Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Virtual Desktop
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.99% - -
As % of the System Software category 5.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £492 - -
25th Percentile £492 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £543 - -
90th Percentile £562 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £425 -
% change year-on-year +21.18% - -

All System Software Skills
Basingstoke

Virtual Desktop falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 77 63 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 18.97% 31.82% 21.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 58 61
10th Percentile £463 £550 £425
25th Percentile £519 £566 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -0.43%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £725 £650 -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Desktop relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Resilience Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware