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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 515 630
Rank change year-on-year -58 +115 -42
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 199 250 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.43% 0.32%
As % of the System Software category 2.25% 2.72% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 155 93 94
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,050 £28,075
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £73,050 £71,750
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +3.77% +6.00%

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 8,853 9,199 12,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.87% 15.86% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,985 5,661 8,325
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
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 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £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 29 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 29 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 +19 66 £52,500 +31.25% 16
North of England +14 44 £43,500 +11.54% 14
East of England +2 34 £29,750 -50.42% 3
Midlands -69 31 £53,750 +14.97% 17
West Midlands +18 25 £52,500 -2.33% 3
Yorkshire +51 23 £56,500 +50.67% 6
North East +6 15 £37,750 -5.63%
South West -25 15 £50,000 +72.41% 12
North West +1 6 £44,367 +9.55% 8
Scotland -60 6 £44,750 +27.86% 6
East Midlands -97 6 £67,500 +107.69% 14
Wales +7 3 £45,000 -37.93% 1
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 94 (47.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (26.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.01%) Apache
3 4 (2.01%) JBoss
3 4 (2.01%) nginx
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.50%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 154 (77.39%) Azure
2 134 (67.34%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (37.19%) Entra ID
4 31 (15.58%) Azure Storage
5 24 (12.06%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (8.54%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (7.54%) AWS
7 15 (7.54%) OneDrive
8 14 (7.04%) IaaS
8 14 (7.04%) PaaS
9 7 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.51%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (2.01%) Datadog
12 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.01%) Mimecast
12 4 (2.01%) OCI
12 4 (2.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 65 (32.66%) Firewall
2 37 (18.59%) DNS
3 33 (16.58%) DHCP
4 24 (12.06%) Remote Desktop
5 23 (11.56%) WAN
6 22 (11.06%) LAN
7 20 (10.05%) VPN
8 14 (7.04%) Network Security
9 10 (5.03%) SAN
10 8 (4.02%) NetScaler
10 8 (4.02%) NGFW
11 7 (3.52%) Wireless
11 7 (3.52%) Wireshark
12 6 (3.02%) TCP/IP
12 6 (3.02%) VLAN
13 5 (2.51%) SSL
13 5 (2.51%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (1.01%) iSCSI
14 2 (1.01%) WLAN
15 1 (0.50%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.53%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.50%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (4.52%) Git
2 4 (2.01%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.51%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.50%) JIRA
4 1 (0.50%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.50%) Selenium
General
1 83 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.08%) Finance
3 13 (6.53%) Retail
4 11 (5.53%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.02%) Legal
6 5 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.51%) Law
8 3 (1.51%) Local Government
8 3 (1.51%) Police
8 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Advertising
10 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 43 (21.61%) IT Support
2 26 (13.07%) 2nd Line Support
3 25 (12.56%) Support Engineer
4 24 (12.06%) IT Engineer
5 20 (10.05%) IT Support Engineer
6 19 (9.55%) Azure Specialist
7 18 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (8.54%) Active Directory Specialist
8 17 (8.54%) Active Directory Support
8 17 (8.54%) Analyst
8 17 (8.54%) IT Analyst
8 17 (8.54%) Lead
8 17 (8.54%) Support Specialist
9 16 (8.04%) Cloud Engineer
10 15 (7.54%) IT Support Analyst
11 14 (7.04%) 3rd Line Support
12 13 (6.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 13 (6.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 12 (6.03%) Consultant
14 10 (5.03%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.08%) ARM Templates
2 13 (6.53%) YAML
3 8 (4.02%) JSON
4 4 (2.01%) CSS
4 4 (2.01%) CSS3
4 4 (2.01%) HTML
4 4 (2.01%) HTML5
4 4 (2.01%) Keycloak
4 4 (2.01%) OAuth
4 4 (2.01%) OAuth2
4 4 (2.01%) OpenID
4 4 (2.01%) React
5 2 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.56%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (9.55%) PKI
3 16 (8.04%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.03%) iPad
5 8 (4.02%) Mobile App
5 8 (4.02%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.02%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.52%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.52%) PMI
7 6 (3.02%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.02%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.51%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.01%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 4 (2.01%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.51%) iPhone
10 3 (1.51%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 114 (57.29%) Windows
2 73 (36.68%) Windows Server
3 30 (15.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 27 (13.57%) Linux
5 26 (13.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (10.05%) Apple iOS
7 19 (9.55%) Windows 10
8 16 (8.04%) Android
9 10 (5.03%) VMS
10 5 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.51%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.50%) Debian
11 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.13%) Agile
2 49 (24.62%) DevOps
3 47 (23.62%) ITIL
4 34 (17.09%) CI/CD
4 34 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (14.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 28 (14.07%) Customer Service
6 28 (14.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (10.05%) Release Management
8 19 (9.55%) Mentoring
9 18 (9.05%) Line Management
9 18 (9.05%) Migration
9 18 (9.05%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 18 (9.05%) Service Management
10 17 (8.54%) Data Loss Prevention
10 17 (8.54%) Log Analytics
10 17 (8.54%) Privileged Identity Management
10 17 (8.54%) RBAC
10 17 (8.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 61 (30.65%) PowerShell
2 22 (11.06%) Bicep
3 17 (8.54%) C#
3 17 (8.54%) VB
3 17 (8.54%) VBScript
4 11 (5.53%) Python
5 6 (3.02%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (2.01%) Bash
6 4 (2.01%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (15.58%) Degree
2 24 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 20 (10.05%) Azure Certification
3 20 (10.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 17 (8.54%) DV Cleared
5 12 (6.03%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.52%) PMI Certification
8 6 (3.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (3.02%) AWS Certification
8 6 (3.02%) CCSP
8 6 (3.02%) CEH
8 6 (3.02%) CISSP
8 6 (3.02%) SANS
8 6 (3.02%) SSCP
9 1 (0.50%) CCNA
9 1 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.03%) QA
2 10 (5.03%) SLA
3 7 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.02%) NIST
4 6 (3.02%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 131 (65.83%) Active Directory
2 61 (30.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (16.08%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (9.55%) Hyper-V
5 17 (8.54%) Virtual Servers
6 16 (8.04%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (5.53%) vSphere
8 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (3.02%) XenApp
10 5 (2.51%) Docker
10 5 (2.51%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.50%) Firmware
11 1 (0.50%) NFS
11 1 (0.50%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 79 (39.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (19.60%) SCCM
3 36 (18.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (11.06%) Kubernetes
5 20 (10.05%) SCOM
6 17 (8.54%) Terraform
6 17 (8.54%) WSUS
7 6 (3.02%) Nmap
8 5 (2.51%) AirWatch
8 5 (2.51%) Ansible
8 5 (2.51%) Puppet
9 4 (2.01%) Nagios
9 4 (2.01%) Progress Chef
9 4 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.51%) Nessus
11 2 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.50%) Autotask
12 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 125 (62.81%) Microsoft
2 61 (30.65%) VMware
3 52 (26.13%) Citrix
4 10 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.03%) Splunk
4 10 (5.03%) Veeam
5 7 (3.52%) EMC
6 6 (3.02%) Apple
6 6 (3.02%) Commvault
6 6 (3.02%) Qualys
6 6 (3.02%) Rapid7
6 6 (3.02%) Thycotic
7 5 (2.51%) Adobe
7 5 (2.51%) Aruba
7 5 (2.51%) Avaya
7 5 (2.51%) Dell
7 5 (2.51%) Fortinet
7 5 (2.51%) HP
7 5 (2.51%) Symantec
7 5 (2.51%) Toshiba