Virtual Servers
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Virtual Servers skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Servers 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 729 829 983
Rank change year-on-year +100 +154 -272
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Servers 162 148 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the System Software category 1.35% 0.96% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 131 133 197
10th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,478 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% +22.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £69,375 £67,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +1.18% +4.94%

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Servers 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 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
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 Servers
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Virtual Servers in the UK

Virtual Servers
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Servers 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 +115 159 £40,478 -29.60% 52
UK excluding London -1 115 £40,000 -6.98% 38
Work from Home +67 49 £50,000 -23.08% 13
London +96 44 £67,500 +12.50% 23
South East +2 44 £40,250 -26.82% 11
Midlands +22 32 £40,000 -2.44% 8
North of England +70 24 £37,500 -0.98% 5
West Midlands +34 23 £36,298 -11.47% 6
North East +8 17 £37,500 +4.17%
East of England +7 11 £50,000 +17.65% 3
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 5 £22,500 - 3
South West -35 4 £28,875 -29.57% 9
North West +4 2 - - 2

Virtual Servers
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 21 (12.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.70%) IIS
4 2 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.23%) Resin
5 1 (0.62%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 89 (54.94%) Azure
2 57 (35.19%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (22.84%) AWS
4 16 (9.88%) Nutanix
5 15 (9.26%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.09%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.85%) IaaS
8 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Storage
8 2 (1.23%) GitHub
8 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.23%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.62%) Dropbox
9 1 (0.62%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.62%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.62%) PaaS
9 1 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 66 (40.74%) DNS
2 41 (25.31%) Firewall
3 35 (21.60%) DHCP
4 26 (16.05%) SAN
5 20 (12.35%) TCP/IP
6 17 (10.49%) VPN
7 12 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (5.56%) Wireless
9 8 (4.94%) LAN
9 8 (4.94%) VLAN
10 7 (4.32%) WAN
11 6 (3.70%) NAS
12 5 (3.09%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.85%) iSCSI
13 3 (1.85%) Unified Communications
14 2 (1.23%) Fibre Channel
14 2 (1.23%) HSRP
14 2 (1.23%) IPsec
14 2 (1.23%) NetScaler
14 2 (1.23%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.23%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.47%) Git
1 4 (2.47%) Subversion
2 2 (1.23%) JIRA
3 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.64%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 8 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.94%) Finance
5 7 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.70%) Legal
7 5 (3.09%) Automotive
7 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.47%) Military
9 3 (1.85%) Local Government
10 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.23%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Retail
11 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (12.96%) Administrator
3 20 (12.35%) IT Engineer
4 18 (11.11%) Architect
5 17 (10.49%) Senior
6 15 (9.26%) Storage Specialist
7 14 (8.64%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (8.02%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 12 (7.41%) Analyst
10 11 (6.79%) Systems Administrator
11 9 (5.56%) Lead
12 8 (4.94%) IT Support
12 8 (4.94%) Server Specialist
12 8 (4.94%) Technical Architect
13 7 (4.32%) Cloud Specialist
13 7 (4.32%) ICT Officer
14 6 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 6 (3.70%) IT Analyst
14 6 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.11%) OAuth
1 18 (11.11%) OpenID
1 18 (11.11%) REST
1 18 (11.11%) SAML
2 15 (9.26%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.23%) LAMP
3 2 (1.23%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.26%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.02%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.32%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.32%) PKI
3 7 (4.32%) Replication
4 6 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.47%) CMDB
5 4 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.85%) CCTV
6 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.85%) IoT
7 2 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.23%) Clustering
7 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 87 (53.70%) Windows
2 56 (34.57%) Windows Server
3 40 (24.69%) Linux
4 16 (9.88%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.62%) CentOS
8 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
3 35 (21.60%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.58%) Agile
6 21 (12.96%) Open Source
7 20 (12.35%) Customer Service
7 20 (12.35%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (11.73%) ITIL
8 19 (11.73%) Microservices
8 19 (11.73%) Project Delivery
8 19 (11.73%) Scrum
9 18 (11.11%) BDD
9 18 (11.11%) DevSecOps
9 18 (11.11%) Digital Identity
9 18 (11.11%) Kanban
9 18 (11.11%) TDD
10 16 (9.88%) Business Continuity
10 16 (9.88%) Project Management
11 15 (9.26%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.73%) Java
2 16 (9.88%) PowerShell
3 15 (9.26%) SQL
4 6 (3.70%) Bash
5 3 (1.85%) C
5 3 (1.85%) Go
6 2 (1.23%) C++
6 2 (1.23%) Rust
7 1 (0.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (19.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (13.58%) MCSE
2 22 (13.58%) SC Cleared
2 22 (13.58%) Security Cleared
3 19 (11.73%) Degree
4 17 (10.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (8.64%) DBS Check
6 13 (8.02%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.70%) CCNA
7 6 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.23%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.23%) CISSP
10 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.23%) MCITP
10 2 (1.23%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.62%) MCSA
11 1 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.09%) SLA
2 4 (2.47%) GDPR
3 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (47.53%) Active Directory
2 49 (30.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (19.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 23 (14.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (9.88%) Hyper-V
6 13 (8.02%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (5.56%) vSphere
9 5 (3.09%) Firmware
10 3 (1.85%) Docker
10 3 (1.85%) pfSense
11 2 (1.23%) Ceph
11 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (1.23%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.62%) NFS
12 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (9.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.32%) vCenter Server
3 6 (3.70%) SCCM
4 5 (3.09%) SCOM
4 5 (3.09%) Terraform
5 4 (2.47%) Ansible
5 4 (2.47%) Autotask
6 3 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.23%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.23%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.23%) HP SIM
7 2 (1.23%) Knative
7 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.23%) PowerCLI
7 2 (1.23%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.23%) vRealize
7 2 (1.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 2 (1.23%) WSUS
8 1 (0.62%) Packer
Vendors
1 80 (49.38%) Microsoft
2 49 (30.25%) VMware
3 27 (16.67%) Veeam
4 20 (12.35%) HP
5 19 (11.73%) Commvault
6 15 (9.26%) Nimble Storage
7 12 (7.41%) Citrix
8 9 (5.56%) Datto
9 8 (4.94%) Cisco
10 7 (4.32%) Dell
10 7 (4.32%) EMC
11 5 (3.09%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (2.47%) Aruba
13 3 (1.85%) Adobe
13 3 (1.85%) Brocade
13 3 (1.85%) NetApp
14 2 (1.23%) BMC
14 2 (1.23%) IBM
14 2 (1.23%) Sophos
14 2 (1.23%) Veritas