Virtual Desktop
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 496 | 613 | 664 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +117 | +51 | +135 |
| Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop | 191 | 283 | 341 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.37% | 0.29% | 0.33% |
| As % of the System Software category | 3.54% | 2.31% | 2.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 126 | 223 | 185 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,938 | £29,750 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £36,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | -4.76% | -0.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,563 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £92,000 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,134 | £44,250 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.78% | +10.63% | -11.11% |
All System Software Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 5,388 | 12,269 | 15,980 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.33% | 12.48% | 15.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,933 | 9,741 | 10,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £26,250 | £27,915 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -9.09% | -1.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £67,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £86,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop.
Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Virtual Desktop
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +111 | 182 | £46,000 | -8.00% | 40 |
| UK excluding London | +143 | 126 | £42,134 | -4.78% | 28 |
| London | +89 | 68 | £72,500 | +1.40% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +82 | 50 | £42,500 | -17.87% | 25 |
| South East | +102 | 48 | £40,000 | -21.57% | 6 |
| Midlands | +51 | 24 | £27,500 | -45.00% | 4 |
| North of England | +66 | 23 | £46,000 | +16.46% | 6 |
| North West | +49 | 21 | £46,000 | +11.56% | 2 |
| East of England | +44 | 19 | £62,500 | +110.08% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +36 | 16 | £80,000 | +60.00% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +54 | 8 | £27,500 | -38.89% | 1 |
| Wales | +46 | 8 | £38,094 | -15.35% | 3 |
| South West | +106 | 5 | £55,000 | - | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 2 | £31,500 | -44.25% | 1 |
| Scotland | +123 | 1 | £35,000 | -4.11% | 2 |
Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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