Desktop Engineer Contracts in Cheshire

Desktop Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 54 50
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 5 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.00% 1.48% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.66% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile - £187 £140
25th Percentile £122 £208 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £215 £175
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +22.86% -
75th Percentile £200 - £188
90th Percentile £206 £221 £204
North West median daily rate £153 £208 £138
% change year-on-year -26.51% +50.91% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 469 481 503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 89.24% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 331 284
10th Percentile £276 £263 £190
25th Percentile £383 £394 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £631 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -1.40% +6.38% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 21 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.47 £18.82 £16.49
Median hourly rate £20.11 £27.98 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +14.20% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +10.74%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Cheshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Cheshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Cheshire

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Warrington +9 2 £180 -10.00% 1
Macclesfield - 2 £122 -
Chester - 1 £200 -
Desktop Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Cheshire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (60.00%) OneDrive
3 3 (60.00%) SCCM
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (40.00%) Apple
4 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (20.00%) iPad

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
1 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Apple
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) Autodesk
3 1 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) Wyse