Desktop Support Contracts in the Midlands

Desktop Support
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the Midlands is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 128 134
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 12 29 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.43% 0.89% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.94% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 56
10th Percentile £122 - £133
25th Percentile £133 £145 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £201 £190
Median % change year-on-year -25.47% +5.92% +45.04%
75th Percentile £195 £228 £238
90th Percentile £214 £233 £249
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 8
10th Percentile - £15.86 £16.42
25th Percentile - £18.13 £16.49
Median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.56% +30.00%
75th Percentile - - £23.81
90th Percentile - £20.85 £24.15
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.50 £19.61
% change year-on-year -10.64% +19.85% +12.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,562 3,091 4,851
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,732 2,185 3,536
10th Percentile £213 £228 £210
25th Percentile £335 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +0.53% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £569
90th Percentile £675 £690 £652
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 108 153
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.40
25th Percentile £14.13 £14.52 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.06 £20.41 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.60% +13.39% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £52.01 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
West Midlands +4 7 £165 +13.79% 3
East Midlands +5 5 £122 -43.26% 1
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 Midlands region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 2 (16.67%) Android
5 2 (16.67%) Citrix
6 1 (8.33%) Mac OS X
6 1 (8.33%) Apple
6 1 (8.33%) Firmware
6 1 (8.33%) Blackberry
6 1 (8.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (8.33%) VPN
6 1 (8.33%) SLA
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.33%) Adobe
6 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (8.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) VPN
1 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (8.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Vista
4 2 (16.67%) Android
5 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (8.33%) Mac OS X
5 1 (8.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.33%) Break/Fix
4 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (8.33%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) Adobe
2 1 (8.33%) Apple
2 1 (8.33%) Ivanti
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow