Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Central London is £140 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 141 161
Rank change year-on-year +23 +20 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 15 29 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.63% 0.78% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.81% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 29
10th Percentile - £128 £130
25th Percentile £123 £133 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £140 £150
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -47.37%
75th Percentile £238 £159 £243
90th Percentile £372 £190 £265
London median daily rate £190 £175 £200
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.22 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £20.82 £25.00 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.74% +75.44% -
75th Percentile £21.41 - £27.75
90th Percentile - - £41.10
London median hourly rate £19.47 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -22.11% +25.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,287 3,561 4,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.29% 95.24% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,622 2,446 3,259
10th Percentile £340 £325 £358
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £813 £769
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 26 53
10th Percentile £20.13 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.81 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.41 £35.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.56% -9.09% +120.00%
75th Percentile £27.81 £57.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.65 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
City of London +29 13 £140 - 1
Desktop Support Engineer
London

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Desktop Support 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 Central London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (80.00%) Windows
3 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
4 6 (40.00%) Blackberry
4 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (33.33%) Android
5 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 5 (33.33%) Asset Management
5 5 (33.33%) Apple
6 4 (26.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (26.67%) Adobe
6 4 (26.67%) Mac OS X
6 4 (26.67%) Ivanti
6 4 (26.67%) Break/Fix
6 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) iPhone
6 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
6 4 (26.67%) Windows 8
7 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
7 3 (20.00%) Logistics
7 3 (20.00%) Citrix
7 3 (20.00%) LAN
7 3 (20.00%) WAN
7 3 (20.00%) VPN
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
8 2 (13.33%) Bloomberg
8 2 (13.33%) Problem Management

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (26.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) VPN
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Hudson
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (26.67%) iPhone
3 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (33.33%) Android
4 4 (26.67%) Mac OS X
4 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
4 4 (26.67%) Windows 8
5 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Break/Fix
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Logistics
3 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Application Virtualisation
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Apple
2 4 (26.67%) Adobe
2 4 (26.67%) Ivanti
3 3 (20.00%) Citrix
3 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Bloomberg
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco
5 1 (6.67%) VMware