Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Desktop Virtualization
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Desktop Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 - 183
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.043% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - £225
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - £259
England median daily rate £510 £585 £260
% change year-on-year -12.82% +125.00% -55.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,821 3,157 4,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.35% 90.02% 83.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,492 2,047 2,422
10th Percentile £313 £277 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £466 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.19% -6.90% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £585
90th Percentile £675 £649 £665
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 168 389
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.80 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £17.44 £12.55
Median hourly rate £45.97 £25.15 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.76% +16.98% -4.57%
75th Percentile £71.50 £52.13 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.88 £63.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend in the North of England

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Yorkshire - 3 £510 - 2
Desktop Virtualisation
England

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) Apple
2 2 (66.67%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (66.67%) CyberArk
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft