Virtual Desktop Jobs in the South East

Virtual Desktop
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 358 424
Rank change year-on-year +31 +66 -77
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 58 48 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.32% 0.29%
As % of the System Software category 2.35% 1.97% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 38 36 33
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £36,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.22% -20.00% -1.10%
75th Percentile £59,000 £50,000 £56,875
90th Percentile - £68,750 £73,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +11.11%

All System Software Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,470 2,435 3,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.86% 16.24% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,977 1,670 2,370
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in the South East

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the South East.

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in the South East

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the South East

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +28 21 £59,000 -12.59% 6
Berkshire +41 14 £59,000 -12.59% 5
East Sussex +26 13 - -
Surrey +14 13 £32,500 -8.45%
Hampshire -22 6 £49,881 +46.71% 3
Oxfordshire - 5 £51,000 -
Sussex - 4 £35,000 -
Buckinghamshire -25 2 £37,500 - 1
Kent -5 1 £86,000 +72.00% 5
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 21 (36.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (24.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (93.10%) Azure
2 40 (68.97%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (51.72%) Entra ID
4 19 (32.76%) Azure Storage
5 14 (24.14%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (15.52%) OneDrive
7 6 (10.34%) AWS
8 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Table
Communications & Networking
1 29 (50.00%) Firewall
2 20 (34.48%) DHCP
2 20 (34.48%) DNS
3 6 (10.34%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (8.62%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (8.62%) VLAN
5 1 (1.72%) LAN
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) VoIP
5 1 (1.72%) VPN
5 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 44 (75.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.69%) Retail
3 10 (17.24%) Finance
4 5 (8.62%) Legal
5 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Police
7 1 (1.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Azure Specialist
1 15 (25.86%) Support Specialist
2 14 (24.14%) Active Directory Specialist
2 14 (24.14%) Active Directory Support
3 12 (20.69%) IT Support
4 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (12.07%) Lead
6 6 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) IT Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Technical Support
7 5 (8.62%) 1st/2nd Line Help Desk Support
7 5 (8.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (8.62%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 5 (8.62%) Help Desk Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (8.62%) Help Desk Support Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (24.14%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (24.14%) PKI
3 8 (13.79%) Mobile App
4 7 (12.07%) PMI
5 5 (8.62%) Low-Code
6 4 (6.90%) Algorithms
6 4 (6.90%) Data Structures
6 4 (6.90%) Driving Licence
6 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
7 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 44 (75.86%) Windows
2 24 (41.38%) Windows Server
3 19 (32.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (24.14%) Linux
4 14 (24.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (22.41%) Apple iOS
6 9 (15.52%) Windows 10
7 8 (13.79%) Android
8 4 (6.90%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (46.55%) Agile
2 25 (43.10%) ITIL
3 22 (37.93%) DevOps
4 19 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (25.86%) Release Management
6 14 (24.14%) Analytics
6 14 (24.14%) CI/CD
6 14 (24.14%) Identity Management
6 14 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (24.14%) Log Analytics
6 14 (24.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 14 (24.14%) Privileged Identity Management
6 14 (24.14%) RBAC
6 14 (24.14%) Service Management
7 13 (22.41%) Customer Service
8 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (17.24%) Service Delivery
9 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
10 8 (13.79%) Scenario Testing
10 8 (13.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.31%) PowerShell
2 14 (24.14%) Bicep
2 14 (24.14%) C#
2 14 (24.14%) VB
2 14 (24.14%) VBScript
3 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (32.76%) Degree
2 15 (25.86%) Security Cleared
3 14 (24.14%) DV Cleared
3 14 (24.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
5 7 (12.07%) PMI Certification
6 6 (10.34%) Azure Certification
7 5 (8.62%) AWS Certification
8 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.72%) CCNA
10 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) QA
2 8 (13.79%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (63.79%) Active Directory
2 15 (25.86%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (60.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (31.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 14 (24.14%) Kubernetes
3 14 (24.14%) SCCM
3 14 (24.14%) SCOM
3 14 (24.14%) WSUS
4 3 (5.17%) Nessus
Vendors
1 46 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 13 (22.41%) Citrix
3 5 (8.62%) Adobe
3 5 (8.62%) Avaya
4 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.45%) Cisco
5 2 (3.45%) VMware
6 1 (1.72%) Commvault
6 1 (1.72%) Databricks
6 1 (1.72%) WatchGuard