Desktop Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 206 181
Rank change year-on-year -17 -25 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 166 282 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.81% 1.20% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.27% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 214 305
10th Percentile £126 £145 £125
25th Percentile £143 £169 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £218 £240 £200
90th Percentile £247 £280 £250
UK median daily rate £205 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 48
10th Percentile £15.10 £12.67 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.40 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £18.20 £20.38 £23.13
90th Percentile £22.46 £26.63 £25.75
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East -12 57 £205 +2.50% 4
South West +5 31 £190 -5.00% 7
North of England +10 22 £175 -18.13% 3
Scotland +28 21 £225 -13.46% 10
North West +25 16 £145 -32.56% 2
Midlands +19 14 £122 -39.00% 1
East of England -17 13 £175 -10.26% 11
West Midlands +22 8 £117 -40.00%
East Midlands +11 6 £122 -39.00% 1
Wales +8 5 £135 -15.63% 2
Yorkshire +12 4 £198 -1.25%
Northern Ireland +7 3 £140 -37.78% 1
North East +11 2 £195 -10.86% 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 121 (72.89%) Windows
2 80 (48.19%) Windows 10
3 74 (44.58%) Microsoft
4 64 (38.55%) Social Skills
5 52 (31.33%) SCCM
6 49 (29.52%) Security Cleared
7 46 (27.71%) Active Directory
8 45 (27.11%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (25.90%) Microsoft Office
10 39 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
11 38 (22.89%) Customer Service
12 34 (20.48%) Windows 7
13 30 (18.07%) ITIL
14 29 (17.47%) Public Sector
15 26 (15.66%) SC Cleared
16 23 (13.86%) Telecoms
17 22 (13.25%) Manufacturing
18 21 (12.65%) Finance
18 21 (12.65%) DV Cleared
18 21 (12.65%) Marketing
18 21 (12.65%) SAP
18 21 (12.65%) Organisational Skills
18 21 (12.65%) Driving Licence
19 19 (11.45%) HP
19 19 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
19 19 (11.45%) Digital Marketing
19 19 (11.45%) Electronics
19 19 (11.45%) Programme Management
20 17 (10.24%) VPN
20 17 (10.24%) NHS

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (8.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.83%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (25.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 45 (27.11%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (9.64%) Azure
3 13 (7.83%) OneDrive
4 5 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.20%) BigCommerce
5 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.24%) VPN
2 12 (7.23%) DNS
3 6 (3.61%) DHCP
3 6 (3.61%) Internet
3 6 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.01%) NetScaler
5 4 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.81%) Wireless
7 2 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.20%) Firewall
7 2 (1.20%) LAN
8 1 (0.60%) HTTP
8 1 (0.60%) Network Security
8 1 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.60%) Telepresence
8 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.60%) VoIP
8 1 (0.60%) WebEx
8 1 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
General
1 64 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.47%) Public Sector
3 23 (13.86%) Telecoms
4 22 (13.25%) Manufacturing
5 21 (12.65%) Finance
5 21 (12.65%) Marketing
5 21 (12.65%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (11.45%) Electronics
7 12 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Banking
9 2 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) VML
2 1 (0.60%) CSS
2 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.65%) Driving Licence
2 17 (10.24%) NHS
3 9 (5.42%) iPhone
4 8 (4.82%) CMDB
5 7 (4.22%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.22%) iPad
6 6 (3.61%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.20%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.60%) Handset
10 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.60%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 121 (72.89%) Windows
2 80 (48.19%) Windows 10
3 34 (20.48%) Windows 7
4 9 (5.42%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.82%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.61%) Mac OS X
7 4 (2.41%) Android
7 4 (2.41%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.41%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.20%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.60%) Linux
9 1 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (22.89%) Customer Service
3 30 (18.07%) ITIL
4 19 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (11.45%) Digital Marketing
4 19 (11.45%) Programme Management
5 17 (10.24%) Hardware Maintenance
6 14 (8.43%) Break/Fix
7 13 (7.83%) Asset Management
7 13 (7.83%) Patch Management
8 12 (7.23%) Time Management
9 11 (6.63%) Service Delivery
10 10 (6.02%) Migration
11 8 (4.82%) Application Packaging
11 8 (4.82%) Customer Experience
11 8 (4.82%) Decision-Making
11 8 (4.82%) Service Management
12 7 (4.22%) Antivirus Management
12 7 (4.22%) Inventory Management
12 7 (4.22%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.20%) Python
3 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 49 (29.52%) Security Cleared
2 26 (15.66%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.65%) DV Cleared
4 14 (8.43%) Degree
5 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.22%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.81%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.20%) MCDST
9 2 (1.20%) MCSE
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.60%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.83%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (27.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.01%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (3.01%) XenApp
2 5 (3.01%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 52 (31.33%) SCCM
2 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.60%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 74 (44.58%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.65%) SAP
3 19 (11.45%) HP
4 16 (9.64%) Apple
5 10 (6.02%) Cisco
6 7 (4.22%) Citrix
7 5 (3.01%) NetApp
7 5 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.81%) Adobe
8 3 (1.81%) McAfee
9 2 (1.20%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.20%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.20%) Dell
9 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.20%) Samsung
9 2 (1.20%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.20%) Sophos
9 2 (1.20%) Wyse
10 1 (0.60%) ESET
10 1 (0.60%) QinetiQ