Virtual Desktop Contracts in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Virtual Desktop skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Desktop over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 166 162
Rank change year-on-year +43 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Virtual Desktop 4 2 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.19% 0.074% 0.41%
As % of the System Software category 1.37% 0.49% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £581 - £273
25th Percentile £609 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 - £431
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.47%
75th Percentile £784 - £517
90th Percentile £824 - £627
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -3.61%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

Virtual Desktop is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 292 409 430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.62% 15.17% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 285 308
10th Percentile £194 £188 £159
25th Percentile £313 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £538
90th Percentile £608 £613 £613
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 11
10th Percentile £22.95 £24.34 £17.50
25th Percentile £60.25 £29.66 £18.75
Median hourly rate £60.50 £40.68 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.72% -8.58% -39.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £50.80 £48.35
90th Percentile - £55.57 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £54.92 £19.00
% change year-on-year -55.97% +189.03% -5.00%

Virtual Desktop
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Desktop in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Desktop in Scotland

Virtual Desktop
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Highlands -3 2 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £575 - 4
Glasgow - 1 £800 -
Virtual Desktop
UK

Virtual Desktop
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix