Desktop Engineer Contracts in Reading

Desktop Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Reading is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 86 85
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 22 1 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.85% 0.096% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 0.10% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £218 - £163
90th Percentile £220 - £189
Berkshire median daily rate £215 £170 £153
% change year-on-year +26.47% +11.48% +1.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,113 996 1,298
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 95.68% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 664 884
10th Percentile £213 £363 £181
25th Percentile £413 £453 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £651 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £655
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Reading

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Reading

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Reading region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 20 (90.91%) SCCM
2 20 (90.91%) Social Skills
3 19 (86.36%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (81.82%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (81.82%) Driving Licence
4 18 (81.82%) Windows 10
4 18 (81.82%) Hardware Maintenance
4 18 (81.82%) DV Cleared
4 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
4 18 (81.82%) Windows 7
4 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
4 18 (81.82%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (81.82%) ITIL
4 18 (81.82%) HP
4 18 (81.82%) Customer Service
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
6 2 (9.09%) Apple
6 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
6 2 (9.09%) VPN
6 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
7 1 (4.55%) Customer Experience
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
7 1 (4.55%) Service Management
7 1 (4.55%) Change Management
7 1 (4.55%) SLA
7 1 (4.55%) Project Management

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
1 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 20 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 18 (81.82%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 18 (81.82%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (81.82%) Windows 10
2 18 (81.82%) Windows 7
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (81.82%) Customer Service
2 18 (81.82%) Hardware Maintenance
2 18 (81.82%) ITIL
3 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.55%) Change Management
4 1 (4.55%) Coaching
4 1 (4.55%) Customer Experience
4 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (4.55%) People Management
4 1 (4.55%) Project Management
4 1 (4.55%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) DV Cleared
1 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (90.91%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (81.82%) HP
1 18 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Apple