Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends

Desktop Virtualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Desktop Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 525 589
Rank change year-on-year -56 +64 +183
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 5 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.029% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.033% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 14
10th Percentile £481 £390 -
25th Percentile £508 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £470 £365
Median % change year-on-year +20.21% +28.77% -14.12%
75th Percentile £585 £480 £509
90th Percentile - - £620
UK excluding London median daily rate - £470 £365
% change year-on-year - +28.77% -14.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,432 29,959 38,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.29% 88.23% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,397 18,286 25,908
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,093 972 1,488
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £31.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.98% -29.21% +39.26%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Desktop Virtualisation
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 21 December 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
London -1 5 £565 +61.20% 1
England -35 5 £565 +20.21% 1

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) International Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCA
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix