Virtual Desktop Contracts in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 125 161
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 -3
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.062% 0.18% 0.070%
As % of the System Software category 0.54% 1.30% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +10.00%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 184 308 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.32% 13.89% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 190 326
10th Percentile £221 £192 £194
25th Percentile £410 £324 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £579 £538
90th Percentile £589 £650 £629
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - - £24.34
25th Percentile - £60.00 £29.66
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.50 £40.68
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% +48.72% -8.58%
75th Percentile - £60.75 £50.80
90th Percentile - - £55.57
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Glasgow - 1 £550 - 1
Virtual Desktop
UK

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware