Desktop Support Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £130 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 433 490
Rank change year-on-year +56 +57 -74
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Technician 9 23 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.098% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.10% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 6
10th Percentile £126 - £173
25th Percentile £126 £135 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 £193 £188
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% +2.67% -28.57%
75th Percentile £194 £230 £195
90th Percentile £244 £250 £198
UK median daily rate £128 £221 £185
% change year-on-year -42.37% +19.59% -24.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.93 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.55% +10.16% +8.57%
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £20.93 £32.50
% change year-on-year -23.55% -35.60% +97.21%

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 18,847 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,464 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 2,241 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £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 £61.30 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Desktop Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Technician in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Technician
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 Support Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
North of England +26 3 £128 -43.33%
North West - 3 £128 -
Midlands +32 2 £213 +57.41%
South East +21 2 £130 -
West Midlands - 2 £213 -
South West +14 1 £143 -43.00%
Wales +12 1 £213 +11.84%
Desktop Support Technician
UK

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Desktop Support Technician 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (33.33%) Aviation
5 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) JIRA
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 1 (11.11%) SCCM
6 1 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (11.11%) Retail
6 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (11.11%) WebEx
6 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
6 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (11.11%) SaaS
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (11.11%) Workday
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree

Desktop Support Technician 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Workday