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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 591 615 791
Rank change year-on-year +24 +176 -98
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 259 327 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.36% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.40% 2.35% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 206 166 208
10th Percentile £30,625 £31,250 £31,175
25th Percentile £36,298 £35,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £79,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +17.78%

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 10,806 13,921 24,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.59% 15.39% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,746 9,458 13,892
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,484
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 £55,687
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.23% +1.25%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +110 75 £71,500 +5.93% 24
South East +33 61 £51,000 +41.67% 19
North of England +38 42 £40,367 +15.33% 13
East of England +16 33 £29,750 -39.59% 8
Midlands -38 32 £50,000 +2.56% 14
West Midlands +30 29 £52,500 -2.33% 3
Yorkshire +64 22 £56,500 +61.43% 4
North East +8 15 £37,750 +16.15%
South West -38 13 £52,500 +77.97% 4
North West +7 5 £41,234 -21.46% 9
East Midlands -73 3 £45,000 +38.46% 11
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 92 (35.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (21.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.93%) Apache
3 5 (1.93%) nginx
4 4 (1.54%) JBoss
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 179 (69.11%) Azure
2 173 (66.80%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (30.50%) Entra ID
4 40 (15.44%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (10.81%) AWS
6 20 (7.72%) Azure Storage
7 18 (6.95%) IaaS
7 18 (6.95%) PaaS
8 17 (6.56%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (6.56%) OneDrive
9 14 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.70%) Nutanix
11 6 (2.32%) Serverless
12 4 (1.54%) Datadog
12 4 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.54%) OCI
12 4 (1.54%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 79 (30.50%) Firewall
2 44 (16.99%) DNS
3 30 (11.58%) DHCP
4 29 (11.20%) VPN
4 29 (11.20%) WAN
5 28 (10.81%) LAN
6 26 (10.04%) TCP/IP
7 24 (9.27%) Network Security
8 22 (8.49%) Remote Desktop
9 16 (6.18%) SAN
10 15 (5.79%) Wireshark
11 14 (5.41%) NGFW
12 13 (5.02%) NetScaler
13 9 (3.47%) VLAN
14 6 (2.32%) SSL
14 6 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.32%) Wireless
15 5 (1.93%) Structured Cabling
16 4 (1.54%) VoIP
17 2 (0.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.18%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.32%) Git
3 4 (1.54%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.16%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.39%) JIRA
5 1 (0.39%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 82 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 56 (21.62%) Finance
3 13 (5.02%) Retail
4 12 (4.63%) Legal
5 11 (4.25%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.47%) Banking
7 8 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.70%) Law
9 4 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.16%) Local Government
10 3 (1.16%) Police
11 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (18.92%) IT Support
2 32 (12.36%) Analyst
3 31 (11.97%) IT Analyst
4 30 (11.58%) Support Engineer
5 27 (10.42%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (10.04%) Lead
7 25 (9.65%) IT Engineer
7 25 (9.65%) Senior
8 21 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
9 20 (7.72%) IT Support Analyst
10 19 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (6.56%) Architect
11 17 (6.56%) Azure Specialist
12 16 (6.18%) Support Specialist
13 15 (5.79%) Support Analyst
14 14 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 14 (5.41%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (5.41%) Active Directory Support
14 14 (5.41%) Security Engineer
14 14 (5.41%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.20%) ARM Templates
2 15 (5.79%) JSON
3 13 (5.02%) YAML
4 5 (1.93%) OAuth
4 5 (1.93%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.93%) OpenID
5 4 (1.54%) CSS
5 4 (1.54%) CSS3
5 4 (1.54%) HTML
5 4 (1.54%) HTML5
5 4 (1.54%) Keycloak
5 4 (1.54%) React
6 3 (1.16%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.42%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.72%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.18%) PKI
4 14 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.63%) iPad
5 12 (4.63%) Private Cloud
5 12 (4.63%) Public Cloud
6 11 (4.25%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.09%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.70%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.70%) PMI
9 5 (1.93%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.16%) CMDB
11 3 (1.16%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 147 (56.76%) Windows
2 72 (27.80%) Windows Server
3 32 (12.36%) Windows 10
4 29 (11.20%) Apple iOS
5 27 (10.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (9.27%) Linux
7 23 (8.88%) Android
7 23 (8.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.09%) VMS
9 7 (2.70%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.94%) DevOps
2 58 (22.39%) Agile
2 58 (22.39%) ITIL
3 42 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (13.13%) CI/CD
5 33 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (11.20%) Line Management
8 28 (10.81%) Customer Service
9 27 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (10.42%) Process Improvement
10 26 (10.04%) Migration
11 25 (9.65%) Data Loss Prevention
11 25 (9.65%) Information Security
11 25 (9.65%) Roadmaps
12 22 (8.49%) Identity Access Management
13 21 (8.11%) Service Delivery
14 20 (7.72%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (7.72%) Service Management
14 20 (7.72%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (30.50%) PowerShell
2 21 (8.11%) Python
3 17 (6.56%) Bicep
4 14 (5.41%) C#
4 14 (5.41%) VB
4 14 (5.41%) VBScript
5 8 (3.09%) Bash
5 8 (3.09%) SQL
6 4 (1.54%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.39%) PHP
7 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (14.29%) Degree
2 22 (8.49%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.95%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (5.41%) CCSP
6 14 (5.41%) CEH
6 14 (5.41%) CISSP
6 14 (5.41%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.41%) SANS
6 14 (5.41%) SSCP
7 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.47%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.70%) PMI Certification
9 6 (2.32%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.18%) SLA
2 15 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.41%) NIST
3 14 (5.41%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.63%) QA
5 4 (1.54%) GDPR
System Software
1 151 (58.30%) Active Directory
2 82 (31.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (9.27%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (8.88%) Hyper-V
6 22 (8.49%) Virtual Servers
7 17 (6.56%) vSphere
8 15 (5.79%) XenApp
9 14 (5.41%) XenDesktop
10 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 97 (37.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (19.31%) SCCM
3 34 (13.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 21 (8.11%) Kubernetes
4 21 (8.11%) Terraform
5 17 (6.56%) SCOM
5 17 (6.56%) WSUS
6 14 (5.41%) Nmap
7 8 (3.09%) Ansible
8 7 (2.70%) AirWatch
9 5 (1.93%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.93%) Nagios
9 5 (1.93%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.93%) Puppet
10 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.16%) Nessus
11 3 (1.16%) PaperCut
11 3 (1.16%) SmoothWall
12 1 (0.39%) Autotask
12 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 133 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 82 (31.66%) VMware
3 78 (30.12%) Citrix
4 18 (6.95%) Splunk
5 14 (5.41%) Qualys
5 14 (5.41%) Rapid7
5 14 (5.41%) Thycotic
6 13 (5.02%) ServiceNow
7 11 (4.25%) Veeam
8 9 (3.47%) HP
9 8 (3.09%) Apple
9 8 (3.09%) Cisco
9 8 (3.09%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.70%) Commvault
10 7 (2.70%) Dell
10 7 (2.70%) EMC
10 7 (2.70%) Symantec
10 7 (2.70%) Toshiba
11 5 (1.93%) Adobe
11 5 (1.93%) Avaya