Virtual Desktop Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 631 610 828
Rank change year-on-year -21 +218 -85
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 290 364 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.38% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.41% 2.50% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 227 177 253
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,050
25th Percentile £36,274 £36,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,100 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,304 £40,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.04% -10.56% -

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 12,030 14,544 31,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.46% 15.37% 18.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,345 9,733 15,551
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,625 £27,750
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -30 272 £52,500 -8.70% 67
UK excluding London -70 202 £46,304 +15.04% 59
Work from Home +80 161 £55,000 -5.17% 36
London +98 76 £70,750 +4.81% 11
South East +17 66 £52,500 +27.27% 18
North of England +20 44 £43,500 +16.00% 14
East of England +3 35 £29,750 -50.42% 2
Midlands -65 34 £52,500 +12.30% 11
West Midlands +4 25 £52,500 -2.33% 4
Yorkshire +39 23 £56,500 +55.86% 5
North East -2 15 £37,750 -5.63%
South West -34 14 £50,000 +72.41% 11
East Midlands -87 9 £61,250 +88.46% 7
North West -1 6 £44,367 +9.55% 9
Scotland -63 6 £44,750 +8.48% 4
Wales +10 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 96 (33.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (19.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.41%) Apache
3 7 (2.41%) nginx
4 6 (2.07%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 204 (70.34%) Azure
2 179 (61.72%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (31.03%) Entra ID
4 41 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (11.72%) AWS
6 33 (11.38%) Azure Storage
7 20 (6.90%) OneDrive
8 17 (5.86%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (5.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 15 (5.17%) IaaS
10 15 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (5.17%) PaaS
11 14 (4.83%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (2.76%) OCI
13 7 (2.41%) Nutanix
13 7 (2.41%) Serverless
14 6 (2.07%) Azure Event Grid
14 6 (2.07%) Datadog
14 6 (2.07%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 85 (29.31%) Firewall
2 52 (17.93%) DNS
3 37 (12.76%) DHCP
4 34 (11.72%) WAN
5 33 (11.38%) LAN
6 26 (8.97%) VPN
7 24 (8.28%) Remote Desktop
8 23 (7.93%) TCP/IP
9 21 (7.24%) Network Security
10 15 (5.17%) SAN
10 15 (5.17%) Wireshark
11 12 (4.14%) NetScaler
12 11 (3.79%) NGFW
13 10 (3.45%) VLAN
14 9 (3.10%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (3.10%) Wireless
15 8 (2.76%) SSL
16 4 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
17 2 (0.69%) iSCSI
17 2 (0.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.48%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (4.48%) Git
2 9 (3.10%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.72%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
5 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 98 (33.79%) Social Skills
2 63 (21.72%) Finance
3 13 (4.48%) Retail
4 12 (4.14%) Legal
5 11 (3.79%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.76%) Banking
7 7 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.41%) Law
7 7 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Local Government
10 3 (1.03%) Police
11 2 (0.69%) Advertising
12 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 53 (18.28%) IT Support
2 40 (13.79%) Analyst
3 35 (12.07%) IT Analyst
4 31 (10.69%) 2nd Line Support
5 28 (9.66%) Lead
5 28 (9.66%) Support Engineer
6 27 (9.31%) Senior
7 26 (8.97%) IT Engineer
8 24 (8.28%) IT Support Analyst
9 21 (7.24%) IT Support Engineer
10 20 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.55%) Azure Specialist
12 18 (6.21%) Support Specialist
13 17 (5.86%) Active Directory Specialist
13 17 (5.86%) Active Directory Support
14 16 (5.52%) 3rd Line Support
14 16 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
14 16 (5.52%) Consultant
15 15 (5.17%) Support Analyst
15 15 (5.17%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.38%) ARM Templates
2 14 (4.83%) YAML
3 9 (3.10%) JSON
4 7 (2.41%) OAuth
4 7 (2.41%) OAuth2
4 7 (2.41%) OpenID
5 6 (2.07%) CSS
5 6 (2.07%) CSS3
5 6 (2.07%) HTML
5 6 (2.07%) HTML5
5 6 (2.07%) Keycloak
5 6 (2.07%) React
6 4 (1.38%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.31%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.93%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (6.55%) PKI
4 17 (5.86%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.52%) Data Centre
6 14 (4.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (4.14%) iPad
8 9 (3.10%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.76%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.76%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.41%) PMI
11 5 (1.72%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.72%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.38%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.38%) CMDB
12 4 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.38%) iPhone
12 4 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 163 (56.21%) Windows
2 84 (28.97%) Windows Server
3 35 (12.07%) Windows 10
4 34 (11.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (11.03%) Apple iOS
6 31 (10.69%) Linux
7 27 (9.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (7.93%) Android
9 10 (3.45%) VMS
10 7 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.72%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.03%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.34%) Debian
13 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.45%) DevOps
2 65 (22.41%) ITIL
3 61 (21.03%) Agile
4 52 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.79%) CI/CD
6 36 (12.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 35 (12.07%) Customer Service
8 31 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (10.34%) Roadmaps
10 29 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 29 (10.00%) Line Management
11 27 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (9.31%) Process Improvement
12 26 (8.97%) Information Security
12 26 (8.97%) Service Delivery
12 26 (8.97%) Service Management
13 24 (8.28%) Identity Access Management
13 24 (8.28%) Migration
14 23 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
15 22 (7.59%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (28.62%) PowerShell
2 25 (8.62%) Bicep
3 23 (7.93%) Python
4 17 (5.86%) C#
4 17 (5.86%) VB
4 17 (5.86%) VBScript
5 11 (3.79%) Bash
6 7 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (2.07%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.72%) SQL
9 1 (0.34%) PHP
9 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 45 (15.52%) Degree
2 26 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.59%) Azure Certification
4 20 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 17 (5.86%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (4.83%) CCSP
7 14 (4.83%) CEH
7 14 (4.83%) CISSP
7 14 (4.83%) SANS
7 14 (4.83%) SSCP
8 12 (4.14%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.45%) AWS Certification
9 10 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.41%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 1 (0.34%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (5.86%) SLA
3 14 (4.83%) NIST
3 14 (4.83%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.14%) QA
5 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.38%) GDPR
5 4 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 169 (58.28%) Active Directory
2 78 (26.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (12.76%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (8.62%) Virtual Servers
5 21 (7.24%) Hyper-V
6 18 (6.21%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (5.17%) XenApp
8 14 (4.83%) XenDesktop
9 13 (4.48%) vSphere
10 11 (3.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (3.45%) Docker
12 1 (0.34%) Firmware
12 1 (0.34%) NFS
12 1 (0.34%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 100 (34.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (18.62%) SCCM
3 39 (13.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (9.31%) Kubernetes
5 26 (8.97%) Terraform
6 20 (6.90%) SCOM
7 17 (5.86%) WSUS
8 14 (4.83%) Nmap
9 11 (3.79%) Ansible
10 7 (2.41%) Nagios
10 7 (2.41%) Progress Chef
10 7 (2.41%) Puppet
11 6 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.72%) AirWatch
13 3 (1.03%) Nessus
14 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
15 1 (0.34%) Autotask
15 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
15 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 151 (52.07%) Microsoft
2 80 (27.59%) Citrix
3 78 (26.90%) VMware
4 20 (6.90%) Splunk
5 14 (4.83%) Qualys
5 14 (4.83%) Rapid7
5 14 (4.83%) Thycotic
6 12 (4.14%) Veeam
7 11 (3.79%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.10%) Adobe
8 9 (3.10%) Avaya
8 9 (3.10%) Cisco
9 8 (2.76%) Oracle
10 7 (2.41%) Apple
10 7 (2.41%) EMC
10 7 (2.41%) Fortinet
11 6 (2.07%) Atlassian
11 6 (2.07%) New Relic
11 6 (2.07%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.72%) Aruba