Desktop Technician Contracts in the Midlands

Desktop Technician
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Technician daily rate in the Midlands is £181 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 158 197
Rank change year-on-year +25 +39 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.074% 0.060% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.063% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £152 - -
25th Percentile £157 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £181 £135 £185
Median % change year-on-year +34.07% -27.03% -
75th Percentile £220 - -
90th Percentile £234 - -
England median daily rate £128 £221 £180
% change year-on-year -42.37% +22.92% +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £24.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 £20.93 £25.00
% change year-on-year -23.55% -16.28% +42.86%

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 2,476 3,157 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.72% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 2,219 3,496
10th Percentile £213 £220 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 118 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.35 £10.93
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

Desktop Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Technician in the Midlands

Desktop Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Technician in the Midlands

Desktop Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Technician in the Midlands

Desktop Technician
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 Technician within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Midlands +17 1 £150 +10.74%
West Midlands - 1 £213 -
Desktop Technician
England

Desktop Technician Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Desktop Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office

Desktop Technician 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow