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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 584 798
Rank change year-on-year -1 +214 -86
Permanent jobs citing Virtual Desktop 264 351 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the System Software category 2.46% 2.55% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 211 174 199
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,200
25th Percentile £36,298 £35,500 £39,375
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 £67,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 10,727 13,789 24,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.40% 15.57% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,656 9,324 13,749
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
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 19 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 19 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 +81 77 £71,500 +5.93% 22
South East +13 61 £51,000 +37.84% 24
North of England +32 42 £40,367 +7.65% 12
East of England +4 33 £29,750 -50.42% 3
Midlands -46 33 £52,500 +12.30% 17
West Midlands +34 27 £52,500 -2.33% 4
Yorkshire +58 22 £56,500 +41.25% 2
North East +7 15 £37,750 +16.15%
South West -18 15 £52,500 +77.97% 10
East Midlands -78 6 £50,000 +53.85% 13
North West +3 5 £41,234 +3.09% 10
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 (35.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (21.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.27%) Apache
3 6 (2.27%) nginx
4 5 (1.89%) JBoss
5 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 185 (70.08%) Azure
2 172 (65.15%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (29.17%) Entra ID
4 40 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (10.98%) AWS
6 22 (8.33%) Azure Storage
7 17 (6.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (6.44%) IaaS
7 17 (6.44%) OneDrive
7 17 (6.44%) PaaS
8 14 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
8 14 (5.30%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.65%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.65%) Serverless
10 5 (1.89%) Datadog
10 5 (1.89%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.52%) OCI
12 3 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 79 (29.92%) Firewall
2 44 (16.67%) DNS
3 30 (11.36%) WAN
4 29 (10.98%) DHCP
4 29 (10.98%) LAN
4 29 (10.98%) VPN
5 25 (9.47%) TCP/IP
6 24 (9.09%) Network Security
7 22 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
8 17 (6.44%) SAN
9 15 (5.68%) Wireshark
10 14 (5.30%) NGFW
11 13 (4.92%) NetScaler
12 8 (3.03%) VLAN
13 7 (2.65%) SSL
13 7 (2.65%) Wireless
14 5 (1.89%) Structured Cabling
14 5 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (1.14%) VoIP
16 2 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.68%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.65%) Git
3 5 (1.89%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.52%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.38%) JIRA
5 1 (0.38%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.38%) Selenium
General
1 86 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.59%) Finance
3 13 (4.92%) Retail
4 12 (4.55%) Legal
5 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.41%) Banking
7 8 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.65%) Law
9 6 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.14%) Local Government
11 3 (1.14%) Police
12 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (18.56%) IT Support
2 34 (12.88%) Analyst
3 31 (11.74%) IT Analyst
4 29 (10.98%) Support Engineer
5 27 (10.23%) 2nd Line Support
5 27 (10.23%) Lead
6 25 (9.47%) IT Engineer
6 25 (9.47%) Senior
7 21 (7.95%) IT Support Engineer
8 20 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (7.58%) IT Support Analyst
9 16 (6.06%) Architect
9 16 (6.06%) Azure Specialist
10 15 (5.68%) Support Analyst
10 15 (5.68%) Support Specialist
10 15 (5.68%) Team Leader
11 14 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (5.30%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (5.30%) Active Directory Specialist
11 14 (5.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.61%) ARM Templates
2 14 (5.30%) JSON
3 12 (4.55%) YAML
4 6 (2.27%) OAuth
4 6 (2.27%) OAuth2
4 6 (2.27%) OpenID
5 5 (1.89%) CSS
5 5 (1.89%) CSS3
5 5 (1.89%) HTML
5 5 (1.89%) HTML5
5 5 (1.89%) Keycloak
5 5 (1.89%) React
6 3 (1.14%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.47%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.06%) PKI
4 14 (5.30%) Data Centre
4 14 (5.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.55%) iPad
6 11 (4.17%) Private Cloud
6 11 (4.17%) Public Cloud
7 8 (3.03%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.65%) PMI
9 6 (2.27%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.89%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.52%) CMDB
11 4 (1.52%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
12 3 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.14%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 148 (56.06%) Windows
2 72 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 33 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.98%) Apple iOS
5 27 (10.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (9.47%) Linux
7 23 (8.71%) Android
7 23 (8.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.03%) VMS
9 6 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.89%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.86%) DevOps
2 60 (22.73%) ITIL
3 58 (21.97%) Agile
4 46 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.88%) CI/CD
5 34 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (10.98%) Customer Service
7 29 (10.98%) Line Management
8 27 (10.23%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (10.23%) Process Improvement
8 27 (10.23%) Roadmaps
9 25 (9.47%) Data Loss Prevention
9 25 (9.47%) Information Security
9 25 (9.47%) Migration
10 23 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
11 22 (8.33%) Service Management
12 21 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (7.95%) People Management
12 21 (7.95%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 78 (29.55%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.33%) Python
3 17 (6.44%) Bicep
4 14 (5.30%) C#
4 14 (5.30%) VB
4 14 (5.30%) VBScript
5 9 (3.41%) Bash
6 8 (3.03%) SQL
7 5 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.38%) PHP
8 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 39 (14.77%) Degree
2 23 (8.71%) Security Cleared
3 21 (7.95%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (5.68%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (5.30%) CCSP
6 14 (5.30%) CEH
6 14 (5.30%) CISSP
6 14 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.30%) SANS
6 14 (5.30%) SSCP
7 10 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (3.41%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.65%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.27%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.06%) SLA
2 15 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.30%) NIST
3 14 (5.30%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.55%) QA
5 4 (1.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 149 (56.44%) Active Directory
2 82 (31.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.61%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (8.71%) Virtual Servers
4 23 (8.71%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (8.33%) Hyper-V
6 16 (6.06%) vSphere
6 16 (6.06%) XenApp
7 15 (5.68%) XenDesktop
8 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 8 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 95 (35.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (18.56%) SCCM
3 35 (13.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.33%) Terraform
5 17 (6.44%) SCOM
6 16 (6.06%) WSUS
7 14 (5.30%) Nmap
8 9 (3.41%) Ansible
9 6 (2.27%) Nagios
9 6 (2.27%) Progress Chef
9 6 (2.27%) Puppet
10 5 (1.89%) AirWatch
10 5 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.14%) Nessus
12 2 (0.76%) PaperCut
12 2 (0.76%) SmoothWall
13 1 (0.38%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 135 (51.14%) Microsoft
2 82 (31.06%) VMware
3 79 (29.92%) Citrix
4 19 (7.20%) Splunk
5 14 (5.30%) Qualys
5 14 (5.30%) Rapid7
5 14 (5.30%) Thycotic
6 11 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.17%) Veeam
7 9 (3.41%) Fortinet
8 8 (3.03%) Cisco
9 7 (2.65%) Commvault
9 7 (2.65%) EMC
9 7 (2.65%) HP
10 6 (2.27%) Apple
11 5 (1.89%) Adobe
11 5 (1.89%) Avaya
11 5 (1.89%) Dell
11 5 (1.89%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.89%) Symantec