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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 594 804
Rank change year-on-year +12 +210 -100
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 261 351 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.44% 2.54% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 209 174 200
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,225
25th Percentile £36,298 £35,500 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +12.50% +9.89%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +16.48%

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 10,717 13,800 24,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.39% 15.60% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,640 9,320 13,863
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,764 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,675
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 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 20 May 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 20 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
London +88 75 £71,500 +5.93% 24
South East +29 61 £51,000 +37.84% 22
North of England +24 43 £41,234 +9.96% 13
East of England +9 33 £29,750 -50.42% 3
Midlands -55 31 £52,500 +12.30% 17
West Midlands +32 26 £52,500 -2.33% 4
Yorkshire +58 22 £56,500 +41.25% 3
North East +8 15 £37,750 +16.15%
South West -31 15 £52,500 +77.97% 10
North West +1 6 £44,367 +10.92% 10
East Midlands -86 5 £55,000 +69.23% 13
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 93 (35.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (21.46%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.30%) Apache
3 6 (2.30%) nginx
4 5 (1.92%) JBoss
5 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 183 (70.11%) Azure
2 168 (64.37%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (29.12%) Entra ID
4 39 (14.94%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (11.11%) AWS
6 22 (8.43%) Azure Storage
7 17 (6.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (6.51%) OneDrive
8 15 (5.75%) IaaS
8 15 (5.75%) PaaS
9 14 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (2.68%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.68%) Serverless
11 5 (1.92%) Datadog
11 5 (1.92%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.53%) OCI
13 3 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 77 (29.50%) Firewall
2 43 (16.48%) DNS
3 30 (11.49%) WAN
4 29 (11.11%) LAN
5 28 (10.73%) DHCP
6 27 (10.34%) VPN
7 24 (9.20%) TCP/IP
8 23 (8.81%) Network Security
9 22 (8.43%) Remote Desktop
10 15 (5.75%) SAN
10 15 (5.75%) Wireshark
11 13 (4.98%) NetScaler
12 12 (4.60%) NGFW
13 7 (2.68%) SSL
13 7 (2.68%) VLAN
13 7 (2.68%) Wireless
14 5 (1.92%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
16 2 (0.77%) VoIP
16 2 (0.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.36%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.07%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.68%) Git
3 5 (1.92%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.53%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.38%) JIRA
5 1 (0.38%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 86 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.22%) Finance
3 13 (4.98%) Retail
4 12 (4.60%) Legal
5 11 (4.21%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.07%) Banking
7 7 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.68%) Law
8 5 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Local Government
9 3 (1.15%) Police
10 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 49 (18.77%) IT Support
2 35 (13.41%) Analyst
3 31 (11.88%) IT Analyst
4 29 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 27 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (10.34%) Lead
6 25 (9.58%) IT Engineer
6 25 (9.58%) Senior
7 21 (8.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 20 (7.66%) IT Support Analyst
9 19 (7.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (6.13%) Azure Specialist
11 15 (5.75%) Support Analyst
11 15 (5.75%) Support Specialist
11 15 (5.75%) Team Leader
12 14 (5.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 14 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support
12 14 (5.36%) Active Directory Support
12 14 (5.36%) Architect
12 14 (5.36%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (9.96%) ARM Templates
2 12 (4.60%) JSON
3 10 (3.83%) YAML
4 6 (2.30%) OAuth
4 6 (2.30%) OAuth2
4 6 (2.30%) OpenID
5 5 (1.92%) CSS
5 5 (1.92%) CSS3
5 5 (1.92%) HTML
5 5 (1.92%) HTML5
5 5 (1.92%) Keycloak
5 5 (1.92%) React
6 3 (1.15%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.20%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.66%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.13%) PKI
4 14 (5.36%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.60%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.60%) iPad
6 9 (3.45%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.07%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.68%) PMI
9 5 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.92%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.53%) CMDB
10 4 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 148 (56.70%) Windows
2 72 (27.59%) Windows Server
3 34 (13.03%) Windows 10
4 29 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 27 (10.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (9.58%) Linux
7 23 (8.81%) Android
7 23 (8.81%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.07%) VMS
9 6 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.92%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.75%) DevOps
2 59 (22.61%) ITIL
3 56 (21.46%) Agile
4 46 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (12.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (12.26%) CI/CD
7 30 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (11.11%) Customer Service
8 29 (11.11%) Line Management
9 27 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (10.34%) Process Improvement
9 27 (10.34%) Roadmaps
10 25 (9.58%) Data Loss Prevention
10 25 (9.58%) Information Security
11 24 (9.20%) Migration
12 23 (8.81%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (8.43%) Service Management
14 21 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (8.05%) People Management
14 21 (8.05%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 76 (29.12%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.43%) Python
3 17 (6.51%) Bicep
4 14 (5.36%) C#
4 14 (5.36%) VB
4 14 (5.36%) VBScript
5 9 (3.45%) Bash
6 7 (2.68%) SQL
7 5 (1.92%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.38%) PHP
8 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (14.94%) Degree
2 23 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.05%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (5.36%) CCSP
6 14 (5.36%) CEH
6 14 (5.36%) CISSP
6 14 (5.36%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.36%) SANS
6 14 (5.36%) SSCP
7 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.45%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.68%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.30%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.13%) SLA
2 15 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.36%) NIST
3 14 (5.36%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.60%) QA
5 4 (1.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 148 (56.70%) Active Directory
2 77 (29.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.73%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (8.81%) Virtual Servers
5 21 (8.05%) Hyper-V
6 19 (7.28%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (6.51%) XenApp
8 16 (6.13%) XenDesktop
9 12 (4.60%) vSphere
10 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 8 (3.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 93 (35.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (18.39%) SCCM
3 35 (13.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (8.43%) Kubernetes
5 21 (8.05%) Terraform
6 17 (6.51%) SCOM
7 15 (5.75%) WSUS
8 14 (5.36%) Nmap
9 9 (3.45%) Ansible
10 6 (2.30%) Nagios
10 6 (2.30%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.30%) Puppet
11 5 (1.92%) AirWatch
11 5 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.15%) Nessus
13 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.38%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.38%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 135 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 77 (29.50%) Citrix
2 77 (29.50%) VMware
3 19 (7.28%) Splunk
4 14 (5.36%) Qualys
4 14 (5.36%) Rapid7
4 14 (5.36%) Thycotic
5 11 (4.21%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.21%) Veeam
6 9 (3.45%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.68%) Cisco
7 7 (2.68%) Commvault
7 7 (2.68%) EMC
7 7 (2.68%) HP
8 6 (2.30%) Apple
9 5 (1.92%) Adobe
9 5 (1.92%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.92%) Avaya
9 5 (1.92%) Dell
9 5 (1.92%) Red Hat