Hybrid/Remote Desktop Virtualisation Contract Job Trends

Desktop Virtualization
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Desktop Virtualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 311 359
Rank change year-on-year -1 +48 +171
Contract jobs citing Desktop Virtualisation 3 2 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% 0.018% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.020% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £685 - -
25th Percentile £701 - £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £726 £400 £365
Median % change year-on-year +81.61% +9.59% -14.12%
75th Percentile - - £373
90th Percentile - - £448
UK median daily rate £585 £470 £365
% change year-on-year +24.47% +28.77% -14.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,269 10,143 14,496
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.54% 89.37% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,114 6,359 9,898
10th Percentile £331 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 202 366
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.29 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.02 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.83% -33.93% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.19 £71.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

Desktop Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Desktop Virtualisation and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Virtualisation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Desktop Virtualisation
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Desktop Virtualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Desktop Virtualisation

Desktop Virtualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) NetScaler
2 1 (33.33%) BIG-IP
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) International Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Citrix Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Packaging
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCA
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware