Virtual Environments
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Environments skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Environments over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 839 908
Rank change year-on-year +30 +69 -126
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Environments 81 138 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.15% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 56 86 172
10th Percentile £26,375 £25,250 £26,518
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £43,743 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% -2.79% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £70,625 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -11.76% +6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Virtual Environments is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Virtual Environments
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Environments over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Environments in the UK

Virtual Environments
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Environments within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +41 76 £40,000 -8.49% 38
UK excluding London -51 70 £37,500 - 26
South East +7 31 £35,000 +31.15% 5
Work from Home +44 25 £48,000 +15.66% 18
North of England +35 13 £38,750 +10.71% 10
Midlands -11 11 £50,000 -4.76% 7
West Midlands +13 9 £50,000 +5.26% 3
London +83 8 £72,500 +26.09% 11
South West -20 8 £33,500 -6.94% 3
North East - 7 £42,500 - 1
Yorkshire +59 6 £37,500 +7.14% 2
East of England -5 3 £57,500 +53.33% 2
Wales - 3 £27,000 -
East Midlands -11 2 £30,750 -41.43% 4
Scotland -66 1 £33,500 -39.09% 1

Virtual Environments
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 28 (34.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (19.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (16.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 29 (35.80%) Azure
1 29 (35.80%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (18.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.47%) AWS
3 2 (2.47%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (1.23%) GitHub
4 1 (1.23%) IaaS
4 1 (1.23%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (48.15%) Firewall
2 25 (30.86%) DNS
3 24 (29.63%) DHCP
4 23 (28.40%) LAN
4 23 (28.40%) WAN
5 12 (14.81%) SAN
5 12 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (12.35%) TCP/IP
6 10 (12.35%) VPN
7 9 (11.11%) Network Security
8 8 (9.88%) Internet
8 8 (9.88%) NAS
8 8 (9.88%) VLAN
9 7 (8.64%) SSL
10 5 (6.17%) VoIP
11 4 (4.94%) Wireless
12 2 (2.47%) BGP
12 2 (2.47%) OSPF
12 2 (2.47%) SD-WAN
12 2 (2.47%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Artifactory
1 1 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.23%) GitLab
1 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.23%) JIRA
1 1 (1.23%) Zephyr
General
1 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (18.52%) Pharmaceutical
3 13 (16.05%) Influencing Skills
3 13 (16.05%) Legal
4 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.11%) Marketing
6 6 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.94%) Finance
7 4 (4.94%) Welsh Language
8 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.47%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.47%) Automotive
9 2 (2.47%) Electronics
9 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (24.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (16.05%) Project Manager
3 10 (12.35%) IT Support
4 9 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Network Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) SOC Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Technical Support
7 6 (7.41%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) IT Support Technician
8 5 (6.17%) IT Technician
8 5 (6.17%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.94%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Project Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.23%) .NET
2 1 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.23%) Kafka
2 1 (1.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Data Centre
1 10 (12.35%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (8.64%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.41%) CCTV
3 6 (7.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (4.94%) Replication
5 3 (3.70%) Clustering
6 2 (2.47%) CMDB
6 2 (2.47%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (2.47%) Molecular Biology
6 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.47%) PKI
6 2 (2.47%) Smartcard
7 1 (1.23%) Life Science
7 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (55.56%) Windows
2 27 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 18 (22.22%) Linux
4 16 (19.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (18.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (13.58%) Windows 10
7 10 (12.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.47%) Android
8 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.57%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (24.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (20.99%) Mentoring
3 17 (20.99%) Service Delivery
4 15 (18.52%) Biotechnology
5 13 (16.05%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (16.05%) Computer Science
5 13 (16.05%) Creative Thinking
5 13 (16.05%) Risk Management
6 11 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (12.35%) Time Management
8 9 (11.11%) Customer Service
8 9 (11.11%) ITIL
9 7 (8.64%) Energy Management
9 7 (8.64%) Operations Management
10 6 (7.41%) Client Onboarding
10 6 (7.41%) Communications Security
10 6 (7.41%) Product Management
10 6 (7.41%) Security Hardening
10 6 (7.41%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.16%) SQL
2 7 (8.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.23%) Bash
3 1 (1.23%) C++
3 1 (1.23%) Java
3 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.23%) Perl
3 1 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (25.93%) Degree
2 13 (16.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (13.58%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (11.11%) CCNA
6 7 (8.64%) MCP
6 7 (8.64%) MCSA
6 7 (8.64%) MCSE
7 6 (7.41%) CISA
7 6 (7.41%) CISSP
7 6 (7.41%) GIAC
7 6 (7.41%) JNCIA
8 4 (4.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.47%) CCIE
9 2 (2.47%) CCNP
9 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.23%) HNC
10 1 (1.23%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.64%) Good Clinical Practice
2 5 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.17%) SLA
3 3 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 38 (46.91%) Active Directory
2 25 (30.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (19.75%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.41%) vSphere
5 4 (4.94%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.23%) Docker
7 1 (1.23%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (16.05%) SCOM
2 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (7.41%) SCCM
4 4 (4.94%) WSUS
5 3 (3.70%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (2.47%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.23%) Ansible
7 1 (1.23%) Autotask
7 1 (1.23%) Grafana
7 1 (1.23%) Kibana
7 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.23%) logstash
7 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.23%) Puppet
7 1 (1.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 35 (43.21%) Microsoft
2 25 (30.86%) VMware
3 7 (8.64%) Splunk
4 6 (7.41%) Juniper
5 4 (4.94%) Cisco
5 4 (4.94%) Veeam
5 4 (4.94%) WatchGuard
6 3 (3.70%) Draytek
6 3 (3.70%) Meraki
6 3 (3.70%) NETGEAR
6 3 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (2.47%) BMC
7 2 (2.47%) Citrix
8 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.23%) NetApp
8 1 (1.23%) Red Hat