Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in London

Desktop Virtualization
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Desktop Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 372 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.007% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £508 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £351 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.20% - -
75th Percentile £585 £351 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £565 £470 £365
% change year-on-year +20.21% +28.77% -14.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Desktop Virtualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,078 13,523 16,766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.12% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,615 8,692 12,023
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 165 235
10th Percentile £18.09 £18.04 £18.40
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +11.65% -15.91%
75th Percentile £52.19 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.10 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend in London

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) International Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCA
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix