Virtual Desktop
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 160 | 205 | 214 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +45 | +9 | +8 |
| Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.16% | 0.043% | 0.027% |
| As % of the System Software category | 1.14% | 0.57% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £56,250 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | +76.92% | -43.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £58,750 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £46,000 | £57,500 | £36,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +57.53% | -18.89% |
All System Software Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 351 | 353 | 660 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 13.68% | 7.61% | 17.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 210 | 261 | 479 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £27,000 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,500 | £31,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £47,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -20.83% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £65,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,750 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -18.18% | +15.79% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Manchester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: