Virtual Desktop Contracts in Cheshire

Virtual Desktop
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Virtual Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 58 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -13
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.40% 0.55% 0.20%
As % of the System Software category 4.44% 2.80% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £518 - -
25th Percentile £536 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - -
75th Percentile £636 - -
90th Percentile £659 - -
North West median daily rate £469 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -14.77% -4.35% +66.91%

All System Software Skills
Cheshire

Virtual Desktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 45 107 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.91% 19.78% 18.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 91 58
10th Percentile £126 £200 £161
25th Percentile £140 £214 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £450 £389
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +15.83% +7.92%
75th Percentile £456 £575 £538
90th Percentile £605 £638 £630
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +14.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £16.69 £12.08 £16.80
25th Percentile £17.26 £13.31 £17.63
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.21 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% -4.18% -44.12%
75th Percentile - £33.25 £19.50
90th Percentile £17.74 £52.75 £19.80
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £22.41 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.93% +28.06% -58.08%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Cheshire

Virtual Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Cheshire

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Cheshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Desktop in Cheshire

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northwich - 1 £650 -
Virtual Desktop
North West

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Economy
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (50.00%) Data Sharing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001