Virtual Desktop Contracts in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 161 161
Rank change year-on-year +36 0 -10
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 5 2 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.22% 0.070% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 1.63% 0.46% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile £563 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.63%
75th Percentile £588 - £656
90th Percentile - - £683
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.75
Median hourly rate - - £21.50
75th Percentile - - £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £18.59 £26.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -28.52% +20.93% -53.26%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 307 433 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.76% 15.15% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 322 273
10th Percentile £188 £201 £158
25th Percentile £324 £380 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £631 £638
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 17
10th Percentile - £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £29.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -31.01%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £48.75
90th Percentile - £55.57 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £53.35 £20.00
% change year-on-year -57.83% +166.75% -

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 26 April 2024. 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
Highlands -3 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £575 - 1
Glasgow - 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft