The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton 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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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 Luton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
16
4
9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton
16.16%
2.80%
8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted
4
1
7
10th Percentile
£246
-
£240
25th Percentile
£385
£506
£270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£513
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-2.44%
-6.82%
+189.47%
75th Percentile
£525
£519
£575
90th Percentile
-
-
£600
Bedfordshire median daily rate
£475
£275
£240
% change year-on-year
+72.73%
+14.58%
-33.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted
8
2
0
10th Percentile
£72.48
£74.38
-
25th Percentile
£77.50
£75.31
-
Median hourly rate
£86.50
£78.75
-
Median % change year-on-year
+9.84%
-
-
75th Percentile
£89.13
£80.94
-
90th Percentile
£92.50
£81.13
-
Bedfordshire median hourly rate
£85.00
£78.75
-
% change year-on-year
+7.94%
-
-
Virtual Desktop Job Vacancy Trend in Luton
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Luton.
Virtual Desktop Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Luton.
Virtual Desktop Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton
For the 6 months to 3 June 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 Luton region with a requirement for Virtual Desktop.
Virtual Desktop Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:
