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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts within the Bradford region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Engineer
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank-13
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads03
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.054 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£150
Average daily rate-£150
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£150
UK excluding London average daily rate£122£140
% change on same period last year-12.96 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.25
Average hourly rate-£12.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.99£14.94
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bradford
Matching contract IT job ads6574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.091 %
Daily rates quoted1919
Average minimum daily rate£366£404
Average daily rate£379£429
% change on same period last year-11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£455
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted618
Average minimum hourly rate£20.87£16.38
Average hourly rate£22.87£17.88
% change on same period last year+27.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.87£19.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£23.41
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Desktop Engineer West YorkshireDesktop Engineer
West Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bradford Desktop Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bradford Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

12 (66.67 %)MS Office
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
12 (66.67 %)Windows XP
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft
12 (66.67 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)Altiris

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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.

Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Office
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
12 (66.67 %)Windows XP
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (66.67 %)Active Directory
Bradford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Altiris