Virtual Desktop
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 108 | 124 | 135 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +11 | -7 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Virtual Desktop | 11 | 18 | 25 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 0.57% | 0.66% | 0.75% |
| As % of the System Software category | 4.64% | 4.10% | 5.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | - | £372 |
| 25th Percentile | £422 | £460 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | - | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £600 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | - | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £450 | £498 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.55% | +4.74% | -5.00% |
All System Software Skills
South West
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 the South West.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 237 | 439 | 469 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 12.34% | 16.06% | 14.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 175 | 323 | 311 |
| 10th Percentile | £203 | £213 | £198 |
| 25th Percentile | £309 | £463 | £397 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £538 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.98% | +4.88% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £600 | £621 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £672 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £515 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -1.90% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 12 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £65.98 | £18.95 | £13.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £78.70 | £56.00 | £16.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | £73.75 | £52.09 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.47% | +41.60% | +7.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £95.00 | £85.00 | £70.66 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £89.50 | £78.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £38.75 | £23.80 | £43.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +62.82% | -45.60% | +98.86% |
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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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Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Virtual Desktop.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in the South West over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Virtual Desktop.
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DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | - | 6 | £725 | - | |
| Gloucestershire | +20 | 5 | £425 | -9.57% | 1 |
| Virtual Desktop England |
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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: