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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 653 780
Rank change year-on-year +23 +127 -52
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 278 341 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the System Software category 2.31% 2.20% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 219 179 269
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +17.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £80,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.88% -14.44% -

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 12,052 15,490 28,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.15% 15.33% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,552 10,272 15,625
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
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 10 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 10 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 +35 261 £51,750 -5.91% 77
UK excluding London -44 190 £45,000 +16.88% 55
Work from Home +82 148 £52,500 -8.70% 80
London +100 76 £71,500 +5.93% 23
South East +25 61 £51,000 +37.84% 19
North of England +44 42 £40,367 +7.65% 13
East of England +22 33 £29,750 -39.59% 6
Midlands -55 32 £52,500 +10.53% 13
West Midlands +18 28 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Yorkshire +71 22 £56,500 +41.25% 4
North East +4 15 £37,750 +16.15%
South West -31 14 £55,000 +86.44% 3
Scotland -56 6 £36,750 +5.00% 3
North West +4 5 £41,234 -21.46% 9
East Midlands -73 4 £50,000 +53.85% 11
Wales +6 2 £45,000 -37.93%

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 96 (34.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (20.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.80%) Apache
3 5 (1.80%) nginx
4 4 (1.44%) JBoss
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.36%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 195 (70.14%) Azure
2 182 (65.47%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (31.29%) Entra ID
4 41 (14.75%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (11.51%) AWS
6 22 (7.91%) Azure Storage
7 21 (7.55%) OneDrive
8 18 (6.47%) IaaS
8 18 (6.47%) PaaS
9 17 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (5.04%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (5.04%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (2.88%) OCI
12 7 (2.52%) Nutanix
13 6 (2.16%) Serverless
14 4 (1.44%) Datadog
14 4 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.44%) GCP
14 4 (1.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 84 (30.22%) Firewall
2 49 (17.63%) DNS
3 35 (12.59%) DHCP
4 31 (11.15%) WAN
5 30 (10.79%) LAN
6 29 (10.43%) VPN
7 25 (8.99%) TCP/IP
8 24 (8.63%) Network Security
9 23 (8.27%) Remote Desktop
10 16 (5.76%) SAN
11 15 (5.40%) Wireshark
12 14 (5.04%) NGFW
13 13 (4.68%) NetScaler
14 12 (4.32%) VLAN
15 9 (3.24%) Structured Cabling
16 6 (2.16%) SSL
16 6 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (2.16%) Wireless
17 3 (1.08%) VoIP
18 2 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.40%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.72%) Power BI
4 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.16%) Git
3 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.08%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.36%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 89 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.22%) Finance
3 13 (4.68%) Retail
4 12 (4.32%) Legal
5 11 (3.96%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.24%) Banking
7 8 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.88%) Law
8 7 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.08%) Local Government
10 3 (1.08%) Police
11 2 (0.72%) Advertising
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (19.06%) IT Support
2 37 (13.31%) Analyst
3 35 (12.59%) IT Analyst
4 31 (11.15%) 2nd Line Support
5 30 (10.79%) Support Engineer
6 29 (10.43%) Senior
7 27 (9.71%) Lead
8 25 (8.99%) IT Engineer
9 24 (8.63%) IT Support Analyst
10 21 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (6.12%) Architect
12 17 (6.12%) Azure Specialist
13 16 (5.76%) 3rd Line Support
13 16 (5.76%) Support Specialist
14 15 (5.40%) Support Analyst
14 15 (5.40%) Team Leader
15 14 (5.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 14 (5.04%) Active Directory Specialist
15 14 (5.04%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.43%) ARM Templates
2 15 (5.40%) JSON
3 13 (4.68%) YAML
4 5 (1.80%) OAuth
4 5 (1.80%) OAuth2
4 5 (1.80%) OpenID
5 4 (1.44%) CSS
5 4 (1.44%) CSS3
5 4 (1.44%) HTML
5 4 (1.44%) HTML5
5 4 (1.44%) Keycloak
5 4 (1.44%) React
6 3 (1.08%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.35%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.19%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.76%) PKI
4 15 (5.40%) Cloud Native
5 14 (5.04%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.04%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (4.68%) Private Cloud
7 12 (4.32%) iPad
7 12 (4.32%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.88%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.52%) PMI
10 6 (2.16%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.80%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.80%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.44%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.44%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.08%) CMDB
13 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
14 2 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 157 (56.47%) Windows
2 79 (28.42%) Windows Server
3 36 (12.95%) Windows 10
4 33 (11.87%) Apple iOS
5 31 (11.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (8.63%) Linux
7 23 (8.27%) Android
7 23 (8.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.60%) VMS
9 6 (2.16%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.66%) DevOps
2 60 (21.58%) Agile
2 60 (21.58%) ITIL
3 47 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (12.23%) CI/CD
4 34 (12.23%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (11.87%) Customer Service
6 31 (11.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (10.43%) Data Loss Prevention
7 29 (10.43%) Line Management
8 27 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (9.71%) Process Improvement
9 26 (9.35%) Roadmaps
10 25 (8.99%) Information Security
10 25 (8.99%) Migration
10 25 (8.99%) Service Delivery
11 22 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (7.91%) Identity Access Management
12 20 (7.19%) People Management
12 20 (7.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (28.78%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.55%) Python
3 17 (6.12%) Bicep
4 14 (5.04%) C#
4 14 (5.04%) VB
4 14 (5.04%) VBScript
5 8 (2.88%) Bash
5 8 (2.88%) SQL
6 4 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.36%) PHP
8 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 38 (13.67%) Degree
2 22 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.83%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (5.40%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (5.04%) CCSP
6 14 (5.04%) CEH
6 14 (5.04%) CISSP
6 14 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.04%) SANS
6 14 (5.04%) SSCP
7 10 (3.60%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.24%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.52%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.76%) SLA
3 14 (5.04%) NIST
3 14 (5.04%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.32%) QA
5 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.44%) GDPR
5 4 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 160 (57.55%) Active Directory
2 82 (29.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (11.15%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (8.63%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (8.27%) Hyper-V
6 22 (7.91%) Virtual Servers
7 17 (6.12%) vSphere
8 16 (5.76%) XenApp
9 15 (5.40%) XenDesktop
10 9 (3.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 7 (2.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 100 (35.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (17.99%) SCCM
3 34 (12.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (7.91%) Terraform
5 21 (7.55%) Kubernetes
6 17 (6.12%) SCOM
7 16 (5.76%) WSUS
8 14 (5.04%) Nmap
9 8 (2.88%) Ansible
10 6 (2.16%) AirWatch
11 5 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (1.80%) Nagios
11 5 (1.80%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.80%) Puppet
12 4 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.08%) Nessus
14 2 (0.72%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.72%) PaperCut
14 2 (0.72%) SmoothWall
15 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 141 (50.72%) Microsoft
2 84 (30.22%) Citrix
3 82 (29.50%) VMware
4 18 (6.47%) Splunk
5 14 (5.04%) Qualys
5 14 (5.04%) Rapid7
5 14 (5.04%) Thycotic
6 12 (4.32%) ServiceNow
6 12 (4.32%) Veeam
7 10 (3.60%) Adobe
8 9 (3.24%) Avaya
8 9 (3.24%) Cisco
9 8 (2.88%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.88%) HP
9 8 (2.88%) Oracle
10 7 (2.52%) Apple
10 7 (2.52%) Commvault
10 7 (2.52%) EMC
11 6 (2.16%) Dell
11 6 (2.16%) Symantec