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

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 548 698
Rank change year-on-year +135 +150 -134
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 82 90 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the System Software category 2.73% 1.58% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 67 77 106
10th Percentile £41,036 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,283 £49,750 £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 £75,000 £73,625
90th Percentile £108,500 £90,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +12.22%

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 3,005 5,681 12,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.77% 15.83% 18.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,272 4,085 6,094
10th Percentile £33,163 £35,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £110,000
England 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 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 26 April 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 26 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
Central London +57 20 £72,500 +26.09% 3
South London - 2 £38,000 - 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 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.44%) Apache
3 2 (2.44%) nginx
4 1 (1.22%) JBoss
Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 51 (62.20%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (56.10%) Azure
3 20 (24.39%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (18.29%) Entra ID
5 14 (17.07%) AWS
6 9 (10.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (10.98%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (8.54%) Nutanix
9 4 (4.88%) IaaS
9 4 (4.88%) PaaS
10 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
11 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
12 1 (1.22%) Azure AKS
12 1 (1.22%) Azure Functions
12 1 (1.22%) Azure Pipelines
12 1 (1.22%) Datadog
12 1 (1.22%) OpenShift
12 1 (1.22%) Rubrik
12 1 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.95%) TCP/IP
2 15 (18.29%) Firewall
3 12 (14.63%) VPN
4 11 (13.41%) DNS
5 10 (12.20%) LAN
5 10 (12.20%) WAN
6 9 (10.98%) Network Security
6 9 (10.98%) SAN
7 8 (9.76%) Wireshark
8 5 (6.10%) NetScaler
9 4 (4.88%) NGFW
10 3 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (2.44%) SSL
12 1 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (1.22%) NAS
12 1 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (1.22%) VoIP
12 1 (1.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (1.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.22%) TeamCity
General
1 27 (32.93%) Finance
2 9 (10.98%) Banking
3 7 (8.54%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.10%) Law
5 4 (4.88%) Legal
6 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.44%) Retail
8 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (20.73%) Senior
2 15 (18.29%) Analyst
3 14 (17.07%) IT Analyst
4 11 (13.41%) Engineering Manager
5 8 (9.76%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Citrix Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Lead
6 7 (8.54%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Architect
7 6 (7.32%) Head of IT
7 6 (7.32%) Head of IT Operations
7 6 (7.32%) Head of Operations
7 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) IT Operations Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) IT Support
7 6 (7.32%) Operations Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) DevOps Architect
8 5 (6.10%) Information Security Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.98%) JSON
2 5 (6.10%) ARM Templates
3 4 (4.88%) YAML
4 3 (3.66%) Software Packaging
5 2 (2.44%) OAuth
5 2 (2.44%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.44%) OpenID
6 1 (1.22%) CSS
6 1 (1.22%) CSS3
6 1 (1.22%) HTML
6 1 (1.22%) HTML5
6 1 (1.22%) Keycloak
6 1 (1.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.98%) Data Centre
3 8 (9.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (7.32%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.88%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.66%) CMDB
7 2 (2.44%) Tandem
7 2 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.22%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.22%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.22%) iPhone
8 1 (1.22%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 44 (53.66%) Windows
2 15 (18.29%) Windows 10
3 9 (10.98%) Android
3 9 (10.98%) Apple iOS
4 7 (8.54%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.66%) Linux
6 2 (2.44%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) ITIL
2 21 (25.61%) DevOps
3 18 (21.95%) Process Improvement
4 14 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (15.85%) Agile
5 13 (15.85%) Patch Management
5 13 (15.85%) Roadmaps
6 12 (14.63%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.41%) Capacity Planning
7 11 (13.41%) ITSM
7 11 (13.41%) Line Management
8 10 (12.20%) Information Security
8 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
9 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (10.98%) Strategic Planning
10 8 (9.76%) Cryptography
10 8 (9.76%) Ethical Hacking
10 8 (9.76%) SIEM
10 8 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 28 (34.15%) PowerShell
2 11 (13.41%) Python
3 8 (9.76%) SQL
4 5 (6.10%) Bash
5 1 (1.22%) Bicep
5 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.22%) PHP
5 1 (1.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Degree
2 10 (12.20%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (9.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (9.76%) CCSP
3 8 (9.76%) CEH
3 8 (9.76%) CISSP
3 8 (9.76%) SANS
3 8 (9.76%) SSCP
4 4 (4.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.44%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.44%) CCNA
5 2 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.20%) SLA
2 8 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.76%) NIST
2 8 (9.76%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.66%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (42.68%) Active Directory
2 27 (32.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.98%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (10.98%) vSphere
4 7 (8.54%) XenApp
4 7 (8.54%) XenDesktop
5 6 (7.32%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (3.66%) Docker
7 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (20.73%) SCCM
3 8 (9.76%) Nmap
4 7 (8.54%) Terraform
5 4 (4.88%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (3.66%) Ansible
6 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.44%) Nagios
8 1 (1.22%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.22%) Puppet
8 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (39.02%) Citrix
2 27 (32.93%) VMware
3 20 (24.39%) Microsoft
4 9 (10.98%) Splunk
5 8 (9.76%) Qualys
5 8 (9.76%) Rapid7
5 8 (9.76%) Thycotic
6 7 (8.54%) Cisco
7 5 (6.10%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.88%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.66%) HP
10 2 (2.44%) Veeam
11 1 (1.22%) Apple
11 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
11 1 (1.22%) iManage
11 1 (1.22%) Ivanti
11 1 (1.22%) New Relic
11 1 (1.22%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.22%) Sophos