The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 112 114 114
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 11 25 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.455% 0.820% 0.370%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.497% 0.901% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £235 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +34.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £181 £150 £134
% change year-on-year
+20.83% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 4
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.82% +9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.50 £15.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.60 £20.00 £17.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.69 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-14.46% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +4 8 - -
Slough -9 2 - -
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Desktop Engineer in their job title.

1 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 17 (45.95%) Windows XP
2 17 (45.95%) Windows 7
3 16 (43.24%) Active Directory
4 11 (29.73%) Blackberry
5 9 (24.32%) LAN
6 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
6 8 (21.62%) Dell
7 7 (18.92%) WAN
7 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
7 7 (18.92%) Telecoms
8 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
8 6 (16.22%) McAfee
8 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (16.22%) Software Deployment
9 5 (13.51%) Lotus
9 5 (13.51%) Symantec
9 5 (13.51%) Lotus Notes
9 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
10 4 (10.81%) VMware
10 4 (10.81%) Clustering
10 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (10.81%) PDA
10 4 (10.81%) Linux
10 4 (10.81%) MS Office
10 4 (10.81%) ITIL
10 4 (10.81%) SAN
10 4 (10.81%) NAS
11 3 (8.108%) Release Management

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Desktop Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.405%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.51%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (2.703%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) LAN
2 7 (18.92%) WAN
3 4 (10.81%) SAN
3 4 (10.81%) NAS
4 3 (8.108%) VPN
5 2 (5.405%) Internet
5 2 (5.405%) Wireless
5 2 (5.405%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.703%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.703%) DNS
General
1 7 (18.92%) Telecoms
2 5 (13.51%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.703%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Blackberry
2 4 (10.81%) Clustering
2 4 (10.81%) PDA
3 2 (5.405%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 17 (45.95%) Windows XP
2 17 (45.95%) Windows 7
3 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (10.81%) Linux
5 2 (5.405%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.703%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.703%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.703%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.22%) Software Deployment
2 4 (10.81%) ITIL
3 3 (8.108%) Asset Management
3 3 (8.108%) Release Management
4 2 (5.405%) Network Architecture
5 1 (2.703%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.703%) VBScript
1 1 (2.703%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.405%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.108%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (2.703%) XenApp
4 1 (2.703%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 3 (8.108%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.703%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
1 8 (21.62%) Dell
2 6 (16.22%) McAfee
3 5 (13.51%) Symantec
3 5 (13.51%) Lotus
4 4 (10.81%) VMware
5 3 (8.108%) CheckPoint
5 3 (8.108%) Citrix
5 3 (8.108%) NetApp
6 2 (5.405%) Intel
6 2 (5.405%) Compaq
6 2 (5.405%) LANDesk