The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 109 127 117
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 14 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.595% 0.094% 0.299%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.638% 0.103% 0.323%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 4
Average daily rate £95 £138 £123
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.90% +12.24%
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £150 £126
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +19.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £16.50 £18.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +63.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.30 £18.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £18.00 £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.87 £15.79 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-12.14% +5.25%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2193 2915 2785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.16% 91.78% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1046 1442 1383
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 178 190
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +10.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the North West region.

North West Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the North West region.

North West Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +15 3 - -
Lancashire - 2 - -
Cheshire +2 1 £200 -
Cumbria - 1 £188 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Desktop Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows XP
3 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (38.89%) NHS
4 7 (38.89%) MS Office
5 5 (27.78%) Windows 7
6 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
7 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 2 (11.11%) Windows 8
7 2 (11.11%) HP
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (5.556%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 1 (5.556%) Remedy
8 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
8 1 (5.556%) ITIL
8 1 (5.556%) MCSE
8 1 (5.556%) LAN
8 1 (5.556%) SMS
8 1 (5.556%) WAN
8 1 (5.556%) DHCP
8 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
8 1 (5.556%) DNS
8 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
8 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
8 1 (5.556%) Application Packaging
8 1 (5.556%) QA
8 1 (5.556%) SCCM
8 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Desktop Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) LAN
1 1 (5.556%) SMS
1 1 (5.556%) WAN
1 1 (5.556%) DHCP
1 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.556%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows XP
3 5 (27.78%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 8
5 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Migration
1 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
2 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) MCSE
2 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Remedy
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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