Virtual Machines Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Machine (VM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 185 498
Rank change year-on-year -227 +313 -45
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Machines 420 1,049 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 1.88% 0.56%
As % of the System Software category 4.70% 12.01% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 351 199 206
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £34,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% +15.76% +2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £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% +5.00%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,941 8,737 12,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.32% 15.70% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,936 5,571 8,335
10th Percentile £25,563 £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 £67,285 £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 9 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 9 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 -67 128 £60,000 - 19
North of England -106 94 £55,000 +15.79% 12
South West -88 57 £55,000 +46.67% 20
Midlands -125 55 £46,250 -22.92% 14
North West -78 42 £57,500 -11.54% 5
East of England -38 39 £56,250 +45.16% 11
Yorkshire -18 37 £42,500 -1.59% 5
West Midlands -65 36 £48,750 -13.91% 8
Wales -31 27 £45,000 +5.88%
Scotland -167 20 £57,500 +4.77% 3
East Midlands -76 19 £46,250 -31.48% 6
North East -7 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 66 (15.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (9.52%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.90%) IIS
4 6 (1.43%) Skype for Business
5 4 (0.95%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.71%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.48%) Confluence
7 2 (0.48%) Resin
7 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 297 (70.71%) Azure
2 110 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 80 (19.05%) Power Platform
4 45 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (9.52%) IaaS
6 38 (9.05%) AWS
7 34 (8.10%) Azure Storage
7 34 (8.10%) SaaS
8 29 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
9 24 (5.71%) Nutanix
10 21 (5.00%) Serverless
11 19 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (4.29%) GitHub
13 15 (3.57%) Amazon S3
13 15 (3.57%) PaaS
14 13 (3.10%) Azure Functions
14 13 (3.10%) Azure Key Vault
15 11 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (2.62%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 94 (22.38%) Firewall
2 79 (18.81%) DNS
3 76 (18.10%) Broadband
4 67 (15.95%) VPN
5 49 (11.67%) DHCP
6 28 (6.67%) LAN
7 26 (6.19%) VLAN
8 24 (5.71%) WAN
9 16 (3.81%) 5G
10 15 (3.57%) SAN
11 14 (3.33%) Wireless
12 13 (3.10%) HTTP
12 13 (3.10%) Internet
13 12 (2.86%) VoIP
14 11 (2.62%) TCP/IP
15 10 (2.38%) iSCSI
15 10 (2.38%) Unified Communications
16 9 (2.14%) NAS
16 9 (2.14%) Network Security
17 6 (1.43%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (27.14%) SQL Server
2 88 (20.95%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (19.05%) Power BI
4 10 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.71%) Big Data
8 2 (0.48%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.48%) MySQL
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.48%) Tableau
9 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 48 (11.43%) Git
2 19 (4.52%) JIRA
3 11 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.38%) Trac
5 1 (0.24%) eggPlant
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 197 (46.90%) Social Skills
2 68 (16.19%) Finance
3 39 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.24%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.86%) Games
6 11 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.67%) Banking
8 7 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.43%) Automotive
9 6 (1.43%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.43%) Local Government
10 5 (1.19%) Electronics
11 4 (0.95%) Back Office
11 4 (0.95%) Law
11 4 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.95%) Retail
12 3 (0.71%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.48%) Advertising
13 2 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 81 (19.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (17.62%) DBA
2 74 (17.62%) SQL DBA
3 43 (10.24%) Cloud Engineer
4 41 (9.76%) Senior
5 29 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (6.43%) IT Support
7 25 (5.95%) Architect
8 22 (5.24%) Azure Engineer
8 22 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 21 (5.00%) IT Engineer
9 21 (5.00%) Support Specialist
10 18 (4.29%) Active Directory Specialist
10 18 (4.29%) Active Directory Support
10 18 (4.29%) Azure Specialist
10 18 (4.29%) Support Engineer
11 16 (3.81%) Infrastructure Architect
11 16 (3.81%) IT Technician
11 16 (3.81%) Lead
12 15 (3.57%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.33%) ARM Templates
2 27 (6.43%) .NET
3 10 (2.38%) JWT
3 10 (2.38%) RESTful
4 7 (1.67%) YAML
5 3 (0.71%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (0.71%) Flash
6 2 (0.48%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.48%) ADO
6 2 (0.48%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.48%) Ionic Framework
6 2 (0.48%) JSON
6 2 (0.48%) REST
6 2 (0.48%) SOAP
6 2 (0.48%) XML
7 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.05%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 20 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 20 (4.76%) PKI
4 19 (4.52%) IoT
5 15 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.62%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.14%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.90%) Replication
9 7 (1.67%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.43%) CCTV
10 6 (1.43%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.19%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.71%) EPoS
13 3 (0.71%) IBM Storwize
13 3 (0.71%) Smartcard
14 2 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 182 (43.33%) Windows
2 120 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 93 (22.14%) Linux
4 84 (20.00%) VMS
5 38 (9.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 33 (7.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (5.95%) Windows 10
8 17 (4.05%) Unix
9 13 (3.10%) Ubuntu
10 10 (2.38%) Debian
10 10 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.90%) AIX
11 8 (1.90%) Solaris
11 8 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.67%) Android
12 7 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.95%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.71%) CentOS
14 3 (0.71%) SUSE
14 3 (0.71%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (33.10%) Disaster Recovery
2 128 (30.48%) DevOps
3 94 (22.38%) High Availability
4 92 (21.90%) Collaborative Working
5 86 (20.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 86 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
7 74 (17.62%) Performance Tuning
8 65 (15.48%) ITIL
9 61 (14.52%) CI/CD
10 53 (12.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 53 (12.62%) Network Virtualisation
11 37 (8.81%) Agile
12 34 (8.10%) Containerisation
13 32 (7.62%) Identity Management
13 32 (7.62%) Task Automation
14 31 (7.38%) Configuration Management
15 30 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
15 30 (7.14%) Validation
16 29 (6.90%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (27.86%) SQL
2 95 (22.62%) PowerShell
3 90 (21.43%) T-SQL
4 50 (11.90%) Bash
4 50 (11.90%) Python
5 40 (9.52%) C#
6 38 (9.05%) Bicep
7 20 (4.76%) Perl
8 18 (4.29%) VB
8 18 (4.29%) VBScript
9 9 (2.14%) Java
10 8 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (1.43%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.95%) Ruby
13 3 (0.71%) Go
14 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 88 (20.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 59 (14.05%) Degree
3 51 (12.14%) Security Cleared
4 33 (7.86%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 18 (4.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.90%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.43%) MCP
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.24%) CCNP
11 1 (0.24%) CISM
11 1 (0.24%) CISSP
11 1 (0.24%) GIAC
11 1 (0.24%) ISEB
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.38%) GDPR
5 7 (1.67%) PMO
6 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.19%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) QA
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.24%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 140 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 82 (19.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (15.24%) Hyper-V
4 35 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 29 (6.90%) Docker
6 24 (5.71%) vSphere
7 16 (3.81%) Firmware
7 16 (3.81%) pfSense
8 14 (3.33%) NFS
9 11 (2.62%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (1.19%) XenApp
12 4 (0.95%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 4 (0.95%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.71%) Ceph
13 3 (0.71%) Gluster
13 3 (0.71%) KVM
13 3 (0.71%) oVirt
14 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.24%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 45 (10.71%) Terraform
2 41 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 36 (8.57%) Ansible
3 36 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (6.67%) SCCM
5 22 (5.24%) ZABBIX
6 21 (5.00%) SCOM
7 20 (4.76%) Grafana
8 18 (4.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (4.29%) WSUS
9 17 (4.05%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (3.81%) SCDPM
11 4 (0.95%) Nagios
12 3 (0.71%) Graylog
12 3 (0.71%) Observium
12 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.71%) Puppet
12 3 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.71%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.24%) Istio
Vendors
1 235 (55.95%) Microsoft
2 105 (25.00%) VMware
3 27 (6.43%) Veeam
4 21 (5.00%) Fortinet
5 17 (4.05%) Juniper
6 13 (3.10%) Cisco
7 12 (2.86%) Oracle
8 11 (2.62%) Red Hat
9 10 (2.38%) McAfee
10 9 (2.14%) Citrix
11 7 (1.67%) HP
11 7 (1.67%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.43%) Dell
12 6 (1.43%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (1.43%) Epicor
12 6 (1.43%) ForgeRock
12 6 (1.43%) Google
12 6 (1.43%) Sitecore
13 5 (1.19%) Commvault
13 5 (1.19%) Meraki