Hybrid/Remote Virtual Desktop Job Trends

Virtual Desktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 398 414
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 +97
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 21 29 163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.19% 0.48%
As % of the System Software category 1.39% 1.30% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17 25 136
10th Percentile - £35,868 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,170 £36,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £62,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,500 £51,750
% change year-on-year +4.40% -12.08% -10.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,515 2,233 4,148
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.78% 14.79% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,073 1,346 3,264
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Virtual Desktop and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Virtual Desktop salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (42.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (47.62%) OneDrive
4 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
5 3 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) IaaS
5 3 (14.29%) PaaS
6 2 (9.52%) AWS
6 2 (9.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (9.52%) Azure Functions
6 2 (9.52%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (9.52%) GitHub
6 2 (9.52%) Serverless
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Storage
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) DHCP
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) VPN
2 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
General
1 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Law
3 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) German Language
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Support
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Service Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Field Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Account Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Account Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Podcast
1 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
1 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.76%) BYOD
2 1 (4.76%) CMDB
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Windows
2 5 (23.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 2 (9.52%) VMS
5 1 (4.76%) Android
5 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (23.81%) Service Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) AI
5 4 (19.05%) Change Management
5 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
5 4 (19.05%) Information Security
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
6 3 (14.29%) Agile
6 3 (14.29%) Analytics
6 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (14.29%) User Experience
7 2 (9.52%) Log Analytics
7 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Bash
2 2 (9.52%) Bicep
2 2 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.52%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
3 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (9.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (14.29%) Terraform
3 2 (9.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Dell
3 2 (9.52%) iManage
3 2 (9.52%) Nexthink
3 2 (9.52%) ScienceLogic
4 1 (4.76%) Apple
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Samsung
4 1 (4.76%) Veeam