Virtual Desktop Jobs in Edinburgh

Virtual Desktop
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 89 124
Rank change year-on-year +33 +35 +29
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 16 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.04% 0.56% 0.13%
As % of the System Software category 25.40% 6.06% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,500 £51,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £80,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +220.00% -65.52%
75th Percentile £32,500 £85,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £31,000 £66,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -53.38% +77.33% -48.28%

All System Software Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 63 132 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.04% 9.16% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 33 85 150
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,600 £32,804
25th Percentile £48,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,914 £56,000 £65,208
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% -14.12% +8.68%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £80,250
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -5.91%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Edinburgh

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Azure
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (68.75%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Broadband
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Financial Institution
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Help Desk Technician
1 5 (31.25%) IT Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) IT Support
1 5 (31.25%) IT Support Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) IT Technician
1 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 5 (31.25%) Onboarding
2 5 (31.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 4 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (56.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (56.25%) ITIL
3 6 (37.50%) Asset Management
3 6 (37.50%) Coaching
3 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 6 (37.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Analytics
5 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) FinOps
5 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (12.50%) DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Information Security
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) Bash
2 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (25.00%) Terraform
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Apple
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco
2 5 (31.25%) Citrix
2 5 (31.25%) Freshdesk
2 5 (31.25%) Meraki