Desktop Engineer Contracts in England

Desktop Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in England is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 313 350
Rank change year-on-year -11 +37 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 229 371 533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.76% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.80% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 276 381
10th Percentile £125 £140 £128
25th Percentile £149 £170 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +7.78%
75th Percentile £232 £238 £223
90th Percentile £325 £289 £265
UK median daily rate £203 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +1.25% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 55
10th Percentile £16.33 £12.67 £13.88
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.40 £16.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £22.38 £23.88 £23.00
90th Percentile £28.40 £26.09 £26.65
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,916 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,507 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,425 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +40 92 £213 +6.25% 23
South East -2 57 £205 +2.50% 4
South West +2 31 £190 -5.00% 9
North of England +6 22 £175 -18.13% 3
North West +24 16 £145 -32.56% 2
Midlands +21 14 £122 -39.00% 1
East of England -18 13 £175 -10.26% 12
West Midlands +21 8 £117 -40.00%
East Midlands +12 6 £122 -39.00% 1
Yorkshire +11 4 £198 -1.25%
North East +10 2 £195 -10.86% 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 172 (75.11%) Windows
2 100 (43.67%) Social Skills
3 99 (43.23%) Windows 10
4 98 (42.79%) Microsoft
5 74 (32.31%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (31.88%) Active Directory
7 59 (25.76%) SCCM
7 59 (25.76%) Customer Service
8 55 (24.02%) Security Cleared
9 53 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (21.40%) Microsoft Office
11 43 (18.78%) Windows 7
12 40 (17.47%) ITIL
13 36 (15.72%) Azure
14 33 (14.41%) Public Sector
15 31 (13.54%) Finance
16 28 (12.23%) SC Cleared
17 26 (11.35%) VPN
18 25 (10.92%) Organisational Skills
19 24 (10.48%) Microsoft Exchange
20 23 (10.04%) HP
20 23 (10.04%) Telecoms
20 23 (10.04%) Asset Management
20 23 (10.04%) DV Cleared
21 21 (9.17%) Microsoft Intune
21 21 (9.17%) Driving Licence
21 21 (9.17%) Degree
21 21 (9.17%) Apple
22 20 (8.73%) SAP
22 20 (8.73%) Marketing

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (10.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (1.75%) CMS
4 4 (1.75%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (21.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Eikon
1 2 (0.87%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (32.31%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (15.72%) Azure
3 16 (6.99%) OneDrive
4 11 (4.80%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.87%) BigCommerce
6 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.44%) AWS
7 1 (0.44%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.44%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.44%) Miro
7 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.35%) VPN
2 9 (3.93%) Firewall
3 7 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.62%) DNS
5 5 (2.18%) Internet
5 5 (2.18%) LAN
5 5 (2.18%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.75%) Skype
6 4 (1.75%) Wireless
7 3 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.31%) WAN
8 1 (0.44%) 3G
8 1 (0.44%) Network Security
8 1 (0.44%) SAN
8 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.44%) VoIP
8 1 (0.44%) WebEx
8 1 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Hudson
General
1 100 (43.67%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.41%) Public Sector
3 31 (13.54%) Finance
4 25 (10.92%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (10.04%) Telecoms
6 20 (8.73%) Manufacturing
6 20 (8.73%) Marketing
7 18 (7.86%) Electronics
7 18 (7.86%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.37%) Banking
10 5 (2.18%) Legal
11 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.87%) Local Government
11 2 (0.87%) Retail
12 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.87%) VML
1 2 (0.87%) XMPP
2 1 (0.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.17%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.86%) NHS
3 16 (6.99%) iPhone
4 15 (6.55%) Blackberry
5 11 (4.80%) iPad
6 10 (4.37%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.18%) CMDB
7 5 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.31%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.87%) BYOD
9 2 (0.87%) Wiki
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.44%) Handset
10 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.44%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 172 (75.11%) Windows
2 99 (43.23%) Windows 10
3 43 (18.78%) Windows 7
4 12 (5.24%) Android
4 12 (5.24%) Mac OS
5 10 (4.37%) Windows 8
5 10 (4.37%) Windows Server
6 7 (3.06%) Mac OS X
7 5 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.75%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.87%) Linux
11 1 (0.44%) Unix
11 1 (0.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.76%) Customer Service
2 53 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (17.47%) ITIL
4 23 (10.04%) Asset Management
5 18 (7.86%) Business Intelligence
5 18 (7.86%) Digital Marketing
5 18 (7.86%) Hardware Maintenance
5 18 (7.86%) Programme Management
6 15 (6.55%) Break/Fix
6 15 (6.55%) Migration
6 15 (6.55%) Time Management
7 13 (5.68%) Patch Management
7 13 (5.68%) Service Delivery
8 11 (4.80%) Customer Experience
8 11 (4.80%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (4.80%) Decision-Making
9 9 (3.93%) ITSM
9 9 (3.93%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (3.49%) Application Packaging
10 8 (3.49%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.42%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 55 (24.02%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.23%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.04%) DV Cleared
4 21 (9.17%) Degree
5 14 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.75%) MCSE
7 3 (1.31%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.87%) MCDST
8 2 (0.87%) MCP
8 2 (0.87%) MCSA
9 1 (0.44%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.55%) SLA
2 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.31%) Accessibility
System Software
1 73 (31.88%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 5 (2.18%) XenApp
3 5 (2.18%) XenDesktop
4 3 (1.31%) Firmware
4 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.44%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (25.76%) SCCM
2 21 (9.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.87%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (42.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.04%) HP
3 21 (9.17%) Apple
4 20 (8.73%) SAP
4 20 (8.73%) ServiceNow
5 18 (7.86%) Citrix
6 10 (4.37%) Dell
7 9 (3.93%) Adobe
8 7 (3.06%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.62%) Cisco
9 6 (2.62%) Ivanti
10 5 (2.18%) NetApp
11 4 (1.75%) Becrypt
12 3 (1.31%) McAfee
12 3 (1.31%) Reuters
12 3 (1.31%) Sophos
13 2 (0.87%) Autodesk
13 2 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.87%) Remedy
13 2 (0.87%) Salesforce