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 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 116 121 146
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 +41
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 5 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the System Software category 3.52% 3.19% 3.38%
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% -23.39%
75th Percentile £331 £614 £538
90th Percentile £343 £616 £625
Central London median daily rate £300 £593 £475
% change year-on-year -49.37% +24.74% -22.76%

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 142 251 385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.06% 12.07% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 174 254
10th Percentile £275 £341 £283
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -2.61% +4.45%
75th Percentile £668 £684 £738
90th Percentile £688 £735 £824
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £22.48 - £23.88
25th Percentile £23.19 £77.50 £27.81
Median hourly rate £25.25 £85.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.29% +134.48% +76.83%
75th Percentile £28.19 £92.50 £45.31
90th Percentile £29.43 - £49.63
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £85.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year -68.88% +134.48% +76.83%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop 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 and Capabilities in the City of 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