Virtual Desktop Job Trends in the East of England

Virtual Desktop
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 151 194
Rank change year-on-year -22 +43 +3
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 15 16 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.24% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the System Software category 4.63% 4.38% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 30
10th Percentile £30,250 £36,125 £23,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,438 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £29,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +89.08% -50.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,313 £38,750
90th Percentile - £82,125 £40,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +19.57% -12.38% -8.70%

All System Software Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 324 365 883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.18% 12.10% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 244 261 721
10th Percentile £27,050 £26,000 £24,807
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% -13.98%
75th Percentile £61,875 £58,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £72,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in the East of England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the East of England

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 14 June 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -15 13 £55,000 +69.23% 2
Essex - 2 £35,000 - 1
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (60.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
2 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) VLAN
3 1 (6.67%) LAN
3 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (6.67%) VoIP
3 1 (6.67%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) WAN
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) IT Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) IT Support
2 7 (46.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
4 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
1 9 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Mentoring
3 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
6 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 1 (6.67%) Case Management
7 1 (6.67%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.67%) Network Management
7 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
7 1 (6.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (46.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (13.33%) ConnectWise
3 2 (13.33%) Ubiquiti