Virtual Desktop
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 635 613 806
Rank change year-on-year -22 +193 -74
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 287 370 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.38% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.40% 2.43% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 227 180 257
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,274 £35,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -15.56% -

All System Software Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,977 15,223 30,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.67% 15.64% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 9,898 15,651
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in the UK

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop.

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in the UK

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in the UK

Virtual Desktop
Top 16 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 28 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
England +1 269 £52,500 -8.70% 85
UK excluding London -61 199 £47,500 +25.00% 71
Work from Home +95 157 £55,000 -5.17% 46
London +127 75 £71,500 +5.93% 18
South East +27 66 £52,500 +34.62% 19
North of England +32 44 £43,500 +11.54% 14
East of England -2 33 £29,750 -50.42% 3
Midlands -58 31 £53,750 +14.97% 17
West Midlands +28 25 £52,500 -2.33% 3
Yorkshire +52 23 £56,500 +50.67% 6
South West -33 16 £50,000 +72.41% 13
North East +2 15 £37,750 -5.63%
North West +9 6 £44,367 +9.55% 8
Scotland -55 6 £44,750 +27.86% 6
East Midlands -87 6 £67,500 +107.69% 14
Wales +4 3 £45,000 -37.93% 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 99 (34.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (19.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.44%) Apache
3 7 (2.44%) nginx
4 6 (2.09%) JBoss
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 204 (71.08%) Azure
2 180 (62.72%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (32.06%) Entra ID
4 41 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (11.85%) AWS
6 31 (10.80%) Azure Storage
7 21 (7.32%) OneDrive
8 17 (5.92%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (5.92%) Azure Sentinel
9 15 (5.23%) IaaS
9 15 (5.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (5.23%) PaaS
10 14 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.79%) OCI
12 7 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.44%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.44%) Serverless
13 6 (2.09%) Datadog
13 6 (2.09%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.74%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 86 (29.97%) Firewall
2 52 (18.12%) DNS
3 37 (12.89%) DHCP
4 32 (11.15%) WAN
5 31 (10.80%) LAN
6 25 (8.71%) VPN
7 24 (8.36%) Remote Desktop
8 23 (8.01%) TCP/IP
9 22 (7.67%) Network Security
10 15 (5.23%) SAN
10 15 (5.23%) Wireshark
11 13 (4.53%) NetScaler
12 11 (3.83%) NGFW
13 10 (3.48%) VLAN
14 9 (3.14%) Structured Cabling
15 8 (2.79%) SSL
16 7 (2.44%) Wireless
17 4 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
18 2 (0.70%) iSCSI
18 2 (0.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (4.18%) Git
2 9 (3.14%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.09%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.74%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.35%) JIRA
5 1 (0.35%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 97 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.95%) Finance
3 13 (4.53%) Retail
4 12 (4.18%) Legal
5 11 (3.83%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.79%) Banking
7 7 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.44%) Law
7 7 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Local Government
9 3 (1.05%) Police
9 3 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Advertising
11 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 53 (18.47%) IT Support
2 40 (13.94%) Analyst
3 35 (12.20%) IT Analyst
4 31 (10.80%) 2nd Line Support
5 29 (10.10%) Support Engineer
6 28 (9.76%) Lead
6 28 (9.76%) Senior
7 25 (8.71%) IT Engineer
8 24 (8.36%) IT Support Analyst
9 21 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (6.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.62%) Azure Specialist
12 18 (6.27%) Support Specialist
13 17 (5.92%) Active Directory Specialist
13 17 (5.92%) Active Directory Support
14 16 (5.57%) 3rd Line Support
14 16 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
14 16 (5.57%) Consultant
15 15 (5.23%) Support Analyst
15 15 (5.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.15%) ARM Templates
2 13 (4.53%) YAML
3 10 (3.48%) JSON
4 7 (2.44%) OAuth
4 7 (2.44%) OAuth2
4 7 (2.44%) OpenID
5 6 (2.09%) CSS
5 6 (2.09%) CSS3
5 6 (2.09%) HTML
5 6 (2.09%) HTML5
5 6 (2.09%) Keycloak
5 6 (2.09%) React
6 3 (1.05%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.71%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.01%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (6.62%) PKI
4 17 (5.92%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 14 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (4.18%) iPad
7 9 (3.14%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.79%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.44%) PMI
10 5 (1.74%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.74%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.39%) CMDB
11 4 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.05%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 163 (56.79%) Windows
2 83 (28.92%) Windows Server
3 36 (12.54%) Windows 10
4 34 (11.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 33 (11.50%) Apple iOS
6 31 (10.80%) Linux
7 27 (9.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (8.36%) Android
9 10 (3.48%) VMS
10 7 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.74%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.35%) Debian
13 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.69%) DevOps
2 65 (22.65%) ITIL
3 61 (21.25%) Agile
4 51 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (13.59%) CI/CD
6 36 (12.54%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (11.85%) Customer Service
8 31 (10.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (10.45%) Roadmaps
10 29 (10.10%) Data Loss Prevention
10 29 (10.10%) Line Management
11 27 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (9.41%) Process Improvement
12 26 (9.06%) Information Security
12 26 (9.06%) Service Management
13 25 (8.71%) Service Delivery
14 24 (8.36%) Identity Access Management
14 24 (8.36%) Migration
15 23 (8.01%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (7.32%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 24 (8.36%) Bicep
3 23 (8.01%) Python
4 17 (5.92%) C#
4 17 (5.92%) VB
4 17 (5.92%) VBScript
5 10 (3.48%) Bash
6 6 (2.09%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (2.09%) SQL
7 1 (0.35%) PHP
7 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 44 (15.33%) Degree
2 26 (9.06%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.67%) Azure Certification
4 20 (6.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 17 (5.92%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (4.88%) CCSP
7 14 (4.88%) CEH
7 14 (4.88%) CISSP
7 14 (4.88%) SANS
7 14 (4.88%) SSCP
8 12 (4.18%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.48%) AWS Certification
9 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.44%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.35%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.57%) SLA
3 14 (4.88%) NIST
3 14 (4.88%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.18%) QA
5 4 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.39%) GDPR
5 4 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 167 (58.19%) Active Directory
2 76 (26.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (12.89%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (8.01%) Virtual Servers
5 21 (7.32%) Hyper-V
6 18 (6.27%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (5.57%) XenApp
8 15 (5.23%) XenDesktop
9 13 (4.53%) vSphere
10 10 (3.48%) Docker
11 9 (3.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.35%) Firmware
12 1 (0.35%) NFS
12 1 (0.35%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 102 (35.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (18.12%) SCCM
3 39 (13.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (9.41%) Kubernetes
5 25 (8.71%) Terraform
6 20 (6.97%) SCOM
7 17 (5.92%) WSUS
8 14 (4.88%) Nmap
9 10 (3.48%) Ansible
10 7 (2.44%) Nagios
10 7 (2.44%) Progress Chef
10 7 (2.44%) Puppet
11 6 (2.09%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.74%) AirWatch
13 3 (1.05%) Nessus
14 2 (0.70%) FortiGate
15 1 (0.35%) Autotask
15 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
15 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 150 (52.26%) Microsoft
2 82 (28.57%) Citrix
3 76 (26.48%) VMware
4 20 (6.97%) Splunk
5 14 (4.88%) Qualys
5 14 (4.88%) Rapid7
5 14 (4.88%) Thycotic
6 12 (4.18%) Veeam
7 11 (3.83%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.14%) Adobe
8 9 (3.14%) Avaya
8 9 (3.14%) Cisco
9 8 (2.79%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.79%) Oracle
10 7 (2.44%) Apple
10 7 (2.44%) EMC
11 6 (2.09%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.09%) Commvault
11 6 (2.09%) HP
11 6 (2.09%) Red Hat