Virtual Desktop Job Trends in Kent

Virtual Desktop
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 76 68
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 -
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 1 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.13% 0.28% 0.63%
As % of the System Software category 0.86% 1.95% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £42,875 £30,700
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,438 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £46,250 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.76% +21.71% -
75th Percentile £55,500 £48,438 £39,000
90th Percentile - £48,625 -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -22.73% -2.70% +17.97%

All System Software Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 116 154 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 15.49% 14.27% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 82 85 100
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,500 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £55,325 £69,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.89% +7.00% -

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Kent

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the Kent region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Chatham - 1 £54,000 - 1
Virtual Desktop
South East

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Transition Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Transition Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate