Desktop Engineer Contracts in Swindon

Desktop Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 29 36
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 4 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 3.17% 3.02% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% 3.02% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile - - £136
25th Percentile £143 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £200 £160
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +25.00% -1.54%
75th Percentile £148 - £205
90th Percentile - - £232
Wiltshire median daily rate £145 £204 £150
% change year-on-year -28.92% +36.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.88
Median hourly rate - - £17.25
75th Percentile - - £18.63
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate - - £26.50
% change year-on-year - - +124.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 116 232 299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 100.00% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 186 208
10th Percentile £144 £200 £247
25th Percentile £200 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +3.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £755 £694 £665
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £508
% change year-on-year - +8.37% +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £13.89 - £15.18
25th Percentile £14.36 - £15.44
Median hourly rate £16.50 £63.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -73.81% +265.22% -27.25%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £26.19
90th Percentile - - £30.73
Wiltshire median hourly rate £16.50 £65.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -74.81% +19.09% +22.22%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Swindon

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Swindon

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Swindon

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 23 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 Swindon region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft