The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 54 62 65
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.247% 0.271% 0.299%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.263% 0.288% 0.315%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £171 £321 £140
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.90% +129.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £181 £150 £134
% change year-on-year
+20.83% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £13.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.69 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-14.46% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
761 1040 1269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 93.95% 94.03% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 520 626
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £24.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.41% +56.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.41 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Desktop Engineer
Scotland

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Phone
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft