Virtual Desktop Jobs in the North of England

Virtual Desktop
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 343 376
Rank change year-on-year +8 +33 +21
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 14 44 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.24% 0.35%
As % of the System Software category 0.90% 2.23% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 10 31 23
10th Percentile £39,358 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile - £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £43,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% +16.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £57,250 £49,375
90th Percentile - £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £46,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.38% -8.70% +15.00%

All System Software Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,561 1,972 2,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.27% 10.68% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 597 1,642 1,542
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,609 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% -10.53% -1.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £69,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in the North of England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the North of England.

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in the North of England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the North of England

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
North West +9 13 £46,000 +3.68% 10
Yorkshire +34 1 £28,000 -50.44% 2
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) NetScaler
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) SAN
1 1 (7.14%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Administrator
2 1 (7.14%) Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Wintel Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Wintel Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Mac OS
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (57.14%) Application Packaging
2 8 (57.14%) Deployment Automation
2 8 (57.14%) ITSM
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) Coaching
4 3 (21.43%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) High Availability
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
5 1 (7.14%) Use Case
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) VB
2 1 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) MCP
3 1 (7.14%) MCSA
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.14%) VMware NSX
3 1 (7.14%) XenApp
3 1 (7.14%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) iManage
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
4 1 (7.14%) Citrix
4 1 (7.14%) Commvault
4 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) McAfee
4 1 (7.14%) Symantec