Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Virtual Desktop
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 33 52
Rank change year-on-year -6 +19 -12
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 9 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 2.28% 0.40% 1.29%
As % of the System Software category 12.68% 1.96% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £381 - -
25th Percentile £404 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £470
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -4.26% -3.59%
75th Percentile £472 £475 £561
90th Percentile £544 - £631
South West median daily rate £448 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -25.42% +4.35% +27.78%

All System Software Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 71 51 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 18.02% 20.24% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 45 70
10th Percentile £199 £218 £445
25th Percentile £226 £285 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £613 £700 £625
90th Percentile £750 £890 £691
South West median daily rate £513 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -6.82% +2.33% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.43 - -
Median hourly rate £12.56 - -
75th Percentile £12.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 £67.25
% change year-on-year -21.54% -3.35% +12.27%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Desktop in Gloucestershire

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 July 2026. 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
Gloucester +2 9 £438 -2.78%
Virtual Desktop
South West

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 5 (55.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Consultant
1 3 (33.33%) Product Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
2 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Protection
2 3 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 3 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Azure Certification
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (33.33%) ACSP
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (33.33%) Terraform
3 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) NetApp
3 4 (44.44%) Apple