure Functions
16 13 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
17 12 (2.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 95 (22.30%) Firewall
2 82 (19.25%) DNS
3 76 (17.84%) Broadband
4 65 (15.26%) VPN
5 49 (11.50%) DHCP
6 28 (6.57%) LAN
7 26 (6.10%) VLAN
8 24 (5.63%) WAN
9 16 (3.76%) 5G
10 15 (3.52%) SAN
11 13 (3.05%) HTTP
11 13 (3.05%) Internet
11 13 (3.05%) Wireless
12 11 (2.58%) TCP/IP
12 11 (2.58%) VoIP
13 10 (2.35%) iSCSI
13 10 (2.35%) Unified Communications
14 9 (2.11%) NAS
14 9 (2.11%) Network Security
15 6 (1.41%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (27.00%) SQL Server
2 88 (20.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (18.78%) Power BI
4 9 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.94%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.70%) Big Data
8 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.47%) MySQL
8 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.47%) Tableau
9 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 48 (11.27%) Git
2 19 (4.46%) JIRA
3 11 (2.58%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.35%) Trac
5 1 (0.23%) eggPlant
5 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 198 (46.48%) Social Skills
2 71 (16.67%) Finance
3 42 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.16%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.82%) Games
6 11 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.64%) Banking
8 7 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.41%) Automotive
9 6 (1.41%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.41%) Local Government
10 5 (1.17%) Electronics
11 4 (0.94%) Back Office
11 4 (0.94%) Law
11 4 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Retail
12 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.47%) Advertising
13 2 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (19.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (17.37%) DBA
2 74 (17.37%) SQL DBA
3 45 (10.56%) Senior
4 44 (10.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (7.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (6.10%) IT Support
7 25 (5.87%) Architect
7 25 (5.87%) Azure Engineer
8 23 (5.40%) IT Engineer
9 22 (5.16%) DevOps Engineer
9 22 (5.16%) Support Specialist
10 19 (4.46%) Active Directory Specialist
10 19 (4.46%) Active Directory Support
10 19 (4.46%) Azure Specialist
11 18 (4.23%) Support Engineer
12 16 (3.76%) Infrastructure Architect
12 16 (3.76%) IT Technician
12 16 (3.76%) Lead
13 15 (3.52%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.45%) ARM Templates
2 27 (6.34%) .NET
3 10 (2.35%) JWT
3 10 (2.35%) RESTful
4 7 (1.64%) YAML
5 3 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.70%) Flash
6 2 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.47%) ADO
6 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.47%) Ionic Framework
6 2 (0.47%) JSON
6 2 (0.47%) REST
6 2 (0.47%) SOAP
6 2 (0.47%) XML
7 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.15%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (8.22%) Data Centre
3 22 (5.16%) IoT
4 21 (4.93%) PKI
5 20 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (3.52%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.58%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.11%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.88%) Replication
10 7 (1.64%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.41%) CCTV
11 6 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.17%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.94%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.70%) EPoS
14 3 (0.70%) IBM Storwize
14 3 (0.70%) Smartcard
15 2 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
15 2 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 184 (43.19%) Windows
2 120 (28.17%) Windows Server
3 96 (22.54%) Linux
4 84 (19.72%) VMS
5 38 (8.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (7.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (5.87%) Windows 10
8 17 (3.99%) Unix
9 14 (3.29%) Ubuntu
10 10 (2.35%) Debian
11 9 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.88%) AIX
12 8 (1.88%) Solaris
13 7 (1.64%) Android
13 7 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.94%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.70%) CentOS
15 3 (0.70%) SUSE
15 3 (0.70%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (33.10%) Disaster Recovery
2 132 (30.99%) DevOps
3 94 (22.07%) Collaborative Working
3 94 (22.07%) High Availability
4 90 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (20.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 80 (18.78%) Business Intelligence
7 74 (17.37%) Performance Tuning
8 70 (16.43%) ITIL
9 62 (14.55%) CI/CD
10 56 (13.15%) Network Virtualisation
11 54 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
12 38 (8.92%) Agile
13 36 (8.45%) Task Automation
14 34 (7.98%) Containerisation
15 33 (7.75%) Identity Management
16 31 (7.28%) Configuration Management
17 30 (7.04%) Actionable Insight
17 30 (7.04%) Release Management
17 30 (7.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 117 (27.46%) SQL
2 98 (23.00%) PowerShell
3 90 (21.13%) T-SQL
4 54 (12.68%) Bash
5 53 (12.44%) Python
6 41 (9.62%) C#
7 39 (9.15%) Bicep
8 23 (5.40%) Perl
9 19 (4.46%) VB
9 19 (4.46%) VBScript
10 9 (2.11%) Java
11 8 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (1.41%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.94%) Ruby
14 3 (0.70%) Go
15 2 (0.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 88 (20.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 60 (14.08%) Degree
3 52 (12.21%) Security Cleared
4 34 (7.98%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.46%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (3.29%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.88%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.41%) MCP
10 2 (0.47%) CCNA
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CCNP
11 1 (0.23%) CISM
11 1 (0.23%) CISSP
11 1 (0.23%) GIAC
11 1 (0.23%) ISEB
11 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.35%) GDPR
5 7 (1.64%) PMO
6 6 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.94%) SLA
8 3 (0.70%) QA
9 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 147 (34.51%) Active Directory
2 83 (19.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (14.79%) Hyper-V
4 38 (8.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 29 (6.81%) Docker
6 24 (5.63%) vSphere
7 16 (3.76%) pfSense
8 15 (3.52%) Firmware
9 14 (3.29%) NFS
10 11 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (1.17%) XenApp
13 4 (0.94%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 4 (0.94%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.70%) Ceph
14 3 (0.70%) Gluster
14 3 (0.70%) KVM
14 3 (0.70%) oVirt
15 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 45 (10.56%) Terraform
2 42 (9.86%) Kubernetes
3 36 (8.45%) Ansible
4 35 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (6.81%) SCCM
6 22 (5.16%) ZABBIX
7 21 (4.93%) SCOM
8 20 (4.69%) Grafana
9 19 (4.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (4.46%) WSUS
10 16 (3.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (3.76%) SCDPM
11 4 (0.94%) Nagios
12 3 (0.70%) Graylog
12 3 (0.70%) Observium
12 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.70%) Puppet
12 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.70%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.23%) Istio
Vendors
1 239 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 106 (24.88%) VMware
3 26 (6.10%) Veeam
4 21 (4.93%) Fortinet
5 17 (3.99%) Juniper
6 12 (2.82%) Oracle
7 11 (2.58%) Cisco
7 11 (2.58%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.35%) McAfee
9 7 (1.64%) Citrix
9 7 (1.64%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.41%) Dell
10 6 (1.41%) Dell Compellent
10 6 (1.41%) Epicor
10 6 (1.41%) ForgeRock
10 6 (1.41%) Google
10 6 (1.41%) HP
10 6 (1.41%) Sitecore
11 5 (1.17%) Meraki
12 4 (0.94%) Commvault