Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 141 167
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 9 26 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.92% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.96% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 22 9
10th Percentile - - £143
25th Percentile £126 £160 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £255 £175
Median % change year-on-year -37.25% +45.71% +38.61%
75th Percentile £238 £280 £188
90th Percentile - £292 £243
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £18.03 - -
25th Percentile £18.07 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £18.14 - £21.50
75th Percentile £18.20 - £22.25
90th Percentile £18.24 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £19.61
% change year-on-year -19.42% +14.75% +13.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,083 2,704 3,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 95.28% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,263 1,938 2,393
10th Percentile £200 £231 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +7.06%
75th Percentile £583 £555 £550
90th Percentile £662 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 44 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.93 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +9.79% -17.60% -30.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Aberdeen - 3 £160 -
Edinburgh +21 2 - - 4
Glasgow +9 2 £225 - 1
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Desktop Support 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 Scotland region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Mac OS X
2 4 (44.44%) Apple
2 4 (44.44%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) SLA
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Runbook
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
5 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
5 1 (11.11%) Internet
5 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Wireless
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) SCCM
5 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
5 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Telepresence
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
1 2 (22.22%) Runbook
1 2 (22.22%) Time Management
2 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Apple
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft