Virtual Desktop Jobs in England

Virtual Desktop
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 593 566 815
Rank change year-on-year -27 +249 -77
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 273 356 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.43% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 2.52% 2.77% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 216 171 192
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,298 £37,698 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,573 £57,500 £50,557
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% +13.73% +1.11%
75th Percentile £71,563 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -8.70% +6.98% +7.50%

All System Software Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,851 12,874 25,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.59% 15.46% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,520 8,882 13,871
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
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 £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in England

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +67 73 £70,000 +3.70% 13
South East +6 69 £55,000 +29.41% 20
North of England +15 43 £43,500 +11.54% 14
East of England +1 35 £29,750 -50.42% 2
Midlands -71 34 £53,750 +14.97% 7
West Midlands +12 24 £52,500 -2.33% 2
Yorkshire +45 23 £56,500 +50.67% 4
North East -9 14 £37,750 -5.63%
South West -32 14 £50,000 +72.41% 11
East Midlands -90 10 £67,500 +107.69% 5
North West 0 6 £44,367 +9.55% 10
Virtual Desktop
UK

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 93 (34.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (20.88%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.56%) Apache
3 7 (2.56%) nginx
4 6 (2.20%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 191 (69.96%) Azure
2 167 (61.17%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (30.04%) Entra ID
4 36 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (12.09%) Azure Storage
6 31 (11.36%) AWS
7 19 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (5.86%) IaaS
8 16 (5.86%) OneDrive
8 16 (5.86%) PaaS
9 13 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.56%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.56%) Serverless
12 6 (2.20%) Datadog
12 6 (2.20%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.83%) Azure Event Grid
14 4 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 79 (28.94%) Firewall
2 50 (18.32%) DNS
3 33 (12.09%) DHCP
4 31 (11.36%) LAN
4 31 (11.36%) WAN
5 26 (9.52%) VPN
6 23 (8.42%) Remote Desktop
7 20 (7.33%) TCP/IP
8 18 (6.59%) Network Security
9 15 (5.49%) SAN
10 12 (4.40%) NetScaler
10 12 (4.40%) Wireshark
11 10 (3.66%) NGFW
12 9 (3.30%) SSL
12 9 (3.30%) Wireless
13 6 (2.20%) VLAN
14 5 (1.83%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (0.73%) iSCSI
16 2 (0.73%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (4.40%) Git
2 9 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.20%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.83%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.37%) JIRA
5 1 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 95 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.88%) Finance
3 13 (4.76%) Retail
4 12 (4.40%) Legal
4 12 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.93%) Banking
5 8 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.56%) Law
7 6 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Local Government
10 3 (1.10%) Police
11 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 49 (17.95%) IT Support
2 36 (13.19%) Analyst
3 31 (11.36%) IT Analyst
4 28 (10.26%) Support Engineer
5 27 (9.89%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (9.89%) Lead
6 26 (9.52%) IT Engineer
7 24 (8.79%) Senior
8 21 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
9 20 (7.33%) Azure Specialist
9 20 (7.33%) IT Support Analyst
10 19 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (6.96%) Support Specialist
11 18 (6.59%) Active Directory Specialist
11 18 (6.59%) Active Directory Support
12 15 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (5.49%) Support Analyst
13 14 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 14 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support
13 14 (5.13%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.72%) ARM Templates
2 12 (4.40%) YAML
3 8 (2.93%) JSON
4 7 (2.56%) OAuth
4 7 (2.56%) OAuth2
4 7 (2.56%) OpenID
5 6 (2.20%) CSS
5 6 (2.20%) CSS3
5 6 (2.20%) HTML
5 6 (2.20%) HTML5
5 6 (2.20%) Keycloak
5 6 (2.20%) React
6 4 (1.47%) Software Packaging
6 4 (1.47%) Web Services
7 1 (0.37%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.79%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (8.06%) Management Information System
3 20 (7.33%) PKI
4 18 (6.59%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.13%) Cloud Native
6 13 (4.76%) iPad
7 11 (4.03%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (2.93%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.56%) PMI
9 7 (2.56%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.56%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.20%) iPhone
11 5 (1.83%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.47%) CMDB
12 4 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.47%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 151 (55.31%) Windows
2 76 (27.84%) Windows Server
3 35 (12.82%) Windows 10
4 33 (12.09%) Linux
5 31 (11.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (10.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (9.16%) Apple iOS
8 20 (7.33%) Android
9 8 (2.93%) VMS
10 7 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.47%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.47%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.37%) Debian
12 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.37%) Unix
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (23.81%) ITIL
2 64 (23.44%) DevOps
3 58 (21.25%) Agile
4 50 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (14.65%) CI/CD
6 36 (13.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (11.36%) Customer Service
8 30 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (10.62%) Line Management
9 29 (10.62%) Roadmaps
10 28 (10.26%) Service Management
11 25 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (8.79%) Information Security
12 24 (8.79%) Process Improvement
13 23 (8.42%) Identity Management
13 23 (8.42%) Mentoring
14 22 (8.06%) Data Loss Prevention
14 22 (8.06%) Migration
14 22 (8.06%) Service Delivery
15 21 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 80 (29.30%) PowerShell
2 25 (9.16%) Bicep
3 21 (7.69%) Python
4 19 (6.96%) C#
5 18 (6.59%) VB
5 18 (6.59%) VBScript
6 11 (4.03%) Bash
7 7 (2.56%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.83%) SQL
9 1 (0.37%) Go
9 1 (0.37%) PHP
9 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (17.58%) Degree
2 28 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.42%) Azure Certification
4 21 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 18 (6.59%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 12 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (4.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (4.03%) CCSP
8 11 (4.03%) CEH
8 11 (4.03%) CISSP
8 11 (4.03%) SANS
8 11 (4.03%) SSCP
9 10 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.56%) PMI Certification
11 6 (2.20%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.37%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.23%) SLA
2 12 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.40%) QA
3 11 (4.03%) NIST
3 11 (4.03%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 160 (58.61%) Active Directory
2 76 (27.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (12.82%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (9.16%) Virtual Servers
5 21 (7.69%) Hyper-V
6 17 (6.23%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (5.49%) XenApp
8 14 (5.13%) XenDesktop
9 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 11 (4.03%) vSphere
10 10 (3.66%) Docker
11 1 (0.37%) Firmware
11 1 (0.37%) NFS
11 1 (0.37%) pfSense
11 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (19.78%) SCCM
3 40 (14.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 28 (10.26%) Kubernetes
5 25 (9.16%) Terraform
6 22 (8.06%) SCOM
7 18 (6.59%) WSUS
8 12 (4.40%) Ansible
9 11 (4.03%) Nmap
10 7 (2.56%) Nagios
10 7 (2.56%) Progress Chef
10 7 (2.56%) Puppet
11 6 (2.20%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.47%) AirWatch
13 3 (1.10%) Nessus
14 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
15 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
15 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
15 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 144 (52.75%) Microsoft
2 76 (27.84%) VMware
3 73 (26.74%) Citrix
4 17 (6.23%) Splunk
5 12 (4.40%) Veeam
6 11 (4.03%) Qualys
6 11 (4.03%) Rapid7
6 11 (4.03%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.03%) Thycotic
7 8 (2.93%) Cisco
7 8 (2.93%) EMC
8 7 (2.56%) Apple
8 7 (2.56%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.20%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.20%) New Relic
9 6 (2.20%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.83%) Aruba
10 5 (1.83%) Avaya
10 5 (1.83%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.83%) Commvault