Desktop Support Contracts in Hertfordshire

Desktop Support
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Desktop Support daily rate in Hertfordshire is £91 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 68 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.62% 1.48% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.62% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 5
10th Percentile - £200 £134
25th Percentile - £231 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £91 £350 £200
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% +75.00% +37.93%
75th Percentile £98 - -
90th Percentile £102 £375 £226
East of England median daily rate £175 £190 £190
% change year-on-year -7.89% - +31.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 733 743 732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 91.39% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 407 447
10th Percentile £239 £210 £156
25th Percentile £315 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £651 £575
90th Percentile £713 £788 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 149 91
10th Percentile £37.91 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £33.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £56.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 £60.00
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £33.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +30.30% +112.90% -3.13%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Hertfordshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Hertfordshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Hertfordshire

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Hatfield - 3 £91 -
Watford +5 2 - - 1
Desktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) BigCommerce
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Acquisition
3 2 (40.00%) Sitecore
3 2 (40.00%) ITSM
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Shopify
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) VML
3 2 (40.00%) B2B
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Adobe
3 2 (40.00%) Apple
3 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (40.00%) Sophos
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills

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

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) BigCommerce
General
1 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) VML
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) B2B
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Acquisition
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) ITSM
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe
1 2 (40.00%) Apple
1 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) Sitecore
1 2 (40.00%) Sophos