Virtual Machine (VM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Machines skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 451 307 557
Rank change year-on-year -144 +250 +7
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 532 1,142 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 1.13% 0.58%
As % of the System Software category 4.41% 7.35% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 436 313 363
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £41,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £67,813 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,750 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% +20.00% -

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Machines 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 12,077 15,532 28,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.19% 15.33% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,571 10,270 15,579
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
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 £85,000 £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 Machines
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Machines over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Machines in the UK

Virtual Machines
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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 -74 475 £57,500 -4.17% 94
UK excluding London -173 409 £57,500 +6.48% 63
Work from Home +119 284 £57,500 -4.17% 41
South East -58 123 £59,000 +7.27% 17
London +53 106 £77,500 +6.90% 38
North of England -45 89 £52,500 -4.55% 12
Midlands -84 58 £46,250 -14.55% 12
South West -78 52 £55,000 +46.67% 13
North West -43 40 £57,500 - 6
Yorkshire +28 37 £42,500 -7.14% 5
East of England -7 36 £55,000 +69.23% 8
West Midlands -39 36 £48,750 -8.45% 5
Wales -23 31 £45,000 -6.98% 1
East Midlands -42 22 £46,250 -31.48% 7
Scotland -160 20 £57,500 +4.55% 2
North East +2 12 £55,000 -4.35% 1

Virtual Machines
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 68 (12.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (8.27%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.44%) IIS
4 11 (2.07%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.69%) Apache
6 7 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.13%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.94%) Confluence
8 5 (0.94%) Solana
9 4 (0.75%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.56%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.38%) Resin
11 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.19%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 381 (71.62%) Azure
2 124 (23.31%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (16.17%) Power Platform
4 82 (15.41%) Entra ID
5 75 (14.10%) AWS
6 71 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (9.77%) Serverless
8 49 (9.21%) IaaS
9 48 (9.02%) SaaS
10 42 (7.89%) Azure Monitor
11 38 (7.14%) Azure Functions
11 38 (7.14%) Azure Storage
12 29 (5.45%) Amazon S3
12 29 (5.45%) Azure AKS
12 29 (5.45%) GitHub
13 27 (5.08%) PaaS
14 26 (4.89%) Azure App Service
15 25 (4.70%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (4.70%) GCP
16 23 (4.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 102 (19.17%) Firewall
2 88 (16.54%) DNS
3 76 (14.29%) Broadband
4 71 (13.35%) VPN
5 52 (9.77%) DHCP
6 28 (5.26%) LAN
7 26 (4.89%) WAN
8 24 (4.51%) VLAN
9 21 (3.95%) SAN
9 21 (3.95%) Wireless
10 20 (3.76%) HTTP
11 19 (3.57%) Internet
12 17 (3.20%) Network Security
13 16 (3.01%) 5G
13 16 (3.01%) VoIP
14 14 (2.63%) TCP/IP
15 12 (2.26%) NetScaler
16 10 (1.88%) iSCSI
16 10 (1.88%) NAS
17 9 (1.69%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (23.68%) SQL Server
2 92 (17.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 81 (15.23%) Power BI
4 19 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.32%) Apache Hive
6 7 (1.32%) Presto
7 6 (1.13%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.56%) Big Data
10 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.38%) MySQL
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (9.40%) Git
2 30 (5.64%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.51%) JIRA
4 11 (2.07%) GitLab
5 10 (1.88%) Trac
6 7 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (1.32%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.94%) eggPlant
8 4 (0.75%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.56%) JUnit
9 3 (0.56%) Selenium
9 3 (0.56%) Subversion
9 3 (0.56%) TestNG
9 3 (0.56%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
General
1 220 (41.35%) Social Skills
2 99 (18.61%) Finance
3 33 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.51%) Banking
4 24 (4.51%) Games
5 22 (4.14%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.01%) Automotive
8 14 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.07%) Electronics
9 11 (2.07%) Retail
10 7 (1.32%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.13%) Law
11 6 (1.13%) Local Government
11 6 (1.13%) Marketing
12 4 (0.75%) Back Office
12 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 89 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (14.29%) DBA
2 76 (14.29%) SQL DBA
3 62 (11.65%) Senior
4 46 (8.65%) Architect
5 37 (6.95%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (6.58%) DevOps Engineer
7 34 (6.39%) Lead
8 29 (5.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (5.08%) IT Support
10 24 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (4.32%) Support Engineer
12 22 (4.14%) IT Engineer
13 20 (3.76%) Infrastructure Architect
14 18 (3.38%) Support Specialist
15 17 (3.20%) Linux Engineer
16 16 (3.01%) Analyst
16 16 (3.01%) Consultant
16 16 (3.01%) Security Architect
16 16 (3.01%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.89%) ARM Templates
2 40 (7.52%) .NET
3 19 (3.57%) JWT
4 17 (3.20%) RESTful
5 10 (1.88%) http4s
5 10 (1.88%) Lambda Expressions
6 6 (1.13%) REST
7 5 (0.94%) React
8 4 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
9 3 (0.56%) Flash
10 2 (0.38%) ADO
10 2 (0.38%) Bazel
10 2 (0.38%) JSON
10 2 (0.38%) Middleware
10 2 (0.38%) OAuth
10 2 (0.38%) OpenAPI
10 2 (0.38%) SOAP
10 2 (0.38%) Swagger
10 2 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.33%) Data Centre
2 35 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (4.70%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.32%) Mobile App
6 22 (4.14%) PKI
7 21 (3.95%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.63%) IoT
9 12 (2.26%) Replication
10 11 (2.07%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.32%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.13%) CCTV
13 6 (1.13%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.94%) Blockchain
14 5 (0.94%) Clustering
14 5 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
16 3 (0.56%) IBM Storwize
16 3 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 229 (43.05%) Windows
2 139 (26.13%) Windows Server
3 112 (21.05%) Linux
4 100 (18.80%) VMS
5 44 (8.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 39 (7.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (5.26%) Windows 10
8 23 (4.32%) Unix
9 16 (3.01%) Ubuntu
10 14 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.88%) Debian
12 9 (1.69%) AIX
12 9 (1.69%) CentOS
12 9 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (1.50%) Solaris
13 8 (1.50%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (1.13%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.94%) Android
16 3 (0.56%) SUSE
16 3 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (30.26%) DevOps
2 148 (27.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 106 (19.92%) High Availability
4 96 (18.05%) CI/CD
5 95 (17.86%) Collaborative Working
5 95 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 93 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (15.41%) Business Intelligence
8 80 (15.04%) Performance Tuning
9 76 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 68 (12.78%) Agile
11 66 (12.41%) Containerisation
12 64 (12.03%) Network Virtualisation
13 62 (11.65%) ITIL
14 50 (9.40%) Configuration Management
15 46 (8.65%) Microservices
16 40 (7.52%) Actionable Insight
17 38 (7.14%) Computer Science
18 37 (6.95%) Software Engineering
19 36 (6.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (23.68%) SQL
2 116 (21.80%) PowerShell
3 98 (18.42%) T-SQL
4 67 (12.59%) Python
5 58 (10.90%) Bash
6 39 (7.33%) C#
7 36 (6.77%) Bicep
8 35 (6.58%) Java
9 17 (3.20%) Perl
10 15 (2.82%) VB
11 14 (2.63%) VBScript
12 11 (2.07%) Go
13 10 (1.88%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.88%) Scala
14 8 (1.50%) Ruby
15 6 (1.13%) Rust
15 6 (1.13%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.94%) TypeScript
17 4 (0.75%) C
17 4 (0.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 97 (18.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 75 (14.10%) Degree
3 64 (12.03%) Security Cleared
4 36 (6.77%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.70%) Azure Certification
5 25 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.63%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 10 (1.88%) DBS Check
8 9 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (1.13%) MCP
11 5 (0.94%) ISEB
11 5 (0.94%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.56%) CCNA
12 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.56%) CISSP
12 3 (0.56%) MCSE
13 2 (0.38%) CISM
13 2 (0.38%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (2.82%) QA
3 14 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.88%) GDPR
5 10 (1.88%) PMO
6 8 (1.50%) SLA
7 7 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 148 (27.82%) Active Directory
2 97 (18.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (13.53%) Hyper-V
4 54 (10.15%) Docker
5 31 (5.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 29 (5.45%) vSphere
7 22 (4.14%) Firmware
8 16 (3.01%) pfSense
9 15 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
10 14 (2.63%) NFS
11 12 (2.26%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (1.32%) Ceph
12 7 (1.32%) XenApp
13 6 (1.13%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.94%) KVM
15 4 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 3 (0.56%) Gluster
16 3 (0.56%) oVirt
16 3 (0.56%) VirtualBox
17 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (16.17%) Terraform
2 82 (15.41%) Kubernetes
3 55 (10.34%) Ansible
4 38 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (5.83%) SCCM
6 25 (4.70%) ZABBIX
7 23 (4.32%) Grafana
8 22 (4.14%) SCOM
9 20 (3.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (3.01%) SCDPM
10 16 (3.01%) WSUS
11 14 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (2.44%) Puppet
13 11 (2.07%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
15 8 (1.50%) vCenter Server
16 7 (1.32%) Nagios
17 6 (1.13%) Prometheus
18 5 (0.94%) CASB
18 5 (0.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 297 (55.83%) Microsoft
2 125 (23.50%) VMware
3 34 (6.39%) Veeam
4 28 (5.26%) Cisco
5 26 (4.89%) Fortinet
6 21 (3.95%) Citrix
7 20 (3.76%) Google
8 17 (3.20%) Juniper
9 16 (3.01%) ForgeRock
9 16 (3.01%) Red Hat
9 16 (3.01%) Sitecore
10 13 (2.44%) HP
10 13 (2.44%) Oracle
11 12 (2.26%) Commvault
12 10 (1.88%) McAfee
12 10 (1.88%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.32%) Databricks
13 7 (1.32%) Meraki
14 6 (1.13%) Dell Compellent
14 6 (1.13%) Epicor