Desktop Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Desktop Engineer
England > North of England

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 172 160
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 22 41 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.47% 0.72% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.75% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 24 59
10th Percentile - £157 £122
25th Percentile £140 £189 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £214 £150
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +42.50% -
75th Percentile £200 £232 £200
90th Percentile £203 £271 £267
England median daily rate £205 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £18.78 £14.52
25th Percentile £26.25 £19.19 £16.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £20.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +18.57% +35.61%
75th Percentile £28.75 £22.69 £22.40
90th Percentile - £23.33 £23.64
England median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,373 5,442 6,917
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.34% 96.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,731 3,843 5,087
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £382 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £554
90th Percentile £672 £687 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 155 280
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.54 £14.19
Median hourly rate £20.60 £30.76 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -33.02% +65.42% +3.87%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.19 £28.94
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.41 £51.48
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +25 16 £145 -32.56% 2
Yorkshire +12 4 £198 -1.25%
North East +11 2 £195 -10.86% 1
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 North of England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 10 (45.45%) Windows 10
4 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
5 6 (27.27%) SCCM
6 5 (22.73%) Service Management
6 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
7 4 (18.18%) OneDrive
8 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (13.64%) Mac OS
8 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
8 3 (13.64%) ITIL
8 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
8 3 (13.64%) Patch Management
9 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
9 2 (9.09%) Inventory Management
9 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
9 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
9 2 (9.09%) Dell
9 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (9.09%) Apple
9 2 (9.09%) Internet
9 2 (9.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (18.18%) OneDrive
3 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) Internet
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 16 (72.73%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.64%) Mac OS
4 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
4 2 (9.09%) Windows 7
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (4.55%) Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Windows 8
5 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Service Management
2 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
2 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
2 3 (13.64%) ITIL
2 3 (13.64%) Patch Management
3 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
3 2 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (9.09%) Inventory Management
3 2 (9.09%) Migration
3 2 (9.09%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.55%) Break/Fix
4 1 (4.55%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (4.55%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.55%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (4.55%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Apple
2 2 (9.09%) Autodesk
2 2 (9.09%) Dell
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.09%) Wyse
3 1 (4.55%) ESET