Virtual Desktop Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Desktop
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 522 618
Rank change year-on-year -49 +96 -47
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 192 231 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.39% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 2.19% 2.51% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 151 94 104
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,650 £28,075
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,789 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £58,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £69,625 £76,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +17.78%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,782 9,219 12,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.39% 15.46% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,049 5,801 8,405
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,700 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in the UK excluding London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in the UK excluding London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the UK excluding London

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
South East +24 62 £51,000 +37.84% 20
North of England +27 42 £40,367 +0.92% 14
East of England +7 33 £29,750 -39.59% 5
Midlands -36 33 £52,500 +12.30% 17
West Midlands +25 28 £52,500 - 4
Yorkshire +68 22 £56,500 +25.56% 3
North East +4 15 £37,750 +16.15%
South West -35 14 £55,000 +86.44% 10
Scotland -51 6 £36,750 +5.00% 2
North West +5 5 £41,234 -21.46% 11
East Midlands -79 5 £45,000 +38.46% 13
Wales +13 2 £45,000 -37.93%
Virtual Desktop
UK

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 92 (47.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (27.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.04%) Apache
3 2 (1.04%) JBoss
3 2 (1.04%) nginx
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 147 (76.56%) Azure
2 137 (71.35%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (36.98%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.98%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (11.46%) Azure Storage
6 16 (8.33%) IaaS
6 16 (8.33%) PaaS
7 15 (7.81%) OneDrive
8 14 (7.29%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (6.77%) AWS
10 7 (3.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.08%) OCI
13 3 (1.56%) GCP
13 3 (1.56%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.56%) Power Platform
14 2 (1.04%) Datadog
14 2 (1.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 64 (33.33%) Firewall
2 35 (18.23%) DNS
3 31 (16.15%) DHCP
4 23 (11.98%) Remote Desktop
4 23 (11.98%) VPN
4 23 (11.98%) WAN
5 22 (11.46%) LAN
6 15 (7.81%) Network Security
7 10 (5.21%) NGFW
7 10 (5.21%) SAN
8 8 (4.17%) NetScaler
8 8 (4.17%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.17%) VLAN
9 7 (3.65%) Wireless
9 7 (3.65%) Wireshark
10 5 (2.60%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (1.56%) SSL
11 3 (1.56%) VoIP
11 3 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.81%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Git
2 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.52%) Selenium
3 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 77 (40.10%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.10%) Finance
3 13 (6.77%) Retail
4 11 (5.73%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.17%) Legal
6 6 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.08%) Law
9 3 (1.56%) Local Government
9 3 (1.56%) Police
10 2 (1.04%) Advertising
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (22.40%) IT Support
2 26 (13.54%) 2nd Line Support
2 26 (13.54%) Support Engineer
3 24 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 20 (10.42%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (9.38%) Lead
6 17 (8.85%) Analyst
6 17 (8.85%) Azure Specialist
6 17 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (8.85%) IT Analyst
7 15 (7.81%) IT Support Analyst
7 15 (7.81%) Support Specialist
8 14 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support
8 14 (7.29%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (7.29%) Active Directory Support
8 14 (7.29%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 11 (5.73%) Architect
11 10 (5.21%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.02%) ARM Templates
2 11 (5.73%) JSON
2 11 (5.73%) YAML
3 2 (1.04%) CSS
3 2 (1.04%) CSS3
3 2 (1.04%) HTML
3 2 (1.04%) HTML5
3 2 (1.04%) Keycloak
3 2 (1.04%) OAuth
3 2 (1.04%) OAuth2
3 2 (1.04%) OpenID
3 2 (1.04%) React
3 2 (1.04%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 16 (8.33%) PKI
3 12 (6.25%) iPad
4 10 (5.21%) Private Cloud
4 10 (5.21%) Public Cloud
5 8 (4.17%) Mobile App
6 7 (3.65%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.65%) PMI
7 6 (3.13%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.60%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.08%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 113 (58.85%) Windows
2 72 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 27 (14.06%) Windows Server 2019
4 22 (11.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (10.42%) Apple iOS
5 20 (10.42%) Linux
5 20 (10.42%) Windows 10
6 15 (7.81%) Android
7 10 (5.21%) VMS
8 6 (3.13%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (24.48%) Agile
2 44 (22.92%) ITIL
3 43 (22.40%) DevOps
4 33 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (14.58%) Customer Service
6 27 (14.06%) CI/CD
6 27 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (13.54%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (9.90%) Migration
10 18 (9.38%) Line Management
11 17 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (8.85%) Data Loss Prevention
11 17 (8.85%) Mentoring
11 17 (8.85%) Release Management
11 17 (8.85%) Server Management
12 16 (8.33%) Information Security
13 15 (7.81%) Kalman Filter
13 15 (7.81%) Service Management
13 15 (7.81%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.69%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.81%) Bicep
3 14 (7.29%) C#
3 14 (7.29%) VB
3 14 (7.29%) VBScript
4 9 (4.69%) Python
5 3 (1.56%) SQL
6 2 (1.04%) Bash
6 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (13.54%) Degree
2 20 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.38%) Azure Certification
4 17 (8.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 14 (7.29%) DV Cleared
6 9 (4.69%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.65%) PMI Certification
9 6 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (3.13%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.13%) CCSP
9 6 (3.13%) CEH
9 6 (3.13%) CISSP
9 6 (3.13%) SANS
9 6 (3.13%) SSCP
10 5 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.25%) QA
2 10 (5.21%) SLA
3 7 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.13%) NIST
4 6 (3.13%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 127 (66.15%) Active Directory
2 64 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (14.06%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (10.94%) Hyper-V
5 18 (9.38%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
7 11 (5.73%) vSphere
8 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (3.65%) XenApp
10 6 (3.13%) XenDesktop
11 2 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 78 (40.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (18.75%) SCCM
3 31 (16.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (8.85%) SCOM
5 16 (8.33%) Kubernetes
5 16 (8.33%) WSUS
6 13 (6.77%) Terraform
7 6 (3.13%) AirWatch
7 6 (3.13%) Nmap
8 3 (1.56%) Ansible
8 3 (1.56%) Nessus
8 3 (1.56%) Puppet
9 2 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.04%) Nagios
9 2 (1.04%) PaperCut
9 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.04%) SmoothWall
10 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 120 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 64 (33.33%) VMware
3 53 (27.60%) Citrix
4 11 (5.73%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.21%) Veeam
6 8 (4.17%) Splunk
7 7 (3.65%) Commvault
7 7 (3.65%) EMC
7 7 (3.65%) HP
8 6 (3.13%) Adobe
8 6 (3.13%) Apple
8 6 (3.13%) Dell
8 6 (3.13%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.13%) Qualys
8 6 (3.13%) Rapid7
8 6 (3.13%) Symantec
8 6 (3.13%) Thycotic
8 6 (3.13%) Toshiba
9 5 (2.60%) Avaya
10 4 (2.08%) Oracle