Virtual Desktop Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Virtual Desktop
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.17% - 0.72%
As % of the System Software category 3.70% - 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.19%
75th Percentile - - £34,125
90th Percentile - - £34,350
Tyne and Wear median annual salary - - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -58.06%

All System Software Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 27 46 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 4.60% 8.58% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 18 21 55
10th Percentile - £32,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -3.61% -33.60%
75th Percentile £71,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £72,777 £63,250
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £44,274 £39,563
% change year-on-year +7.29% +11.91% -33.19%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware