Desktop Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Desktop Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £250 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 88 89
Rank change year-on-year +14 +1 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 9 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.85% 1.04% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 1.15% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £147 - £169
25th Percentile £185 - £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £270 - £275
South West median daily rate £190 £200 £180
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £12.67 £17.20
25th Percentile - £13.32 £18.49
Median hourly rate - £14.72 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year - -39.94% -
75th Percentile - £16.18 £25.00
90th Percentile - £16.87 -
South West median hourly rate - £14.72 £24.00
% change year-on-year - -38.69% +45.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,001 1,131 1,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 90.12% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 805 923
10th Percentile £250 £300 £266
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 142 115
10th Percentile £36.25 £30.97 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.23 £65.45
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +9.94%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Bristol

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Bristol

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Bristol

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Bristol

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Desktop Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 6 (66.67%) SCCM
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 2 (22.22%) Azure
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Debt
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (11.11%) Business Case
6 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
6 1 (11.11%) Application Virtualisation
6 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco
6 1 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (11.11%) XenApp
6 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Application Virtualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Case
3 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Debt
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (11.11%) XenApp
1 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix