Virtual Desktop Contracts in Manchester

Virtual Desktop
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 79 127
Rank change year-on-year +2 +48 -1
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 6 29 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.52% 1.77% 0.48%
As % of the System Software category 5.31% 10.36% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 21 8
10th Percentile £405 £233 £344
25th Percentile £413 £248 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £270 £419
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -35.52% +13.95%
75th Percentile £663 £388 £505
90th Percentile £670 £438 -
North West median daily rate £625 £270 £480
% change year-on-year +131.48% -43.75% +30.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £15.72 -
25th Percentile £29.50 £15.73 -
Median hourly rate £31.00 £16.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.88% - -
75th Percentile £32.50 £17.25 -
90th Percentile - £17.34 -
North West median hourly rate £31.00 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year +87.88% - -

All System Software Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 113 280 404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 9.72% 17.13% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 218 310
10th Percentile £218 £207 £169
25th Percentile £366 £356 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -11.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £582 £538 £625
90th Percentile £667 £666 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £440 £440
% change year-on-year +13.64% - +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 25 13
10th Percentile - £15.75 £19.25
25th Percentile £29.50 £16.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.00 £18.00 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.22% -69.23% +222.94%
75th Percentile £32.50 £23.75 £66.00
90th Percentile - £63.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £22.09 £18.50 £20.07
% change year-on-year +19.41% -7.80% +24.51%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Virtual Desktop as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Manchester

Virtual Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Manchester

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Desktop in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Telephony Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Telephony Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Telephony Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) XenApp
2 2 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) Sophos
3 1 (16.67%) Zscaler