Desktop Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Desktop Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 44 64
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 3 16 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.61% 2.68% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 3.10% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile £169 £142 £161
25th Percentile £190 £143 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £145 £175
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -17.14% +6.71%
75th Percentile - £148 £195
90th Percentile - £164 £224
East of England median daily rate £175 £175 £175
% change year-on-year +0.14% -0.14% +22.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -2.86% -
East of England median hourly rate - £17.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year - -9.33% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 420 516 766
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.89% 86.43% 90.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 308 398
10th Percentile £225 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.69%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £525
90th Percentile £685 £600 £588
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 105 209
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £27.50 £20.25 £15.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £26.21 £20.25
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -5.62%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Cambridge -3 2 £193 +32.76% 2
Peterborough -7 1 £225 - 1
Desktop Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) MCSA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) MCDST
3 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCDST
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft