Virtual Desktop Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Virtual Desktop
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 74 63
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 -
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 1 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.11% 0.89% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 1.92% 7.21% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £60,000 £26,525
25th Percentile £32,750 £61,250 £27,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £76,250 £29,750
Median % change year-on-year -56.07% +156.30% -
75th Percentile £34,250 £90,000 £32,313
90th Percentile - - £33,175
East of England median annual salary £33,500 £55,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year -39.37% +47.33% -6.25%

All System Software Skills
Cambridgeshire

Virtual Desktop falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 52 111 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.84% 12.42% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 37 57 108
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,400 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £29,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £44,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% -6.32% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £78,438
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,750 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -10.53%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Desktop relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Peterborough - 1 £33,500 - 2
Virtual Desktop
East of England

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft