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 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 427 531 616
Rank change year-on-year +104 +85 -134
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 148 129 248
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.32% 0.35%
As % of the System Software category 3.48% 2.14% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 127 70 136
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,625 £34,125
25th Percentile £36,298 £45,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +0.85% +17.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £80,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +16.48%

All System Software Skills
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 4,252 6,025 13,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.58% 14.85% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,354 4,459 7,695
10th Percentile £31,325 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -2.40% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 20 May 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 53 (35.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (22.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 118 (79.73%) Azure
2 111 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (31.76%) Entra ID
4 30 (20.27%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (14.86%) Azure Storage
6 15 (10.14%) IaaS
6 15 (10.14%) PaaS
7 14 (9.46%) AWS
7 14 (9.46%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (9.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (8.78%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (8.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (3.38%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.70%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.70%) Serverless
11 2 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.35%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.35%) SaaS
12 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 49 (33.11%) Firewall
2 29 (19.59%) DNS
3 22 (14.86%) Remote Desktop
3 22 (14.86%) TCP/IP
4 21 (14.19%) LAN
4 21 (14.19%) WAN
5 19 (12.84%) VPN
6 16 (10.81%) DHCP
7 15 (10.14%) Network Security
8 13 (8.78%) Wireshark
9 11 (7.43%) NGFW
10 7 (4.73%) SAN
11 5 (3.38%) NetScaler
11 5 (3.38%) Wireless
12 3 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.35%) WLAN
14 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
14 1 (0.68%) MPLS
14 1 (0.68%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Git
General
1 54 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.03%) Finance
3 8 (5.41%) Legal
3 8 (5.41%) Retail
4 5 (3.38%) Banking
4 5 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.03%) Law
5 3 (2.03%) Police
6 2 (1.35%) Advertising
6 2 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (20.27%) IT Support
2 19 (12.84%) Lead
2 19 (12.84%) Support Engineer
3 18 (12.16%) Analyst
3 18 (12.16%) Senior
4 17 (11.49%) IT Analyst
4 17 (11.49%) IT Engineer
4 17 (11.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 14 (9.46%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.46%) Active Directory Support
5 14 (9.46%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (9.46%) Support Specialist
6 13 (8.78%) 3rd Line Support
6 13 (8.78%) Security Engineer
7 11 (7.43%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (7.43%) Architect
7 11 (7.43%) Information Security Engineer
7 11 (7.43%) Team Leader
8 10 (6.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (16.22%) ARM Templates
2 10 (6.76%) YAML
3 9 (6.08%) JSON
4 2 (1.35%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.86%) Management Information System
2 18 (12.16%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (10.81%) PKI
4 14 (9.46%) Data Centre
5 13 (8.78%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (8.11%) iPad
7 10 (6.76%) Private Cloud
8 9 (6.08%) Public Cloud
9 8 (5.41%) Mobile App
10 7 (4.73%) PMI
11 5 (3.38%) Cloud Native
11 5 (3.38%) Low-Code
12 4 (2.70%) Algorithms
12 4 (2.70%) CMDB
12 4 (2.70%) Data Structures
12 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
12 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (2.03%) Product Ownership
14 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 99 (66.89%) Windows
2 43 (29.05%) Windows Server
3 22 (14.86%) Android
3 22 (14.86%) Apple iOS
3 22 (14.86%) Windows 10
4 20 (13.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (13.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (10.14%) Linux
6 5 (3.38%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.46%) Agile
2 49 (33.11%) DevOps
3 39 (26.35%) ITIL
4 24 (16.22%) CI/CD
4 24 (16.22%) Roadmaps
5 23 (15.54%) Information Security
5 23 (15.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (14.86%) Process Improvement
7 21 (14.19%) People Management
8 20 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (12.84%) Data Loss Prevention
9 19 (12.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (12.16%) Line Management
11 17 (11.49%) Mentoring
11 17 (11.49%) Release Management
12 16 (10.81%) Identity Management
12 16 (10.81%) Security Operations
13 15 (10.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 15 (10.14%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (37.84%) PowerShell
2 15 (10.14%) Bicep
3 14 (9.46%) C#
3 14 (9.46%) Python
3 14 (9.46%) VB
3 14 (9.46%) VBScript
4 2 (1.35%) Bash
5 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 33 (22.30%) Degree
2 15 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.46%) DV Cleared
3 14 (9.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 13 (8.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 13 (8.78%) CCSP
4 13 (8.78%) CEH
4 13 (8.78%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (8.78%) CISSP
4 13 (8.78%) SANS
4 13 (8.78%) SSCP
5 10 (6.76%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.73%) PMI Certification
8 6 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.68%) CCA
10 1 (0.68%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (8.78%) NIST
1 13 (8.78%) PCI DSS
2 12 (8.11%) QA
3 8 (5.41%) SLA
4 3 (2.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 82 (55.41%) Active Directory
2 48 (32.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (14.19%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (12.16%) Hyper-V
5 15 (10.14%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (9.46%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (6.08%) vSphere
8 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (2.70%) XenApp
9 4 (2.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (45.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (20.95%) SCCM
3 26 (17.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (9.46%) Kubernetes
4 14 (9.46%) SCOM
4 14 (9.46%) WSUS
5 13 (8.78%) Nmap
6 10 (6.76%) Terraform
7 5 (3.38%) AirWatch
8 3 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (2.03%) Nessus
9 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 89 (60.14%) Microsoft
2 48 (32.43%) VMware
3 44 (29.73%) Citrix
4 13 (8.78%) Qualys
4 13 (8.78%) Rapid7
4 13 (8.78%) Splunk
4 13 (8.78%) Thycotic
5 9 (6.08%) ServiceNow
5 9 (6.08%) Veeam
6 5 (3.38%) Apple
6 5 (3.38%) Cisco
6 5 (3.38%) Dell
6 5 (3.38%) HP
6 5 (3.38%) Symantec
6 5 (3.38%) Toshiba
7 4 (2.70%) Aruba
8 3 (2.03%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.35%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.68%) EMC
10 1 (0.68%) Google