The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 20 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 Manchester 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 71 83 68
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 3 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.326% 0.077% 0.494%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.349% 0.083% 0.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £138 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £150 £134
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £10.38
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.30 - £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 - £15.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.94 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-12.90% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
860 1198 955
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.58% 91.80% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 592 420
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 74 75
Average hourly rate £16.20 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.43% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £33.32 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Engineer
North West

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Manchester region.

Manchester Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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
Oldham - 1 - -
Desktop Engineer
North West

Desktop Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Remedy
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy
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...
Bullit Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: From £13 to £14 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013