Virtual Desktop Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Virtual Desktop
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Virtual Desktop skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.046% - 0.39%
As % of the System Software category 0.30% - 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £479
25th Percentile - - £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +65.68%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £495 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.35% +6.98%

All System Software Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 338 179 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.55% 19.74% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 118 216
10th Percentile £193 £207 £178
25th Percentile £328 £280 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £453 £403
Median % change year-on-year +4.97% +12.42% -5.29%
75th Percentile £525 £547 £508
90th Percentile £581 £623 £608
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 17
10th Percentile £26.81 - -
25th Percentile £27.65 - £14.06
Median hourly rate £29.68 - £14.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.33%
75th Percentile £31.08 - £15.19
90th Percentile £31.55 - £19.11
England median hourly rate £34.00 £30.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +10.57% +36.67% -41.56%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Virtual Desktop job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Virtual Desktop.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Virtual Desktop

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 March 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
South Yorkshire - 1 - -
Virtual Desktop
England

Virtual Desktop
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research