Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Desktop Virtualization
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Desktop Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.034% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £738 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,412 1,391 2,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.38% 92.80% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,598 854 1,261
10th Percentile £303 £294 £213
25th Percentile £403 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -0.10%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £673 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.80% -0.10% -1.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 57 167
10th Percentile £16.35 - £14.17
25th Percentile £27.88 £14.20 £19.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.97% -30.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85.50 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £78.31 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £27.76 £47.50
% change year-on-year +89.12% -41.56% -5.00%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 May 2026. 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
Desktop Virtualisation
South East

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Rubrik
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware