Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Desktop Support Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £125 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 84 121
Rank change year-on-year +18 +37 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 6 23 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.73% 1.82% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 1.90% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 2
10th Percentile £116 - £172
25th Percentile £120 £160 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 £258 £230
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +11.96% +84.00%
75th Percentile £184 £280 £284
90th Percentile £220 £293 £309
Scotland median daily rate £126 £255 £175
% change year-on-year -50.59% +45.71% +38.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £18.03 - -
25th Percentile £18.07 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £18.13 - £21.50
75th Percentile £18.20 - £22.25
90th Percentile £18.24 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.13 - £21.50
% change year-on-year - - +56.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 779 1,211 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 95.88% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 855 1,254
10th Percentile £200 £237 £230
25th Percentile £363 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £567
90th Percentile £661 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 9 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.63 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £57.10 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £27.90 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +28.25% -18.99% -30.71%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Edinburgh

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Edinburgh

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Edinburgh region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (33.33%) Samsung
3 2 (33.33%) iPhone
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 2 (33.33%) Apple
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) SCCM
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Apple
1 2 (33.33%) HP
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Samsung
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco