Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Virtual Desktop
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 114 134
Rank change year-on-year +1 +20 +54
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 4 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.24% 0.38% 0.49%
As % of the System Software category 2.61% 3.16% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 10
10th Percentile - £235 £403
25th Percentile £225 £494 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £593 £533
Median % change year-on-year -57.81% +11.27% -14.11%
75th Percentile £275 £645 £807
90th Percentile - £725 £888
Central London median daily rate £250 £593 £533
% change year-on-year -57.81% +11.27% -14.11%

All System Software Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 153 253 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.12% 12.09% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 159 231
10th Percentile £294 £334 £263
25th Percentile £463 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% +6.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £666 £669 £694
90th Percentile £688 £733 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £84.40 £23.88
25th Percentile £26.75 £94.75 £27.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £112.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -74.55% +208.97% +76.83%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £45.31
90th Percentile - - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £26.99 £112.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -75.91% +208.97% +79.01%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in the City of London

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) IIS
2 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
1 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Monitoring Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MOS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Polycom
2 1 (25.00%) Spotify
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Wyse