Virtual Desktop Jobs in London

Virtual Desktop
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 434 522 762
Rank change year-on-year +88 +240 -195
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 75 96 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the System Software category 2.61% 1.82% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 63 84 100
10th Percentile £41,036 £42,789 £37,088
25th Percentile £55,625 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +22.73% +7.32%
75th Percentile £83,125 £75,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £90,000 £81,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +12.50% +9.89%

All System Software Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 2,876 5,278 13,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.16% 15.65% 18.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,141 3,857 5,971
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,325 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Virtual Desktop in London

Virtual Desktop
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Virtual Desktop in London

Virtual Desktop
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the London 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
Central London +64 19 £72,500 +16.00% 1
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.00%) Apache
2 3 (4.00%) nginx
3 2 (2.67%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (54.67%) Azure
2 39 (52.00%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (21.33%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (20.00%) AWS
5 10 (13.33%) Entra ID
6 9 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (10.67%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (9.33%) Nutanix
9 4 (5.33%) Serverless
10 2 (2.67%) Datadog
10 2 (2.67%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.67%) OpenShift
11 1 (1.33%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.33%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 17 (22.67%) TCP/IP
2 15 (20.00%) Firewall
3 11 (14.67%) DNS
4 8 (10.67%) LAN
4 8 (10.67%) Network Security
4 8 (10.67%) WAN
4 8 (10.67%) Wireshark
5 5 (6.67%) NetScaler
5 5 (6.67%) SAN
5 5 (6.67%) VPN
6 3 (4.00%) NGFW
6 3 (4.00%) SSL
6 3 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.00%) Git
3 2 (2.67%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.67%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (40.00%) Finance
2 9 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.67%) Banking
4 4 (5.33%) Law
4 4 (5.33%) Legal
5 3 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (24.00%) Analyst
2 15 (20.00%) Senior
3 14 (18.67%) IT Analyst
4 11 (14.67%) Engineering Manager
5 10 (13.33%) Lead
6 8 (10.67%) Security Engineer
7 7 (9.33%) Citrix Engineer
8 6 (8.00%) Head of IT
8 6 (8.00%) Head of IT Operations
8 6 (8.00%) Head of Operations
8 6 (8.00%) IT Operations Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) IT Support
8 6 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) Team Leader
9 5 (6.67%) Information Security Engineer
9 5 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (6.67%) Support Analyst
10 4 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (5.33%) Senior Security Engineer
10 4 (5.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.00%) OAuth
1 3 (4.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (4.00%) OpenID
1 3 (4.00%) Software Packaging
2 2 (2.67%) CSS
2 2 (2.67%) CSS3
2 2 (2.67%) HTML
2 2 (2.67%) HTML5
2 2 (2.67%) JSON
2 2 (2.67%) Keycloak
2 2 (2.67%) React
3 1 (1.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Data Centre
1 9 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (5.33%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.33%) CMDB
4 3 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.33%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (54.67%) Windows
2 17 (22.67%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.00%) Apple iOS
4 8 (10.67%) Android
5 5 (6.67%) Windows Server
6 4 (5.33%) Linux
7 2 (2.67%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.00%) DevOps
1 18 (24.00%) Process Improvement
2 17 (22.67%) ITIL
3 14 (18.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (17.33%) Identity Access Management
5 12 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (16.00%) Roadmaps
6 11 (14.67%) Capacity Planning
6 11 (14.67%) Line Management
6 11 (14.67%) Patch Management
7 10 (13.33%) Agile
7 10 (13.33%) Security Management
8 9 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (12.00%) Information Security
8 9 (12.00%) ITSM
8 9 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (12.00%) Strategic Planning
9 8 (10.67%) Cryptography
9 8 (10.67%) Ethical Hacking
9 8 (10.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (16.00%) Python
3 6 (8.00%) Bash
4 3 (4.00%) SQL
5 2 (2.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.33%) Bicep
6 1 (1.33%) PHP
6 1 (1.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (16.00%) Degree
2 8 (10.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 8 (10.67%) CCSP
2 8 (10.67%) CEH
2 8 (10.67%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (10.67%) CISSP
2 8 (10.67%) SANS
2 8 (10.67%) SSCP
3 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (10.67%) NIST
1 8 (10.67%) PCI DSS
2 6 (8.00%) SLA
3 3 (4.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (38.67%) Active Directory
2 15 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (13.33%) XenApp
3 10 (13.33%) XenDesktop
4 7 (9.33%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (5.33%) Docker
6 3 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.67%) vSphere
8 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (18.67%) SCCM
3 8 (10.67%) Nmap
4 7 (9.33%) Terraform
5 4 (5.33%) Ansible
5 4 (5.33%) Kubernetes
6 3 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (4.00%) Nagios
7 2 (2.67%) Progress Chef
7 2 (2.67%) Puppet
7 2 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (32.00%) Citrix
2 18 (24.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (20.00%) VMware
4 10 (13.33%) Splunk
5 8 (10.67%) Qualys
5 8 (10.67%) Rapid7
5 8 (10.67%) Thycotic
6 4 (5.33%) Cisco
7 3 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 3 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.00%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.67%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.67%) New Relic
8 2 (2.67%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.33%) Apple
9 1 (1.33%) HP
9 1 (1.33%) iManage
9 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.33%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.33%) Veeam