The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
16
16
30
Rank change year-on-year
0
+14
-7
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop
1
5
9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester
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 Gloucester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
22
16
49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester
34.92%
22.22%
34.03%
Number of daily rates quoted
21
12
29
10th Percentile
£183
£428
£400
25th Percentile
£225
£458
£463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£470
£522
Median % change year-on-year
+6.38%
-9.96%
+0.38%
75th Percentile
£800
£625
£650
90th Percentile
£900
-
£725
Gloucestershire median daily rate
£550
£550
£525
% change year-on-year
-
+4.76%
+2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
5
10th Percentile
-
-
£42.30
25th Percentile
-
-
-
Median hourly rate
-
-
£78.00
75th Percentile
-
-
£90.00
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Gloucestershire median hourly rate
-
-
£78.00
% change year-on-year
-
-
+90.10%
Virtual Desktop Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucester.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Gloucester.
Virtual Desktop Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester
For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Virtual Desktop also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucester region with a requirement for Virtual Desktop.
Virtual Desktop Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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:
