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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 387 394
Rank change year-on-year -34 +7 +56
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 30 32 125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.19% 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 1.66% 1.47% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 98
10th Percentile - £37,170 £35,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -26.09% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £74,310
90th Percentile £81,250 £69,950 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,000 £46,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% -16.36% -4.35%

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 1,806 2,176 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.25% 13.22% 11.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 1,274 2,346
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £69,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 29 July 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 23 (76.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (46.67%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (46.67%) PaaS
4 13 (43.33%) IaaS
5 12 (40.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 12 (40.00%) Azure Functions
5 12 (40.00%) Azure Key Vault
5 12 (40.00%) Azure Monitor
5 12 (40.00%) GitHub
5 12 (40.00%) Serverless
6 10 (33.33%) OneDrive
7 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
8 2 (6.67%) AWS
9 1 (3.33%) Azure Storage
9 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) VPN
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (40.00%) Git
General
1 26 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (46.67%) Law
3 13 (43.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (20.00%) Finance
5 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) German Language
6 1 (3.33%) Legal
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Analyst
2 13 (43.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Senior
3 6 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Service Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (3.33%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Technical Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Security Posture
2 12 (40.00%) Podcast
2 12 (40.00%) Public Cloud
3 6 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.67%) BYOD
4 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) CMDB
5 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (70.00%) Windows
2 12 (40.00%) VMS
3 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.67%) Android
6 1 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Computer Science
1 16 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (46.67%) Cloud Security
2 14 (46.67%) DevOps
2 14 (46.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 13 (43.33%) Agile
3 13 (43.33%) Analytics
4 12 (40.00%) AI
4 12 (40.00%) API Management
4 12 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 12 (40.00%) DevSecOps
4 12 (40.00%) Generative AI
4 12 (40.00%) Log Analytics
4 12 (40.00%) Observability
4 12 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
4 12 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 12 (40.00%) Scrum
4 12 (40.00%) Task Automation
5 7 (23.33%) Cost Optimisation
5 7 (23.33%) FinOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (63.33%) PowerShell
2 13 (43.33%) Bicep
3 12 (40.00%) Bash
3 12 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 12 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (40.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
4 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 17 (56.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (40.00%) vSphere
4 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (46.67%) Terraform
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) VMware
3 12 (40.00%) ScienceLogic
4 3 (10.00%) Dell
4 3 (10.00%) iManage
4 3 (10.00%) Nexthink
5 2 (6.67%) Apple
5 2 (6.67%) Samsung
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco
6 1 (3.33%) Citrix
6 1 (3.33%) Veeam