Virtual Desktop Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Desktop
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 513 644
Rank change year-on-year +89 +131 -133
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 163 127 248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.34% 0.33%
As % of the System Software category 3.82% 2.35% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 136 70 128
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,397 £35,275
25th Percentile £36,298 £45,250 £45,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,438 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £51,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.55% +10.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,267 5,395 14,653
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.10% 14.30% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,264 4,236 7,781
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,534 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%

Virtual Desktop
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Virtual Desktop trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Virtual Desktop.

Virtual Desktop salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Virtual Desktop salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 58 (35.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (20.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 133 (81.60%) Azure
2 113 (69.33%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (36.20%) Entra ID
4 35 (21.47%) Azure Storage
5 31 (19.02%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (11.66%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (9.82%) IaaS
7 16 (9.82%) PaaS
8 14 (8.59%) AWS
9 11 (6.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 11 (6.75%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (6.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (4.91%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (4.29%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (2.45%) Cloudflare
12 4 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.45%) Nutanix
12 4 (2.45%) OneDrive
12 4 (2.45%) Serverless
13 3 (1.84%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 55 (33.74%) Firewall
2 34 (20.86%) DNS
3 22 (13.50%) LAN
3 22 (13.50%) Remote Desktop
3 22 (13.50%) WAN
4 20 (12.27%) DHCP
4 20 (12.27%) TCP/IP
4 20 (12.27%) VPN
5 13 (7.98%) Network Security
6 11 (6.75%) Wireshark
7 9 (5.52%) NGFW
8 7 (4.29%) NetScaler
8 7 (4.29%) Wireless
9 6 (3.68%) SAN
10 3 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (1.23%) BGP
11 2 (1.23%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.23%) OSPF
11 2 (1.23%) RIP
11 2 (1.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.36%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (4.91%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.23%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Git
General
1 61 (37.42%) Social Skills
2 43 (26.38%) Finance
3 8 (4.91%) Retail
4 7 (4.29%) Legal
5 6 (3.68%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.07%) Banking
6 5 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.84%) Police
9 2 (1.23%) Advertising
9 2 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (18.40%) IT Support
2 19 (11.66%) Lead
3 18 (11.04%) Active Directory Specialist
3 18 (11.04%) Active Directory Support
3 18 (11.04%) Azure Specialist
3 18 (11.04%) Senior
3 18 (11.04%) Support Engineer
3 18 (11.04%) Support Specialist
4 17 (10.43%) Analyst
4 17 (10.43%) IT Engineer
4 17 (10.43%) IT Support Engineer
5 16 (9.82%) IT Analyst
6 13 (7.98%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (7.36%) Consultant
8 11 (6.75%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (6.75%) Security Engineer
9 10 (6.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 10 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (6.13%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (5.52%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (19.63%) ARM Templates
2 14 (8.59%) YAML
3 7 (4.29%) JSON
4 4 (2.45%) Web Services
5 3 (1.84%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.50%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (12.27%) PKI
3 19 (11.66%) Management Information System
4 15 (9.20%) Data Centre
5 12 (7.36%) iPad
6 11 (6.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.91%) Mobile App
7 8 (4.91%) Private Cloud
8 7 (4.29%) Cloud Native
8 7 (4.29%) PMI
8 7 (4.29%) Public Cloud
9 5 (3.07%) iPhone
9 5 (3.07%) Low-Code
9 5 (3.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (2.45%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.45%) CMDB
10 4 (2.45%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.45%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 104 (63.80%) Windows
2 50 (30.67%) Windows Server
3 24 (14.72%) Windows Server 2016
3 24 (14.72%) Windows Server 2019
4 21 (12.88%) Linux
4 21 (12.88%) Windows 10
5 19 (11.66%) Android
5 19 (11.66%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.45%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.84%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.23%) Debian
8 2 (1.23%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (33.13%) DevOps
2 52 (31.90%) Agile
3 46 (28.22%) ITIL
4 33 (20.25%) CI/CD
5 26 (15.95%) Roadmaps
6 25 (15.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (14.11%) Information Security
9 22 (13.50%) Mentoring
10 21 (12.88%) Identity Management
10 21 (12.88%) Release Management
10 21 (12.88%) Service Management
11 20 (12.27%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (12.27%) Process Improvement
12 19 (11.66%) Analytics
12 19 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (11.66%) Log Analytics
12 19 (11.66%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 19 (11.66%) People Management
12 19 (11.66%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 62 (38.04%) PowerShell
2 25 (15.34%) Bicep
3 19 (11.66%) C#
4 18 (11.04%) VB
4 18 (11.04%) VBScript
5 12 (7.36%) Python
6 7 (4.29%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.84%) Bash
8 1 (0.61%) Go
8 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 41 (25.15%) Degree
2 19 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 18 (11.04%) DV Cleared
3 18 (11.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 13 (7.98%) Azure Certification
5 12 (7.36%) SC Cleared
6 11 (6.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (6.75%) CCSP
6 11 (6.75%) CEH
6 11 (6.75%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (6.75%) CISSP
6 11 (6.75%) SANS
6 11 (6.75%) SSCP
7 9 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.29%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.61%) CCA
10 1 (0.61%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.36%) QA
2 11 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.75%) NIST
2 11 (6.75%) PCI DSS
3 9 (5.52%) SLA
4 2 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 95 (58.28%) Active Directory
2 51 (31.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (19.63%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (11.66%) Hyper-V
5 14 (8.59%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (7.98%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (5.52%) vSphere
8 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (2.45%) XenApp
9 4 (2.45%) XenDesktop
10 2 (1.23%) Docker
10 2 (1.23%) Firmware
10 2 (1.23%) NFS
10 2 (1.23%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 68 (41.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (22.70%) SCCM
3 30 (18.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (12.27%) Kubernetes
5 18 (11.04%) SCOM
5 18 (11.04%) WSUS
6 15 (9.20%) Terraform
7 11 (6.75%) Nmap
8 4 (2.45%) AirWatch
9 3 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.84%) Nessus
10 1 (0.61%) Ansible
10 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 99 (60.74%) Microsoft
2 51 (31.29%) VMware
3 44 (26.99%) Citrix
4 11 (6.75%) Qualys
4 11 (6.75%) Rapid7
4 11 (6.75%) Splunk
4 11 (6.75%) Thycotic
5 9 (5.52%) Veeam
6 8 (4.91%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.68%) Aruba
7 6 (3.68%) Cisco
8 4 (2.45%) Apple
8 4 (2.45%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.45%) Dell
8 4 (2.45%) HP
8 4 (2.45%) Symantec
8 4 (2.45%) Toshiba
9 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.23%) NetApp
9 2 (1.23%) Synology