Virtual Desktop
England > South West
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 143 | 137 | 127 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -10 | +12 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop | 7 | 30 | 43 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 0.22% | 0.85% | 1.17% |
| As % of the System Software category | 2.00% | 5.34% | 6.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 24 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £578 | £400 | £352 |
| 25th Percentile | £600 | £422 | £472 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.73% | +4.76% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £713 | £600 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £738 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £538 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.33% | +7.50% | +11.11% |
All System Software Skills
South West
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 the South West with a requirement for system software skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 350 | 562 | 630 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 11.04% | 15.85% | 17.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 264 | 425 | 445 |
| 10th Percentile | £161 | £200 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £375 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £513 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.44% | +2.50% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £623 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £692 | £725 | £645 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | +7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 32 | 39 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.25 | £15.76 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £17.19 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.75 | £60.00 | £48.48 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.58% | +23.76% | +21.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.25 | £65.00 | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £79.90 | £60.93 |
| England median hourly rate | £21.00 | £50.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -58.00% | +163.16% | -5.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the South West.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the South West.
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Contract Job Locations in the South West
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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Wiltshire | -1 | 2 | £675 | +58.82% | 2 |
| Bristol | +12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire | -20 | 1 | £575 | +4.55% | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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: