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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 649 776
Rank change year-on-year +66 +127 -80
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 264 313 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the System Software category 2.42% 2.17% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 211 176 217
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,150
25th Percentile £36,298 £36,063 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +9.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,875 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,375
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.64% +18.61%

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 10,931 14,396 23,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.89% 15.44% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,862 9,766 13,983
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,331
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,949 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +124 82 £71,500 +10.00% 29
South East +41 58 £53,000 +47.22% 15
North of England +52 41 £39,500 +5.33% 9
Midlands -24 34 £50,000 -6.54% 5
East of England +20 33 £29,750 -50.42% 5
West Midlands +42 31 £50,000 -10.71% 4
Yorkshire +83 20 £56,500 +61.43% 2
North East +7 16 £39,500 +21.54%
South West -13 14 £55,000 +76.00% 3
North West +11 5 £41,234 -36.56% 7
East Midlands -62 3 £45,000 +38.46% 1
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
1 100 (37.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (21.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.52%) Apache
3 4 (1.52%) nginx
4 3 (1.14%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 184 (69.70%) Microsoft 365
2 182 (68.94%) Azure
3 83 (31.44%) Entra ID
4 44 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (10.23%) AWS
6 20 (7.58%) IaaS
6 20 (7.58%) PaaS
7 19 (7.20%) Azure Storage
8 17 (6.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (6.44%) OneDrive
9 15 (5.68%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.65%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.52%) OCI
13 4 (1.52%) Serverless
14 3 (1.14%) GCP
14 3 (1.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 79 (29.92%) Firewall
2 45 (17.05%) DNS
3 35 (13.26%) VPN
4 31 (11.74%) WAN
5 30 (11.36%) DHCP
5 30 (11.36%) LAN
6 27 (10.23%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.09%) Network Security
8 22 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
9 18 (6.82%) SAN
10 15 (5.68%) Wireshark
11 14 (5.30%) NGFW
12 12 (4.55%) NetScaler
13 9 (3.41%) VLAN
14 6 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
14 6 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.27%) Wireless
15 5 (1.89%) SSL
15 5 (1.89%) VoIP
16 2 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.79%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.14%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.27%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.52%) Git
3 3 (1.14%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.76%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.38%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 80 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 54 (20.45%) Finance
3 14 (5.30%) Retail
4 12 (4.55%) Legal
5 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.41%) Banking
8 8 (3.03%) Law
9 7 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.14%) Local Government
10 3 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.14%) Police
11 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (18.56%) IT Support
2 32 (12.12%) Analyst
2 32 (12.12%) Support Engineer
3 31 (11.74%) IT Analyst
4 28 (10.61%) IT Engineer
4 28 (10.61%) Senior
5 26 (9.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (8.71%) Lead
7 22 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (7.95%) IT Support Engineer
9 20 (7.58%) IT Support Analyst
10 18 (6.82%) Architect
11 17 (6.44%) Azure Specialist
12 16 (6.06%) Support Specialist
13 15 (5.68%) 3rd Line Support
13 15 (5.68%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (5.68%) DevOps Architect
13 15 (5.68%) Support Analyst
14 14 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (5.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.36%) ARM Templates
2 21 (7.95%) JSON
3 14 (5.30%) YAML
4 4 (1.52%) OAuth
4 4 (1.52%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.52%) OpenID
5 3 (1.14%) CSS
5 3 (1.14%) CSS3
5 3 (1.14%) HTML
5 3 (1.14%) HTML5
5 3 (1.14%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.14%) React
5 3 (1.14%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.36%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.06%) PKI
3 16 (6.06%) Private Cloud
4 14 (5.30%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.30%) Public Cloud
4 14 (5.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.55%) iPad
6 9 (3.41%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.03%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.03%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.65%) PMI
9 5 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.14%) CMDB
11 3 (1.14%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.76%) Tandem
12 2 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 153 (57.95%) Windows
2 79 (29.92%) Windows Server
3 31 (11.74%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.98%) Apple iOS
5 27 (10.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (9.09%) Android
6 24 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (8.71%) Linux
8 9 (3.41%) Windows 7
9 8 (3.03%) VMS
10 4 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.62%) DevOps
2 61 (23.11%) ITIL
3 59 (22.35%) Agile
4 43 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.88%) CI/CD
6 33 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 30 (11.36%) Customer Service
8 29 (10.98%) Line Management
9 27 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (10.23%) Migration
9 27 (10.23%) Process Improvement
10 26 (9.85%) Information Security
10 26 (9.85%) Roadmaps
11 25 (9.47%) Data Loss Prevention
12 24 (9.09%) Service Delivery
13 22 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (8.33%) Service Management
14 21 (7.95%) Identity Access Management
15 20 (7.58%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (31.44%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.58%) Python
3 16 (6.06%) Bicep
4 14 (5.30%) C#
4 14 (5.30%) VB
4 14 (5.30%) VBScript
5 12 (4.55%) SQL
6 7 (2.65%) Bash
7 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) PHP
8 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (15.15%) Degree
2 20 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.44%) Azure Certification
3 17 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (6.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 14 (5.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (5.30%) CCSP
4 14 (5.30%) CEH
4 14 (5.30%) CISSP
4 14 (5.30%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.30%) SANS
4 14 (5.30%) SSCP
5 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.65%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.14%) CCNA
11 3 (1.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.20%) SLA
2 15 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.30%) NIST
3 14 (5.30%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.55%) QA
5 4 (1.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 159 (60.23%) Active Directory
2 91 (34.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.23%) VMware ESXi
4 25 (9.47%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (8.71%) Hyper-V
6 22 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
7 20 (7.58%) vSphere
8 14 (5.30%) XenApp
9 13 (4.92%) XenDesktop
10 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 101 (38.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (20.08%) SCCM
3 33 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (7.58%) Kubernetes
4 20 (7.58%) Terraform
5 17 (6.44%) SCOM
5 17 (6.44%) WSUS
6 14 (5.30%) Nmap
7 9 (3.41%) AirWatch
8 7 (2.65%) Ansible
9 6 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.52%) Nagios
10 4 (1.52%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.52%) Puppet
11 3 (1.14%) Nessus
11 3 (1.14%) PaperCut
11 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.14%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 136 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 91 (34.47%) VMware
3 84 (31.82%) Citrix
4 17 (6.44%) Splunk
5 14 (5.30%) HP
5 14 (5.30%) Qualys
5 14 (5.30%) Rapid7
5 14 (5.30%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.30%) Thycotic
6 12 (4.55%) Veeam
7 10 (3.79%) Apple
7 10 (3.79%) Cisco
8 9 (3.41%) Dell
8 9 (3.41%) Symantec
8 9 (3.41%) Toshiba
9 7 (2.65%) Commvault
9 7 (2.65%) EMC
9 7 (2.65%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.27%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.89%) Avaya