Virtual Desktop Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Virtual Desktop
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.10% - -
As % of the System Software category 4.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
75th Percentile £46,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £44,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.95% -16.19% -8.70%

All System Software Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 22 16 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.30% 6.81% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 26
10th Percentile £32,000 £46,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £50,000 £32,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £55,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +33.33% -17.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,125 £81,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. 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
County Antrim - 1 £46,000 - 1
Virtual Desktop
UK

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft