Desktop Engineer Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 306 328 378
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 219 256 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.519% 0.472% 0.350%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.561% 0.510% 0.378%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 72 66
Average daily rate £175 £170 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £113 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £275 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £150 £126
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +19.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 93 75
Average hourly rate £14.50 £15.79 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.15% +5.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.36 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £20.04 £19.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.87 £15.79 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-12.14% +5.25%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2022 2460 2732
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Desktop Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -18 72 £190 +4.10%
South East -6 49 £150 -6.25%
South West +45 34 £215 +5.78%
North West +18 14 £95 -30.90%
East of England +9 14 £183 +65.90%
East Midlands +10 13 £98 -37.09%
Yorkshire -1 11 £98 -29.09%
West Midlands +10 7 £110 -21.42%
North East - 4 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 368 (76.35%) Windows
2 228 (47.30%) Windows 7
3 221 (45.85%) Windows XP
4 204 (42.32%) Active Directory
5 168 (34.85%) Microsoft
6 136 (28.22%) MS Office
7 60 (12.45%) Blackberry
7 60 (12.45%) TCP/IP
8 58 (12.03%) MS Exchange
9 55 (11.41%) MS Excel
9 55 (11.41%) ITIL
10 52 (10.79%) Security Cleared
11 51 (10.58%) Citrix
12 50 (10.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 48 (9.959%) Windows Server 2003
14 47 (9.751%) SCCM
15 44 (9.129%) HP
16 41 (8.506%) Windows Server 2008
17 40 (8.299%) DHCP
18 39 (8.091%) Dell
18 39 (8.091%) LAN
19 38 (7.884%) DNS
20 37 (7.676%) Finance
21 36 (7.469%) SC Cleared
22 35 (7.261%) VPN
23 33 (6.846%) Windows Vista
24 32 (6.639%) VMware
25 30 (6.224%) WAN
25 30 (6.224%) MCSE
26 28 (5.809%) Cisco

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 15 (3.112%) .NET
2 8 (1.660%) Application Packaging
3 2 (0.415%) Software Packaging
3 2 (0.415%) COM
Application Platforms
1 58 (12.03%) MS Exchange
2 20 (4.149%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.734%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 18 (3.734%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (2.697%) Lotus Notes
5 12 (2.490%) Exchange Server 2003
6 9 (1.867%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.622%) WorkSite
8 2 (0.415%) Lync
Applications
1 136 (28.22%) MS Office
2 55 (11.41%) MS Excel
3 15 (3.112%) Acrobat
4 4 (0.830%) Office 365
5 2 (0.415%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.415%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.207%) Google Apps
6 1 (0.207%) Vectorworks
6 1 (0.207%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 5 (1.037%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.207%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 60 (12.45%) TCP/IP
2 40 (8.299%) DHCP
3 39 (8.091%) LAN
4 38 (7.884%) DNS
5 35 (7.261%) VPN
6 30 (6.224%) WAN
7 22 (4.564%) Internet
8 16 (3.320%) Wireless
9 13 (2.697%) VoIP
10 11 (2.282%) Firewall
11 10 (2.075%) IPsec
12 7 (1.452%) WLAN
13 6 (1.245%) IPv6
13 6 (1.245%) SAN
14 5 (1.037%) 3G
15 4 (0.830%) NAS
15 4 (0.830%) HTTP
15 4 (0.830%) Wi-Fi
16 3 (0.622%) Unified Communications
16 3 (0.622%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.415%) MS Access
2 1 (0.207%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (0.207%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.037%) MSI
General
1 37 (7.676%) Finance
2 17 (3.527%) Telecoms
3 16 (3.320%) Banking
4 5 (1.037%) Front Office
4 5 (1.037%) Back Office
4 5 (1.037%) Aerospace
4 5 (1.037%) Investment Banking
5 3 (0.622%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.415%) Advertising
6 2 (0.415%) Local Government
6 2 (0.415%) Retail
6 2 (0.415%) Electronics
6 2 (0.415%) Law
6 2 (0.415%) Legal
7 1 (0.207%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.207%) Games
7 1 (0.207%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.207%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (0.207%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.45%) Blackberry
2 16 (3.320%) NHS
3 15 (3.112%) Smartcard
4 14 (2.905%) iPad
5 13 (2.697%) iPhone
6 7 (1.452%) PDA
7 6 (1.245%) PKI
7 6 (1.245%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.037%) iSeries
8 5 (1.037%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.830%) Clustering
9 4 (0.830%) Handset
10 3 (0.622%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.415%) Computer Science
11 2 (0.415%) Fat Client
11 2 (0.415%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.415%) Thin Client
11 2 (0.415%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.207%) Mobile Computing
12 1 (0.207%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 368 (76.35%) Windows
2 228 (47.30%) Windows 7
3 221 (45.85%) Windows XP
4 48 (9.959%) Windows Server 2003
5 41 (8.506%) Windows Server 2008
6 33 (6.846%) Windows Vista
7 22 (4.564%) Windows 2000
8 15 (3.112%) Mac OS X
9 13 (2.697%) Windows 2000 Server
10 10 (2.075%) Linux
11 5 (1.037%) Windows Mobile
12 4 (0.830%) Windows NT
13 3 (0.622%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.415%) Android
14 2 (0.415%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.207%) UNIX
15 1 (0.207%) NetWare
15 1 (0.207%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (11.41%) ITIL
2 21 (4.357%) Migration
3 18 (3.734%) Root Cause Analysis
4 14 (2.905%) Asset Management
5 12 (2.490%) Software Deployment
6 10 (2.075%) Incident Management
7 8 (1.660%) Release Management
7 8 (1.660%) ITSM
8 7 (1.452%) Service Delivery
9 6 (1.245%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (1.245%) Service Management
10 5 (1.037%) Data Migration
11 4 (0.830%) Project Management
11 4 (0.830%) Change Management
11 4 (0.830%) Network Management
12 3 (0.622%) Continuous Improvement
12 3 (0.622%) Data Security
12 3 (0.622%) Configuration Management
12 3 (0.622%) PRINCE2
12 3 (0.622%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.942%) VB
2 16 (3.320%) C#
3 15 (3.112%) VB.NET
3 15 (3.112%) VB6
4 13 (2.697%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.490%) VBScript
6 8 (1.660%) C
7 6 (1.245%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (10.79%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (7.469%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.224%) MCSE
5 23 (4.772%) MCP
6 12 (2.490%) MCSA
7 9 (1.867%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.660%) Degree
9 6 (1.245%) MCDST
10 5 (1.037%) MCITP
11 3 (0.622%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.622%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.415%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.415%) CCNA
12 2 (0.415%) HNC
13 1 (0.207%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.867%) SLA
2 6 (1.245%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.415%) QA
System Software
1 204 (42.32%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.394%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.490%) XenApp
4 11 (2.282%) Terminal Services
5 6 (1.245%) vSphere
6 4 (0.830%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.830%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.622%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.415%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.415%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.207%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.207%) XenServer
9 1 (0.207%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 47 (9.751%) SCCM
2 12 (2.490%) SCOM
3 11 (2.282%) WSUS
4 6 (1.245%) Backup Exec
5 4 (0.830%) DameWare
6 3 (0.622%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.415%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.415%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 1 (0.207%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.207%) Sysprep
8 1 (0.207%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 168 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.58%) Citrix
3 44 (9.129%) HP
4 39 (8.091%) Dell
5 32 (6.639%) VMware
6 28 (5.809%) Cisco
7 15 (3.112%) Lotus
7 15 (3.112%) Apple
8 12 (2.490%) McAfee
9 11 (2.282%) Juniper
10 9 (1.867%) Remedy
11 7 (1.452%) Wyse
11 7 (1.452%) Symantec
11 7 (1.452%) Avaya
12 5 (1.037%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.037%) Oracle
12 5 (1.037%) EMC
12 5 (1.037%) Compaq
12 5 (1.037%) LANDesk
13 4 (0.830%) Websense
Desktop Support Engineer 'software upgrades'
Wigan, Lancashire
The successful Engineer will have atleast 3 years solid PC upgrade knowledge in a commercial 'Microsoft Software applications' environment. Skills and knowledge: VDI, Active Directory Upgrades, MS Windows...
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Rate: From £13 to £14 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Desktop Support Engineer
Portsmouth, Hampshire
The candidate should have previous experience of desktop hardware installations and have set up VirtualBox / Virtual Box in previous roles. Key Skills: Hardware Installation and Configuration ( SSD / RAM )...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £80 - £100 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Desktop Support Engineer
London
The candidate should have previous experience of desktop hardware installations and have set up VirtualBox / Virtual Box in previous roles. Key Skills: Hardware Installation and Configuration ( SSD / RAM )...
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Rate: £80 - £100 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Desktop Support/IT Engineer
Kent, South East
My client, a large NHS organisation, is looking for an experienced 1st/2nd line Service Desk Analyst to join their existing team... This role is varied, with the...
Sand Resources
Rate: £100 - £120 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd Line Engineer
Eastleigh,Hampshire, South East
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OPUS
Rate: GBP100 to GBP150 per day
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1st/2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
City, London
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Posted: 20 May 2013
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / 2ND LINE SUPPORT - SC CLEARED
Preston, Lancashire
Provides account administration support via Active Directory. * Provides request fulfilment support across varying services such as Software Deployment Main Responsibilities * Problem solve across MS Office Suite, operating systems (...
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Remote Desktop Support Engineer
Derby, Derbyshire
Technical Knowledge: Essential Remote troubleshooting experience & knowledge in most of the following operating systems - NT4, Win2000, WinXP, Novell Netware Troubleshooting Microsoft Office 2003 Networking knowledge and troubleshooting techniques.....
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Rate: £120 - £130 per day
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Desktop Support Engineer / 2nd Line Support
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Rate: Up to £150 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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