Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Virtual Desktop
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.49% - -
As % of the System Software category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £413 - -

All System Software Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 64 44 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.89% 12.43% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 21 46
10th Percentile £188 £450 £254
25th Percentile £406 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -18.37% +28.95%
75th Percentile £528 £575 £725
90th Percentile £575 £613 £775
East of England median daily rate £450 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 8
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - £61.50 £20.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £76.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -13.44% +16.41%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.50 £88.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £89.13
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £54.00 £14.80
% change year-on-year -58.33% +264.86% -15.43%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Virtual Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Watford - 4 £413 - 2
Virtual Desktop
East of England

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Terraform