Desktop Engineer Contracts in the North West

Desktop Engineer
England > North West

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the North West is £153 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 147 141
Rank change year-on-year +27 -6 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 17 16 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.63% 0.50% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.53% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 28
10th Percentile £131 £161 £123
25th Percentile £140 £189 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £208 £130
Median % change year-on-year -26.51% +59.62% -13.33%
75th Percentile £187 £215 £176
90th Percentile £205 £220 £220
England median daily rate £205 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.56
25th Percentile £26.25 £18.50 £18.40
Median hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £20.53
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -7.44% +74.26%
75th Percentile £28.75 £19.50 £22.40
90th Percentile - - £23.07
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,556 3,008 3,897
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 94.86% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,663 2,155 2,851
10th Percentile £280 £300 £213
25th Percentile £389 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £568
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 129 166
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +72.29% +13.49%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.25 £42.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £66.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the North West

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the North West

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the North West

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the North West

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Cheshire +4 6 £180 -16.28% 1
Merseyside - 5 £140 -
Manchester +12 3 £145 -21.62%
Lancashire - 3 £161 -
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 West region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows 10
3 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
5 6 (35.29%) SCCM
6 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
6 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
7 4 (23.53%) OneDrive
8 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
8 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
8 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
8 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
9 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
9 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
9 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
9 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
9 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
9 2 (11.76%) Banking
9 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
9 2 (11.76%) Azure
9 2 (11.76%) iPad
9 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
9 2 (11.76%) Dell

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) OneDrive
3 2 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) iPad
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.88%) Linux
5 1 (5.88%) Windows 8
5 1 (5.88%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
1 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
1 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Service Management
2 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.88%) Break/Fix
3 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (5.88%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
3 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) SCCM
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Apple
2 2 (11.76%) Autodesk
2 2 (11.76%) Dell
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.76%) Wyse
3 1 (5.88%) ESET