The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Virtual Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 1 August 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Virtual Desktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for system software skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
4,182
2,361
6,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London
13.88%
14.99%
15.61%
Number of daily rates quoted
3,066
1,728
4,606
10th Percentile
£350
£275
£206
25th Percentile
£450
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£500
£520
Median % change year-on-year
+5.00%
-3.85%
+4.00%
75th Percentile
£625
£600
£600
90th Percentile
£700
£652
£675
England median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
25
32
96
10th Percentile
£15.43
£12.45
£12.76
25th Percentile
£20.00
£14.78
£16.08
Median hourly rate
£27.50
£22.00
£21.00
Median % change year-on-year
+25.00%
+4.76%
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£51.00
£41.50
£38.78
90th Percentile
£71.60
£47.83
£48.94
England median hourly rate
£17.50
£17.42
£16.50
% change year-on-year
+0.44%
+5.59%
+2.48%
Virtual Desktop Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London.
Virtual Desktop Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London over the 6 months to 1 August 2021.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in London.
Virtual Desktop Contract Job Locations in London
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 London region over the 6 months to 1 August 2021. 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
Virtual Desktop Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London
For the 6 months to 1 August 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Virtual Desktop also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Virtual Desktop.
Virtual Desktop Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
