Virtual Desktop Jobs in London

Virtual Desktop
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 536 725
Rank change year-on-year +113 +189 -165
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 78 91 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the System Software category 2.62% 1.65% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 65 79 101
10th Percentile £41,036 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £87,500 £74,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +11.11%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,974 5,516 12,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.58% 15.69% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,244 3,994 6,069
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London.

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 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
Central London +46 18 £72,500 +26.09% 3
South London - 1 £36,000 - 1
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) Apache
3 2 (2.56%) nginx
4 1 (1.28%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (58.97%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (55.13%) Azure
3 18 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (17.95%) AWS
5 12 (15.38%) Entra ID
6 9 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (10.26%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (8.97%) Nutanix
9 3 (3.85%) IaaS
9 3 (3.85%) PaaS
10 2 (2.56%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.56%) Serverless
11 1 (1.28%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.28%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.28%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (1.28%) Datadog
11 1 (1.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (21.79%) TCP/IP
2 15 (19.23%) Firewall
3 11 (14.10%) DNS
4 9 (11.54%) LAN
4 9 (11.54%) Network Security
4 9 (11.54%) VPN
4 9 (11.54%) WAN
5 8 (10.26%) SAN
5 8 (10.26%) Wireshark
6 5 (6.41%) NetScaler
7 4 (5.13%) NGFW
8 3 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.56%) SSL
10 1 (1.28%) NAS
10 1 (1.28%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) Power BI
1 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.56%) Git
3 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.28%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (35.90%) Finance
2 9 (11.54%) Banking
3 7 (8.97%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.13%) Law
4 4 (5.13%) Legal
5 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Retail
6 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (19.23%) Analyst
1 15 (19.23%) Senior
2 14 (17.95%) IT Analyst
3 11 (14.10%) Engineering Manager
4 8 (10.26%) Lead
4 8 (10.26%) Security Engineer
5 7 (8.97%) Citrix Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Head of IT
6 6 (7.69%) Head of IT Operations
6 6 (7.69%) Head of Operations
6 6 (7.69%) IT Operations Analyst
6 6 (7.69%) IT Support
6 6 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Architect
7 5 (6.41%) Information Security Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Support Analyst
7 5 (6.41%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.69%) JSON
2 4 (5.13%) ARM Templates
3 3 (3.85%) Software Packaging
3 3 (3.85%) YAML
4 2 (2.56%) OAuth
4 2 (2.56%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.56%) OpenID
5 1 (1.28%) CSS
5 1 (1.28%) CSS3
5 1 (1.28%) HTML
5 1 (1.28%) HTML5
5 1 (1.28%) Keycloak
5 1 (1.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.10%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 8 (10.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (5.13%) Private Cloud
5 3 (3.85%) CMDB
5 3 (3.85%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.28%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) NHS
7 1 (1.28%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 41 (52.56%) Windows
2 15 (19.23%) Windows 10
3 9 (11.54%) Apple iOS
4 8 (10.26%) Android
5 5 (6.41%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.85%) Linux
7 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.64%) ITIL
2 19 (24.36%) DevOps
3 18 (23.08%) Process Improvement
4 14 (17.95%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (16.67%) Patch Management
6 12 (15.38%) Agile
6 12 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.38%) Roadmaps
7 11 (14.10%) Capacity Planning
7 11 (14.10%) Line Management
8 9 (11.54%) Information Security
8 9 (11.54%) ITSM
8 9 (11.54%) Security Management
8 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (11.54%) Strategic Planning
9 8 (10.26%) Cryptography
9 8 (10.26%) Ethical Hacking
9 8 (10.26%) Information Security Management
9 8 (10.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (32.05%) PowerShell
2 11 (14.10%) Python
3 6 (7.69%) SQL
4 5 (6.41%) Bash
5 1 (1.28%) Bicep
5 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.28%) PHP
5 1 (1.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (16.67%) Degree
2 9 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (10.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (10.26%) CCSP
3 8 (10.26%) CEH
3 8 (10.26%) CISSP
3 8 (10.26%) SANS
3 8 (10.26%) SSCP
4 4 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.28%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) CCNA
6 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (10.26%) NIST
1 8 (10.26%) PCI DSS
1 8 (10.26%) SLA
2 3 (3.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (39.74%) Active Directory
2 23 (29.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.26%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (10.26%) vSphere
3 8 (10.26%) XenApp
3 8 (10.26%) XenDesktop
4 6 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (3.85%) Docker
6 2 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (28.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (20.51%) SCCM
3 8 (10.26%) Nmap
4 7 (8.97%) Terraform
5 3 (3.85%) Ansible
5 3 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (3.85%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (2.56%) Nagios
7 1 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.28%) Puppet
7 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (37.18%) Citrix
2 23 (29.49%) VMware
3 18 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 9 (11.54%) Splunk
5 8 (10.26%) Qualys
5 8 (10.26%) Rapid7
5 8 (10.26%) Thycotic
6 6 (7.69%) Cisco
7 3 (3.85%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.85%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.56%) HP
9 1 (1.28%) Apple
9 1 (1.28%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.28%) iManage
9 1 (1.28%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.28%) New Relic
9 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.28%) Veeam