Virtual Desktop Jobs in England

Virtual Desktop
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 602 572 815
Rank change year-on-year -30 +243 -89
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 272 354 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.42% 0.27%
As % of the System Software category 2.53% 2.73% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 215 170 193
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,298 £37,397 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £71,875 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £77,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -11.30% +6.98% +7.50%

All System Software Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 10,770 12,973 25,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.84% 15.42% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,554 8,948 13,746
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,625 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
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 £86,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in England

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in England

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the England region 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
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
Virtual Desktop
UK

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 92 (33.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (20.59%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.57%) Apache
3 7 (2.57%) nginx
4 6 (2.21%) JBoss
5 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 190 (69.85%) Azure
2 169 (62.13%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (28.68%) Entra ID
4 39 (14.34%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (11.03%) AWS
5 30 (11.03%) Azure Storage
6 17 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.88%) OneDrive
8 15 (5.51%) IaaS
8 15 (5.51%) PaaS
9 14 (5.15%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.57%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.57%) Serverless
11 6 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (2.21%) Datadog
11 6 (2.21%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.47%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 79 (29.04%) Firewall
2 46 (16.91%) DNS
3 32 (11.76%) WAN
4 31 (11.40%) DHCP
4 31 (11.40%) LAN
5 26 (9.56%) VPN
6 23 (8.46%) Remote Desktop
6 23 (8.46%) TCP/IP
7 21 (7.72%) Network Security
8 15 (5.51%) SAN
8 15 (5.51%) Wireshark
9 12 (4.41%) NetScaler
10 11 (4.04%) NGFW
11 9 (3.31%) Wireless
12 8 (2.94%) SSL
13 6 (2.21%) VLAN
14 5 (1.84%) Structured Cabling
15 3 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (0.74%) iSCSI
16 2 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.04%) Git
2 9 (3.31%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.21%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.84%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.37%) JIRA
5 1 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 92 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.69%) Finance
3 13 (4.78%) Retail
4 12 (4.41%) Legal
5 11 (4.04%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.94%) Banking
7 7 (2.57%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.57%) Law
7 7 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.10%) Local Government
10 3 (1.10%) Police
11 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 49 (18.01%) IT Support
2 36 (13.24%) Analyst
3 31 (11.40%) IT Analyst
4 28 (10.29%) Lead
4 28 (10.29%) Support Engineer
5 27 (9.93%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (9.56%) IT Engineer
7 23 (8.46%) Senior
8 21 (7.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 20 (7.35%) IT Support Analyst
10 19 (6.99%) Azure Specialist
10 19 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (6.62%) Support Specialist
12 17 (6.25%) Active Directory Specialist
12 17 (6.25%) Active Directory Support
13 15 (5.51%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (5.51%) Support Analyst
13 15 (5.51%) Team Leader
14 14 (5.15%) 3rd Line Support
14 14 (5.15%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.40%) ARM Templates
2 12 (4.41%) YAML
3 9 (3.31%) JSON
4 7 (2.57%) OAuth
4 7 (2.57%) OAuth2
4 7 (2.57%) OpenID
5 6 (2.21%) CSS
5 6 (2.21%) CSS3
5 6 (2.21%) HTML
5 6 (2.21%) HTML5
5 6 (2.21%) Keycloak
5 6 (2.21%) React
6 4 (1.47%) Software Packaging
7 3 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.93%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.46%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (6.99%) PKI
4 16 (5.88%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (4.78%) Cloud Native
7 12 (4.41%) iPad
8 8 (2.94%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.94%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.94%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.57%) PMI
10 5 (1.84%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.47%) CMDB
11 4 (1.47%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.47%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.47%) iPhone
11 4 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 153 (56.25%) Windows
2 76 (27.94%) Windows Server
3 34 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 31 (11.40%) Linux
5 30 (11.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (10.29%) Apple iOS
7 27 (9.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (8.46%) Android
9 8 (2.94%) VMS
10 7 (2.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.84%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.10%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.37%) Debian
13 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.26%) DevOps
2 63 (23.16%) ITIL
3 59 (21.69%) Agile
4 48 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (13.97%) CI/CD
6 36 (13.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (11.03%) Customer Service
7 30 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (10.66%) Line Management
8 29 (10.66%) Roadmaps
9 27 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (9.93%) Process Improvement
10 26 (9.56%) Information Security
10 26 (9.56%) Service Management
11 25 (9.19%) Data Loss Prevention
12 24 (8.82%) Identity Access Management
12 24 (8.82%) Migration
13 22 (8.09%) Identity Management
13 22 (8.09%) Mentoring
13 22 (8.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 80 (29.41%) PowerShell
2 23 (8.46%) Bicep
2 23 (8.46%) Python
3 17 (6.25%) C#
3 17 (6.25%) VB
3 17 (6.25%) VBScript
4 11 (4.04%) Bash
5 6 (2.21%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.84%) SQL
7 4 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.37%) PHP
8 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 45 (16.54%) Degree
2 26 (9.56%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.09%) Azure Certification
4 20 (7.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 17 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 15 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (5.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (5.15%) CCSP
7 14 (5.15%) CEH
7 14 (5.15%) CISSP
7 14 (5.15%) SANS
7 14 (5.15%) SSCP
8 12 (4.41%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.57%) PMI Certification
12 6 (2.21%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 1 (0.37%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.25%) SLA
2 15 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.15%) NIST
3 14 (5.15%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.41%) QA
5 4 (1.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 156 (57.35%) Active Directory
2 77 (28.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (9.19%) Virtual Servers
5 20 (7.35%) Hyper-V
6 18 (6.62%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (5.51%) XenApp
8 14 (5.15%) XenDesktop
9 13 (4.78%) vSphere
10 11 (4.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (3.68%) Docker
12 1 (0.37%) Firmware
12 1 (0.37%) NFS
12 1 (0.37%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 95 (34.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (19.49%) SCCM
3 39 (14.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 27 (9.93%) Kubernetes
5 24 (8.82%) Terraform
6 20 (7.35%) SCOM
7 17 (6.25%) WSUS
8 14 (5.15%) Nmap
9 11 (4.04%) Ansible
10 7 (2.57%) Nagios
10 7 (2.57%) Progress Chef
10 7 (2.57%) Puppet
11 6 (2.21%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.84%) AirWatch
13 3 (1.10%) Nessus
14 1 (0.37%) Autotask
14 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
14 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 142 (52.21%) Microsoft
2 77 (28.31%) VMware
3 74 (27.21%) Citrix
4 20 (7.35%) Splunk
5 14 (5.15%) Qualys
5 14 (5.15%) Rapid7
5 14 (5.15%) Thycotic
6 11 (4.04%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.04%) Veeam
7 8 (2.94%) Cisco
8 7 (2.57%) Apple
8 7 (2.57%) EMC
8 7 (2.57%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.21%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.21%) New Relic
9 6 (2.21%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.84%) Aruba
10 5 (1.84%) Avaya
10 5 (1.84%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.84%) Commvault