The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
59
-
Rank change year-on-year
+10
-
-
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop
1
8
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
63
51
111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
12.07%
6.60%
12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted
49
39
64
10th Percentile
£125
£187
£151
25th Percentile
£190
£200
£313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£476
£350
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+36.00%
-17.65%
-5.56%
75th Percentile
£689
£456
£600
90th Percentile
£700
£618
£713
West Midlands median daily rate
£476
£400
£475
% change year-on-year
+19.00%
-15.79%
+15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
2
3
10th Percentile
-
£14.49
£15.44
25th Percentile
-
£15.40
£15.74
Median hourly rate
-
£17.27
£16.48
Median % change year-on-year
-
+4.79%
+9.87%
75th Percentile
-
£18.79
£17.74
90th Percentile
-
£19.48
£18.35
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.13
£17.80
£17.72
% change year-on-year
+1.85%
+0.47%
+5.78%
Virtual Desktop Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Birmingham.
Virtual Desktop Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Virtual Desktop also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Virtual Desktop.
Virtual Desktop Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
