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 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 434 514 639
Rank change year-on-year +80 +125 -132
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 161 124 252
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.32% 0.34%
As % of the System Software category 3.78% 2.25% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 136 65 132
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,397 £31,825
25th Percentile £36,298 £45,250 £45,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +2.20% +3.18%
75th Percentile £68,438 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,700 £81,125
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -11.30% +6.98% +7.50%

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 4,262 5,512 14,406
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.27% 14.33% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,299 4,287 7,753
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,199 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £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
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 1 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 56 (34.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (21.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 130 (80.75%) Azure
2 115 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (34.16%) Entra ID
4 34 (21.12%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (19.88%) Azure Storage
6 17 (10.56%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (9.32%) IaaS
7 15 (9.32%) PaaS
8 14 (8.70%) AWS
9 13 (8.07%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (8.07%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (3.73%) Azure Event Grid
12 4 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.48%) Nutanix
12 4 (2.48%) OneDrive
12 4 (2.48%) Serverless
13 3 (1.86%) Cloudflare
14 2 (1.24%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 54 (33.54%) Firewall
2 32 (19.88%) DNS
3 23 (14.29%) LAN
3 23 (14.29%) WAN
4 22 (13.66%) Remote Desktop
4 22 (13.66%) TCP/IP
5 20 (12.42%) VPN
6 19 (11.80%) DHCP
7 15 (9.32%) Network Security
8 13 (8.07%) Wireshark
9 10 (6.21%) NGFW
10 7 (4.35%) SAN
10 7 (4.35%) Wireless
11 6 (3.73%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.24%) WLAN
14 1 (0.62%) BGP
14 1 (0.62%) MPLS
14 1 (0.62%) OSPF
14 1 (0.62%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.45%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.62%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.62%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Git
General
1 59 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (27.95%) Finance
3 8 (4.97%) Legal
3 8 (4.97%) Retail
4 5 (3.11%) Banking
4 5 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.11%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (1.86%) Law
6 3 (1.86%) Police
7 2 (1.24%) Advertising
7 2 (1.24%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (18.63%) IT Support
2 20 (12.42%) Lead
3 18 (11.18%) Analyst
3 18 (11.18%) Senior
3 18 (11.18%) Support Engineer
4 17 (10.56%) Active Directory Specialist
4 17 (10.56%) Active Directory Support
4 17 (10.56%) Azure Specialist
4 17 (10.56%) IT Analyst
4 17 (10.56%) IT Engineer
4 17 (10.56%) IT Support Engineer
4 17 (10.56%) Support Specialist
5 13 (8.07%) 3rd Line Support
5 13 (8.07%) Security Engineer
6 11 (6.83%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (6.83%) Consultant
6 11 (6.83%) Information Security Engineer
6 11 (6.83%) Team Leader
7 10 (6.21%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (19.25%) ARM Templates
2 14 (8.70%) YAML
3 8 (4.97%) JSON
4 3 (1.86%) Software Packaging
4 3 (1.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.66%) Management Information System
2 21 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (11.80%) PKI
4 14 (8.70%) Data Centre
5 13 (8.07%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (7.45%) iPad
7 9 (5.59%) Private Cloud
8 8 (4.97%) Mobile App
8 8 (4.97%) Public Cloud
9 7 (4.35%) PMI
10 6 (3.73%) Cloud Native
11 5 (3.11%) Low-Code
12 4 (2.48%) Algorithms
12 4 (2.48%) CMDB
12 4 (2.48%) Data Structures
12 4 (2.48%) Driving Licence
12 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (2.48%) iPhone
12 4 (2.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 3 (1.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 105 (65.22%) Windows
2 49 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 23 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 23 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 21 (13.04%) Android
4 21 (13.04%) Apple iOS
4 21 (13.04%) Windows 10
5 19 (11.80%) Linux
6 5 (3.11%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.86%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.24%) VMS
9 1 (0.62%) Debian
9 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (34.78%) DevOps
2 53 (32.92%) Agile
3 43 (26.71%) ITIL
4 31 (19.25%) CI/CD
5 26 (16.15%) Roadmaps
6 25 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (14.91%) Information Security
8 22 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (13.66%) Process Improvement
9 21 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 21 (13.04%) People Management
10 20 (12.42%) Identity Management
10 20 (12.42%) Release Management
11 19 (11.80%) Data Loss Prevention
11 19 (11.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (11.80%) Service Management
12 18 (11.18%) Line Management
12 18 (11.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 18 (11.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 63 (39.13%) PowerShell
2 23 (14.29%) Bicep
3 17 (10.56%) C#
3 17 (10.56%) VB
3 17 (10.56%) VBScript
4 13 (8.07%) Python
5 6 (3.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.86%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (23.60%) Degree
2 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.56%) DV Cleared
3 17 (10.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 13 (8.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 13 (8.07%) CCSP
4 13 (8.07%) CEH
4 13 (8.07%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.07%) CISSP
4 13 (8.07%) SANS
4 13 (8.07%) SSCP
5 12 (7.45%) Azure Certification
6 11 (6.83%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.35%) PMI Certification
9 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.62%) CCA
10 1 (0.62%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (8.07%) NIST
1 13 (8.07%) PCI DSS
2 12 (7.45%) QA
3 9 (5.59%) SLA
4 3 (1.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 92 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 50 (31.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (18.01%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (11.18%) Hyper-V
5 14 (8.70%) Virtual Servers
5 14 (8.70%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (5.59%) vSphere
7 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (2.48%) XenApp
8 4 (2.48%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.62%) Docker
9 1 (0.62%) Firmware
9 1 (0.62%) NFS
9 1 (0.62%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 70 (43.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (22.36%) SCCM
3 29 (18.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (11.18%) Kubernetes
5 17 (10.56%) SCOM
5 17 (10.56%) WSUS
6 14 (8.70%) Terraform
7 13 (8.07%) Nmap
8 5 (3.11%) AirWatch
9 3 (1.86%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.86%) Nessus
10 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 97 (60.25%) Microsoft
2 50 (31.06%) VMware
3 44 (27.33%) Citrix
4 13 (8.07%) Qualys
4 13 (8.07%) Rapid7
4 13 (8.07%) Splunk
4 13 (8.07%) Thycotic
5 9 (5.59%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.59%) Veeam
6 6 (3.73%) Cisco
7 5 (3.11%) Apple
7 5 (3.11%) Aruba
7 5 (3.11%) Dell
7 5 (3.11%) HP
7 5 (3.11%) Symantec
7 5 (3.11%) Toshiba
8 4 (2.48%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.62%) Google
10 1 (0.62%) Synology