Virtual Desktop Jobs in the Thames Valley

Virtual Desktop
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 246 264
Rank change year-on-year +24 +18 -49
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 21 14 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.31% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the System Software category 1.98% 1.37% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 21 3 5
10th Percentile £49,881 £40,450 -
25th Percentile - £50,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £67,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.59% +77.63% -33.91%
75th Percentile - £71,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £73,150 £76,000
South East median annual salary £53,000 £36,000 £46,458
% change year-on-year +47.22% -22.51% +2.10%

All System Software Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,058 1,019 1,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.68% 16.54% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 844 667 718
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,188 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £44,150 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.38% -8.02% -12.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £46,750 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -1.58% -8.65% +4.00%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in the Thames Valley

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in the Thames Valley

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the Thames Valley

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire +32 14 £59,000 -12.59% 2
Oxfordshire - 5 £51,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire -21 2 £37,500 - 1
Virtual Desktop
South East

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 16 (76.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Azure
2 19 (90.48%) Azure Storage
2 19 (90.48%) Entra ID
3 16 (76.19%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (90.48%) Firewall
2 14 (66.67%) DHCP
2 14 (66.67%) DNS
General
1 18 (85.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory Specialist
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory Support
1 14 (66.67%) Azure Specialist
1 14 (66.67%) Support Specialist
2 4 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (9.52%) IT Support
4 2 (9.52%) Lead Cloud Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (66.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) PKI
1 14 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (19.05%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (80.95%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) Linux
2 14 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 14 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 14 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) DevOps
1 18 (85.71%) ITIL
2 14 (66.67%) Agile
2 14 (66.67%) Analytics
2 14 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 14 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 14 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (66.67%) Log Analytics
2 14 (66.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 14 (66.67%) Privileged Identity Management
2 14 (66.67%) RBAC
2 14 (66.67%) Release Management
2 14 (66.67%) Service Management
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Business Case
4 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (19.05%) Information Security
4 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (19.05%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) PowerShell
2 14 (66.67%) Bicep
2 14 (66.67%) C#
2 14 (66.67%) VB
2 14 (66.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Degree
1 14 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 14 (66.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 14 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (66.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (85.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (66.67%) Kubernetes
3 14 (66.67%) SCCM
3 14 (66.67%) SCOM
3 14 (66.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Commvault