Desktop Support Contracts in Manchester

Desktop Support
North West > Manchester

The median Desktop Support daily rate in Manchester is £143 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 109 131
Rank change year-on-year +18 +22 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 3 7 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.21% 0.38% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.40% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £140 £133 -
25th Percentile £141 £134 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 £150 £133
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £146 £170 £154
90th Percentile £147 £188 £169
North West median daily rate £140 £200 £140
% change year-on-year -30.00% +42.86% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £15.18 £20.62
25th Percentile - £17.03 £21.36
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.08 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -8.57% -
75th Percentile - £25.40 £26.14
90th Percentile - £27.41 £27.71
North West median hourly rate £23.75 £21.08 £23.06
% change year-on-year +12.67% -8.57% +95.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,389 1,762 2,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.79% 96.39% 97.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 1,309 1,966
10th Percentile £313 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 45 58
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.44 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.50 £12.02
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +100.00% +7.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £24.69
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.13
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £21.00
% change year-on-year -12.21% +46.45% +16.99%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Manchester

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Manchester

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Manchester

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 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
Sale - 1 £145 -
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 Manchester region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) SDLC
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft