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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 620 638 815
Rank change year-on-year +18 +177 -91
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 281 361 456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.36% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.35% 2.35% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 222 182 261
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +16.48%
75th Percentile £72,188 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £79,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £36,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -

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 11,980 15,379 29,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.99% 15.51% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,464 10,075 15,564
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,860 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
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 18 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 18 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 +23 264 £52,500 -8.70% 86
UK excluding London -69 192 £45,000 +25.00% 66
Work from Home +94 150 £54,645 -7.38% 40
London +91 77 £71,500 +5.93% 23
South East +20 61 £51,000 +37.84% 24
North of England +40 42 £40,367 +15.33% 13
East of England +7 33 £29,750 -50.42% 3
Midlands -56 33 £52,500 +12.30% 15
West Midlands +32 27 £52,500 -2.33% 3
Yorkshire +59 22 £56,500 +41.25% 3
North East +4 15 £37,750 +16.15%
South West -35 15 £52,500 +77.97% 10
Scotland -60 6 £36,750 +5.00% 2
East Midlands -75 6 £50,000 +53.85% 12
North West +6 5 £41,234 +3.09% 10
Wales +7 2 £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 97 (34.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (20.28%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.14%) Apache
3 6 (2.14%) nginx
4 5 (1.78%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.36%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 198 (70.46%) Azure
2 183 (65.12%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (30.60%) Entra ID
4 40 (14.23%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (11.74%) AWS
6 23 (8.19%) Azure Storage
7 21 (7.47%) OneDrive
8 17 (6.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (6.05%) IaaS
8 17 (6.05%) PaaS
9 14 (4.98%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (4.98%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (4.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (2.85%) OCI
11 7 (2.49%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.49%) Serverless
12 5 (1.78%) Datadog
12 5 (1.78%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.42%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 85 (30.25%) Firewall
2 50 (17.79%) DNS
3 35 (12.46%) DHCP
4 32 (11.39%) WAN
5 31 (11.03%) LAN
6 29 (10.32%) VPN
7 25 (8.90%) TCP/IP
8 24 (8.54%) Network Security
9 23 (8.19%) Remote Desktop
10 17 (6.05%) SAN
11 15 (5.34%) Wireshark
12 14 (4.98%) NGFW
13 13 (4.63%) NetScaler
14 12 (4.27%) VLAN
15 9 (3.20%) Structured Cabling
16 7 (2.49%) SSL
16 7 (2.49%) Wireless
17 6 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
18 3 (1.07%) VoIP
19 2 (0.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.34%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.71%) Power BI
4 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.85%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.49%) Git
3 5 (1.78%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.42%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.36%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 92 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.00%) Finance
3 13 (4.63%) Retail
4 12 (4.27%) Legal
5 11 (3.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.20%) Banking
7 8 (2.85%) Law
8 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.07%) Local Government
10 3 (1.07%) Police
11 2 (0.71%) Advertising
11 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (18.86%) IT Support
2 38 (13.52%) Analyst
3 35 (12.46%) IT Analyst
4 31 (11.03%) 2nd Line Support
5 29 (10.32%) Senior
5 29 (10.32%) Support Engineer
6 28 (9.96%) Lead
7 25 (8.90%) IT Engineer
8 24 (8.54%) IT Support Analyst
9 21 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (7.47%) IT Support Engineer
10 16 (5.69%) 3rd Line Support
10 16 (5.69%) Architect
10 16 (5.69%) Azure Specialist
10 16 (5.69%) Team Leader
11 15 (5.34%) Support Analyst
11 15 (5.34%) Support Specialist
12 14 (4.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 14 (4.98%) Active Directory Support
12 14 (4.98%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.96%) ARM Templates
2 14 (4.98%) JSON
3 12 (4.27%) YAML
4 6 (2.14%) OAuth
4 6 (2.14%) OAuth2
4 6 (2.14%) OpenID
5 5 (1.78%) CSS
5 5 (1.78%) CSS3
5 5 (1.78%) HTML
5 5 (1.78%) HTML5
5 5 (1.78%) Keycloak
5 5 (1.78%) React
6 3 (1.07%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.90%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.12%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.69%) PKI
4 14 (4.98%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.98%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.27%) iPad
5 12 (4.27%) Private Cloud
6 11 (3.91%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.85%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.49%) PMI
9 6 (2.14%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.78%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.78%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.42%) CMDB
11 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 159 (56.58%) Windows
2 80 (28.47%) Windows Server
3 36 (12.81%) Windows 10
4 33 (11.74%) Apple iOS
5 31 (11.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (8.90%) Linux
7 23 (8.19%) Android
7 23 (8.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.56%) VMS
9 6 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.78%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.42%) DevOps
2 62 (22.06%) ITIL
3 60 (21.35%) Agile
4 50 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.10%) CI/CD
5 34 (12.10%) Customer Service
5 34 (12.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (10.32%) Data Loss Prevention
7 29 (10.32%) Line Management
8 27 (9.61%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (9.61%) Process Improvement
8 27 (9.61%) Roadmaps
9 25 (8.90%) Information Security
9 25 (8.90%) Migration
9 25 (8.90%) Service Delivery
10 23 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (8.19%) Identity Access Management
11 22 (7.83%) Service Management
12 21 (7.47%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 79 (28.11%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.83%) Python
3 17 (6.05%) Bicep
4 14 (4.98%) C#
4 14 (4.98%) VB
4 14 (4.98%) VBScript
5 9 (3.20%) Bash
6 8 (2.85%) SQL
7 5 (1.78%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.36%) PHP
9 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (13.88%) Degree
2 23 (8.19%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.47%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (4.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (4.98%) CCSP
6 14 (4.98%) CEH
6 14 (4.98%) CISSP
6 14 (4.98%) DV Cleared
6 14 (4.98%) SANS
6 14 (4.98%) SSCP
7 10 (3.56%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.20%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.49%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.69%) SLA
3 14 (4.98%) NIST
3 14 (4.98%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.27%) QA
5 4 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.42%) GDPR
5 4 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 160 (56.94%) Active Directory
2 83 (29.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (11.03%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (8.19%) Hyper-V
4 23 (8.19%) Virtual Servers
4 23 (8.19%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (5.69%) vSphere
5 16 (5.69%) XenApp
6 15 (5.34%) XenDesktop
7 9 (3.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 8 (2.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 100 (35.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (17.79%) SCCM
3 35 (12.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (7.83%) Kubernetes
4 22 (7.83%) Terraform
5 17 (6.05%) SCOM
6 16 (5.69%) WSUS
7 14 (4.98%) Nmap
8 9 (3.20%) Ansible
9 6 (2.14%) Nagios
9 6 (2.14%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.14%) Puppet
10 5 (1.78%) AirWatch
10 5 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.07%) Nessus
12 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.71%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.71%) SmoothWall
13 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (50.89%) Microsoft
2 84 (29.89%) Citrix
3 83 (29.54%) VMware
4 19 (6.76%) Splunk
5 14 (4.98%) Qualys
5 14 (4.98%) Rapid7
5 14 (4.98%) Thycotic
6 12 (4.27%) Veeam
7 11 (3.91%) ServiceNow
8 10 (3.56%) Adobe
9 9 (3.20%) Avaya
9 9 (3.20%) Cisco
9 9 (3.20%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.85%) Oracle
11 7 (2.49%) Commvault
11 7 (2.49%) EMC
11 7 (2.49%) HP
12 6 (2.14%) Apple
13 5 (1.78%) Dell
13 5 (1.78%) Red Hat