The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 67 63 71
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 6 18 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.682% 1.564% 0.692%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.749% 1.698% 0.799%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £235 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -35.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £134 £125
% change year-on-year
+30.84% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 2
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.75 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +8.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.54 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-9.89% +7.15%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
801 1060 876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.09% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 370 393
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 51 39
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.38 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £27.50 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Desktop Engineer
Berkshire

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Trend

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 Reading region.

Reading Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 12 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 12 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (55.00%) Windows 7
4 10 (50.00%) Blackberry
5 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
6 6 (30.00%) LAN
7 5 (25.00%) WAN
7 5 (25.00%) IBM Notes
7 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 5 (25.00%) Lotus
7 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
7 5 (25.00%) Software Deployment
8 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 4 (20.00%) PDA
9 3 (15.00%) McAfee
9 3 (15.00%) Citrix
9 3 (15.00%) Dell
9 3 (15.00%) MS Office
10 2 (10.00%) Compaq
10 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
10 2 (10.00%) Symantec
10 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
10 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista
10 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (5.000%) Network Architecture
11 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
11 1 (5.000%) Application Packaging
11 1 (5.000%) LANDesk

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 (5.000%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) IBM Notes
2 2 (10.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) LAN
2 5 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.000%) Wireless
3 1 (5.000%) Ethernet
General
1 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (20.00%) PDA
3 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.000%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 12 (60.00%) Windows XP
3 11 (55.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.000%) Windows NT
5 1 (5.000%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.000%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) XenApp
2 1 (5.000%) XenServer
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (25.00%) Lotus
2 3 (15.00%) McAfee
2 3 (15.00%) Citrix
2 3 (15.00%) Dell
3 2 (10.00%) Compaq
3 2 (10.00%) Symantec
4 1 (5.000%) LANDesk
4 1 (5.000%) Intel
4 1 (5.000%) CheckPoint