The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 1 August 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 the City of London with a requirement for system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
486
361
1,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
14.22%
15.47%
17.90%
Number of daily rates quoted
345
295
914
10th Percentile
£370
£255
£213
25th Percentile
£450
£416
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£500
£520
Median % change year-on-year
+5.00%
-3.85%
+4.00%
75th Percentile
£638
£600
£594
90th Percentile
£713
£650
£675
Central London median daily rate
£533
£500
£525
% change year-on-year
+6.50%
-4.76%
+5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
5
24
Median hourly rate
£23.00
£13.08
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
+75.91%
-37.74%
+9.09%
Central London median hourly rate
£20.00
£13.44
£21.00
% change year-on-year
+48.81%
-36.00%
+5.00%
Virtual Desktop Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the City of London.
Virtual Desktop Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 August 2021.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the City of London.
Virtual Desktop Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 1 August 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Virtual Desktop also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Virtual Desktop.
Virtual Desktop Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
