Desktop Engineer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 65 59
Rank change year-on-year +29 -6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 11 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 2.66% 0.93% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 1.01% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 10
10th Percentile £201 £166 £162
25th Percentile £203 £184 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £227 £404 £200
90th Percentile £228 £592 £236
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £215 £200 £175
% change year-on-year +7.50% +14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £20.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 387 694 645
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.41% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 567 506
10th Percentile £255 £263 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £466
Median % change year-on-year - +1.88% -
75th Percentile £588 £558 £555
90th Percentile £725 £643 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 2 36
10th Percentile £15.85 £9.87 £10.56
25th Percentile £17.91 £10.42 £10.77
Median hourly rate £22.55 £11.58 £11.09
Median % change year-on-year +94.73% +4.47% -20.54%
75th Percentile £30.00 £12.50 £14.88
90th Percentile £48.75 £12.89 £23.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.48 £13.16 £11.50
% change year-on-year +78.44% +14.43% -17.86%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) HP
2 7 (63.64%) Remedy
3 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
3 5 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
3 5 (45.45%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
4 4 (36.36%) Finance
4 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
4 4 (36.36%) Marketing
4 4 (36.36%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (36.36%) Electronics
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (36.36%) SAP
4 4 (36.36%) Programme Management
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco
6 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
6 2 (18.18%) Mac OS X
6 2 (18.18%) Apple
6 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
6 2 (18.18%) SCCM
6 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (18.18%) Data Migration

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (18.18%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 4 (36.36%) Electronics
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
2 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Mac OS X
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (36.36%) Programme Management
3 2 (18.18%) Break/Fix
3 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Asset Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) AirWatch
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) HP
1 7 (63.64%) Remedy
2 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
3 4 (36.36%) SAP
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 2 (18.18%) Apple
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco