Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Desktop Virtualization
Hampshire > Portsmouth

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.42% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £475 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 102 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 70.46% 77.27% 88.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 56 100
10th Percentile £320 £372 £396
25th Percentile £416 £464 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £568 £625 £654
90th Percentile £625 £675 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.70% +12.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 20 103
10th Percentile £13.48 £40.19 £51.06
25th Percentile £45.21 £50.00 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £56.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -6.25% +4.35%
75th Percentile £60.90 £62.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.88 £79.37
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -35.65% +0.26% +4.27%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware