Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in Central London

Virtual Desktop
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 122 147
Rank change year-on-year 0 +25 +46
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 5 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.26% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 2.91% 2.79% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 9
10th Percentile £238 £217 £393
25th Percentile £256 £340 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £593 £475
Median % change year-on-year -49.37% +24.74% -22.76%
75th Percentile £331 £614 £538
90th Percentile £343 £616 £625
London median daily rate £426 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.50% -15.79% -4.52%

All System Software Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 172 287 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.83% 12.48% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 202 284
10th Percentile £265 £313 £239
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - +0.46%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £716
90th Percentile £688 £761 £824
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £22.89 - £23.88
25th Percentile £24.23 £77.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -68.88% +134.48% +76.83%
75th Percentile £28.35 £92.50 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.49 - £49.63
London median hourly rate £25.58 £23.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.46% -60.33% +41.18%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Central London

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Virtual Desktop within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +5 5 £300 -49.37% 1
Virtual Desktop
London

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
1 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Banking Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Junior
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Monitoring Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (20.00%) MCSA
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MOS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (20.00%) Avaya
3 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Polycom
3 1 (20.00%) Spotify
3 1 (20.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Wyse