Desktop Engineer Contracts in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in London is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 362 432
Rank change year-on-year +65 +70 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 92 139 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.52% 0.51% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.54% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 103 131
10th Percentile £110 £134 £130
25th Percentile £142 £153 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £308 £238 £238
90th Percentile £450 £300 £306
England median daily rate £205 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 11
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.53 £13.88
25th Percentile £17.24 £21.88 £14.44
Median hourly rate £20.82 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.74% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £24.31 £25.71 £23.00
90th Percentile £61.64 - £27.75
England median hourly rate £18.91 £17.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.52% -6.58% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,601 25,897 37,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,001 18,738 27,022
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 299 448
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.02
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.60 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Central London +30 22 £210 +50.00% 3
East London -10 2 £310 +65.33% 1
West London +16 1 £260 +73.33% 2
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (70.65%) Windows
2 37 (40.22%) Active Directory
2 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
3 34 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (35.87%) Microsoft
5 29 (31.52%) Windows 10
6 23 (25.00%) Customer Service
7 21 (22.83%) Azure
8 17 (18.48%) Security Cleared
8 17 (18.48%) Microsoft Office
9 16 (17.39%) ITIL
10 15 (16.30%) VPN
10 15 (16.30%) Windows 7
11 13 (14.13%) SCCM
11 13 (14.13%) Finance
11 13 (14.13%) Blackberry
11 13 (14.13%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (13.04%) ServiceNow
12 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
12 12 (13.04%) Citrix
12 12 (13.04%) SC Cleared
13 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (9.78%) Break/Fix
14 9 (9.78%) Customer Requirements
14 9 (9.78%) Entra ID
14 9 (9.78%) Apple
14 9 (9.78%) SLA
14 9 (9.78%) Service Delivery
15 8 (8.70%) Android

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.43%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (4.35%) CMS
3 4 (4.35%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.09%) Confluence
4 1 (1.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (18.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (22.83%) Azure
3 9 (9.78%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.26%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.09%) AWS
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.09%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.09%) Miro
5 1 (1.09%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.30%) VPN
2 6 (6.52%) Firewall
3 4 (4.35%) Skype
4 2 (2.17%) LAN
4 2 (2.17%) WAN
4 2 (2.17%) Wireless
5 1 (1.09%) 3G
5 1 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.09%) DNS
5 1 (1.09%) WebEx
5 1 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Hudson
General
1 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.13%) Finance
2 13 (14.13%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.70%) Banking
4 7 (7.61%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.35%) Legal
7 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.17%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.17%) Local Government
7 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.17%) XMPP
2 1 (1.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.13%) Blackberry
2 8 (8.70%) iPhone
3 4 (4.35%) iPad
3 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.17%) BYOD
5 2 (2.17%) NHS
5 2 (2.17%) Wiki
6 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.09%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 65 (70.65%) Windows
2 29 (31.52%) Windows 10
3 15 (16.30%) Windows 7
4 8 (8.70%) Android
4 8 (8.70%) Windows 8
5 5 (5.43%) Mac OS X
6 3 (3.26%) Windows Server
7 2 (2.17%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.09%) Linux
8 1 (1.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 16 (17.39%) ITIL
3 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (9.78%) Break/Fix
4 9 (9.78%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (9.78%) Service Delivery
5 7 (7.61%) Asset Management
6 6 (6.52%) Decision-Making
6 6 (6.52%) Time Management
7 5 (5.43%) ITSM
7 5 (5.43%) Migration
8 4 (4.35%) Customer Experience
8 4 (4.35%) Resource Management
8 4 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (3.26%) Data Protection
9 3 (3.26%) Information Security
9 3 (3.26%) Logistics
9 3 (3.26%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (3.26%) Roadmaps
10 2 (2.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.70%) Degree
4 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.17%) MCP
5 2 (2.17%) MCSA
5 2 (2.17%) MCSE
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.78%) SLA
2 4 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (40.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.09%) Firmware
4 1 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (14.13%) SCCM
2 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.26%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.09%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (35.87%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.04%) Citrix
2 12 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 9 (9.78%) Apple
4 7 (7.61%) Bloomberg
5 6 (6.52%) Adobe
6 5 (5.43%) Dell
6 5 (5.43%) Ivanti
7 4 (4.35%) Becrypt
8 3 (3.26%) HP
8 3 (3.26%) Reuters
9 2 (2.17%) Cisco
9 2 (2.17%) MobileIron
9 2 (2.17%) Refinitiv
10 1 (1.09%) Datto
10 1 (1.09%) FactSet
10 1 (1.09%) Meraki
10 1 (1.09%) Okta
10 1 (1.09%) Remedy
10 1 (1.09%) Sophos