Virtual Desktop Job Trends in London

Virtual Desktop
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 336 416
Rank change year-on-year -24 +80 +136
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 46 69 83
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.53% 0.36%
As % of the System Software category 3.41% 3.96% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 39 49 68
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,150 £41,036
25th Percentile £47,617 £51,930 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +11.54%
75th Percentile £76,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £100,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -6.54%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,348 1,744 2,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.95% 13.49% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 901 1,291 2,300
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in London

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the London region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Central London +4 17 £74,000 -10.30% 4
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 15 (32.61%) SharePoint
2 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Alphatax
1 1 (2.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 40 (86.96%) Azure
2 37 (80.43%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (36.96%) Entra ID
4 15 (32.61%) OneDrive
5 13 (28.26%) SaaS
6 10 (21.74%) IaaS
6 10 (21.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (21.74%) PaaS
7 9 (19.57%) Datadog
8 6 (13.04%) AWS
9 3 (6.52%) Mimecast
9 3 (6.52%) Tessian
10 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
11 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (47.83%) Firewall
2 19 (41.30%) DHCP
2 19 (41.30%) DNS
3 16 (34.78%) VPN
4 11 (23.91%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (21.74%) VLAN
6 9 (19.57%) SAN
7 2 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (4.35%) LAN
7 2 (4.35%) NetScaler
7 2 (4.35%) WAN
8 1 (2.17%) Broadband
8 1 (2.17%) Mobile Broadband
8 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.17%) Softphone
8 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Chocolatey
General
1 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (19.57%) Banking
2 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Legal
4 2 (4.35%) Law
5 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Azure Engineer
2 10 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (15.22%) Lead
3 7 (15.22%) Senior
4 6 (13.04%) Identity Management Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) IT Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (8.70%) Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) IT Support
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) IT Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Platform Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) React
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.17%) iPhone
4 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (76.09%) Windows
2 11 (23.91%) Windows Server
3 10 (21.74%) Windows 10
4 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (8.70%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (23.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (23.91%) ITSM
3 10 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (21.74%) Migration
3 10 (21.74%) RBAC
4 9 (19.57%) Analytical Thinking
4 9 (19.57%) Identity Management
4 9 (19.57%) ITIL
4 9 (19.57%) Security Patching
5 7 (15.22%) User Experience
6 6 (13.04%) Privileged Identity Management
7 5 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.87%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (10.87%) Load Balancing
7 5 (10.87%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (8.70%) Document Management
8 4 (8.70%) High Availability
8 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.70%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (2.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.87%) Azure Certification
2 5 (10.87%) Degree
3 3 (6.52%) CCNP
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.35%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.35%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) SLA
2 4 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 32 (69.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (36.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.70%) vSphere
4 2 (4.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.35%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.17%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (76.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (41.30%) SCCM
3 4 (8.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (84.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (36.96%) VMware
3 9 (19.57%) AppDynamics
3 9 (19.57%) Dynatrace
3 9 (19.57%) Tenable
4 7 (15.22%) iManage
5 5 (10.87%) Citrix
6 3 (6.52%) Dell
6 3 (6.52%) Intapp
6 3 (6.52%) Nexthink
6 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.35%) Atlassian
7 2 (4.35%) Cisco
7 2 (4.35%) Pure Storage
8 1 (2.17%) Apple
8 1 (2.17%) Bomgar