Virtual Desktop Jobs

Virtual Desktop
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 622 607 830
Rank change year-on-year -15 +223 -71
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 291 366 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.39% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.42% 2.51% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 228 179 253
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,050
25th Percentile £36,286 £36,823 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £57,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,950 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £40,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.01% -10.56% -

All System Software Skills
UK

Virtual Desktop 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 12,037 14,602 31,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.44% 15.40% 18.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,350 9,782 15,548
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,638 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,687
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%
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 Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in the UK

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in the UK

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the UK

Virtual Desktop
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 Desktop within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +5 273 £52,500 -8.70% 69
UK excluding London -77 203 £47,500 +18.01% 60
Work from Home +83 162 £55,000 -8.33% 37
London +90 76 £70,750 +4.81% 12
South East +12 66 £52,500 +27.27% 19
North of England +20 44 £43,500 +16.00% 14
East of England -1 35 £29,750 -50.42% 2
Midlands -61 35 £53,750 +14.97% 11
West Midlands +8 25 £52,500 -2.33% 4
Yorkshire +37 23 £56,500 +55.86% 5
North East -3 15 £37,750 -5.63%
South West -36 14 £50,000 +72.41% 11
East Midlands -83 10 £67,500 +107.69% 7
North West -9 6 £44,367 +9.55% 9
Scotland -65 6 £44,750 +8.48% 4
Wales +6 3 £45,000 -37.93% 1

Virtual Desktop
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 96 (32.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (19.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.41%) Apache
3 7 (2.41%) nginx
4 6 (2.06%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 205 (70.45%) Azure
2 179 (61.51%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (30.93%) Entra ID
4 41 (14.09%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (11.68%) AWS
5 34 (11.68%) Azure Storage
6 20 (6.87%) OneDrive
7 17 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (5.50%) Azure Sentinel
9 15 (5.15%) IaaS
9 15 (5.15%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (5.15%) PaaS
10 14 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (2.75%) OCI
12 7 (2.41%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.41%) Serverless
13 6 (2.06%) Azure Event Grid
13 6 (2.06%) Datadog
13 6 (2.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 85 (29.21%) Firewall
2 52 (17.87%) DNS
3 37 (12.71%) DHCP
4 34 (11.68%) WAN
5 33 (11.34%) LAN
6 26 (8.93%) VPN
7 24 (8.25%) Remote Desktop
8 23 (7.90%) TCP/IP
9 21 (7.22%) Network Security
10 15 (5.15%) SAN
10 15 (5.15%) Wireshark
11 12 (4.12%) NetScaler
12 11 (3.78%) NGFW
13 10 (3.44%) VLAN
14 9 (3.09%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (3.09%) Wireless
15 8 (2.75%) SSL
16 4 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
17 2 (0.69%) iSCSI
17 2 (0.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.47%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.47%) Git
2 9 (3.09%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.06%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.72%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 99 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.65%) Finance
3 13 (4.47%) Retail
4 12 (4.12%) Legal
5 11 (3.78%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.75%) Banking
7 7 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.41%) Law
7 7 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.03%) Local Government
9 3 (1.03%) Police
10 2 (0.69%) Advertising
11 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 53 (18.21%) IT Support
2 40 (13.75%) Analyst
3 35 (12.03%) IT Analyst
4 31 (10.65%) 2nd Line Support
5 28 (9.62%) Lead
5 28 (9.62%) Support Engineer
6 27 (9.28%) Senior
7 26 (8.93%) IT Engineer
8 24 (8.25%) IT Support Analyst
9 21 (7.22%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.53%) Azure Specialist
12 18 (6.19%) Support Specialist
13 17 (5.84%) Active Directory Specialist
13 17 (5.84%) Active Directory Support
13 17 (5.84%) Consultant
14 16 (5.50%) 3rd Line Support
14 16 (5.50%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (5.15%) Support Analyst
15 15 (5.15%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.34%) ARM Templates
2 14 (4.81%) YAML
3 9 (3.09%) JSON
4 7 (2.41%) OAuth
4 7 (2.41%) OAuth2
4 7 (2.41%) OpenID
5 6 (2.06%) CSS
5 6 (2.06%) CSS3
5 6 (2.06%) HTML
5 6 (2.06%) HTML5
5 6 (2.06%) Keycloak
5 6 (2.06%) React
6 4 (1.37%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.28%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.90%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (6.53%) PKI
4 17 (5.84%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.50%) Data Centre
6 14 (4.81%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (4.12%) iPad
8 9 (3.09%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.75%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.75%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.41%) PMI
11 5 (1.72%) iPhone
11 5 (1.72%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.72%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.37%) CMDB
12 4 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 163 (56.01%) Windows
2 84 (28.87%) Windows Server
3 35 (12.03%) Windows 10
4 34 (11.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (11.00%) Apple iOS
6 31 (10.65%) Linux
7 27 (9.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (7.90%) Android
9 10 (3.44%) VMS
10 7 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.72%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.03%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.34%) Debian
13 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.37%) DevOps
2 65 (22.34%) ITIL
3 61 (20.96%) Agile
4 53 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.75%) CI/CD
6 36 (12.37%) Infrastructure as Code
7 35 (12.03%) Customer Service
8 31 (10.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (10.65%) Roadmaps
9 29 (9.97%) Data Loss Prevention
9 29 (9.97%) Line Management
10 27 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (9.28%) Process Improvement
11 26 (8.93%) Information Security
11 26 (8.93%) Service Delivery
11 26 (8.93%) Service Management
12 24 (8.25%) Identity Access Management
12 24 (8.25%) Migration
13 23 (7.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 23 (7.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 83 (28.52%) PowerShell
2 25 (8.59%) Bicep
3 23 (7.90%) Python
4 17 (5.84%) C#
4 17 (5.84%) VB
4 17 (5.84%) VBScript
5 11 (3.78%) Bash
6 7 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (2.06%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.72%) SQL
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 46 (15.81%) Degree
2 26 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.90%) Azure Certification
4 20 (6.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 17 (5.84%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.15%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (4.81%) CCSP
7 14 (4.81%) CEH
7 14 (4.81%) CISSP
7 14 (4.81%) SANS
7 14 (4.81%) SSCP
8 12 (4.12%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.44%) AWS Certification
9 10 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.41%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.34%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.84%) SLA
3 14 (4.81%) NIST
3 14 (4.81%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.12%) QA
5 4 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.37%) GDPR
5 4 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 169 (58.08%) Active Directory
2 78 (26.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (12.71%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (8.59%) Virtual Servers
5 21 (7.22%) Hyper-V
6 18 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (5.15%) XenApp
8 14 (4.81%) XenDesktop
9 13 (4.47%) vSphere
10 11 (3.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (3.44%) Docker
12 1 (0.34%) Firmware
12 1 (0.34%) NFS
12 1 (0.34%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 100 (34.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (18.56%) SCCM
3 39 (13.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (9.28%) Kubernetes
5 26 (8.93%) Terraform
6 20 (6.87%) SCOM
7 17 (5.84%) WSUS
8 14 (4.81%) Nmap
9 11 (3.78%) Ansible
10 7 (2.41%) Nagios
10 7 (2.41%) Progress Chef
10 7 (2.41%) Puppet
11 6 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.72%) AirWatch
13 3 (1.03%) Nessus
14 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
15 1 (0.34%) Autotask
15 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
15 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 152 (52.23%) Microsoft
2 80 (27.49%) Citrix
3 78 (26.80%) VMware
4 20 (6.87%) Splunk
5 14 (4.81%) Qualys
5 14 (4.81%) Rapid7
5 14 (4.81%) Thycotic
6 12 (4.12%) Veeam
7 11 (3.78%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.09%) Adobe
8 9 (3.09%) Avaya
8 9 (3.09%) Cisco
9 8 (2.75%) Oracle
10 7 (2.41%) Apple
10 7 (2.41%) EMC
10 7 (2.41%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.06%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.06%) New Relic
11 6 (2.06%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.72%) Aruba