Senior Desktop Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Desktop Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £355 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 459 497
Rank change year-on-year +64 +38 -67
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Desktop Engineer 6 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.008% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.009% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £311 - £200
25th Percentile £326 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 - £235
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.27%
75th Percentile £386 - £298
90th Percentile £404 - £375
UK median daily rate £355 £233 £238
% change year-on-year +52.69% -2.11% -9.52%

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 19,242 22,667 29,600
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.17% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 15,893 20,733
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £395 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £595 £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 2,243 1,165 1,485
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.51
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%

Senior Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Desktop Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Midlands +36 3 - -
West Midlands +30 3 - -
South East - 2 £410 - 1
South West - 1 £300 - 2
Senior Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (50.00%) NetScaler
3 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 3 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 3 (50.00%) Application Packaging
3 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (50.00%) XenApp
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) NetApp
3 3 (50.00%) Change Management
4 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (33.33%) SCCM
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills

Senior 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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
1 3 (50.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 3 (50.00%) Change Management
1 3 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 3 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (50.00%) XenApp
2 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) NetApp
3 1 (16.67%) QinetiQ
3 1 (16.67%) Qualys