Desktop Support Engineer Contracts

Desktop Support Engineer
UK

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 433 510
Rank change year-on-year +36 +77 +66
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 185 273 386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.48% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 212 275
10th Percentile £123 £140 £130
25th Percentile £140 £160 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £188
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £218 £238 £223
90th Percentile £260 £280 £260
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 38
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.27 £13.88
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.54 £16.06
Median hourly rate £18.13 £23.25 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% +32.63% +6.24%
75th Percentile £21.41 £25.53 £23.40
90th Percentile £27.36 £29.55 £27.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £16.94 £17.50
% change year-on-year +6.29% -3.23% +6.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +48 164 £200 - 28
UK excluding London -5 121 £200 - 19
London +74 64 £185 +5.71% 13
South East +14 44 £215 +5.73% 4
South West -8 20 £184 -8.00% 3
North of England +17 17 £153 -28.24% 2
Work from Home +77 13 £200 -2.44% 4
Scotland +28 13 £126 -50.59% 2
East of England +9 13 £175 +9.38% 2
North West +16 11 £140 -34.50% 1
Midlands +13 6 £122 -39.38% 5
Wales +18 5 £135 -8.47%
East Midlands +16 5 £122 -43.26% 1
Yorkshire +11 4 £198 -8.14% 1
Northern Ireland +3 3 £140 -37.78% 1
North East +8 2 £195 +4.70%
West Midlands +17 1 £145 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 139 (75.14%) Windows
2 79 (42.70%) Social Skills
3 75 (40.54%) Microsoft
4 71 (38.38%) Windows 10
5 57 (30.81%) Active Directory
6 53 (28.65%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (27.57%) Security Cleared
7 51 (27.57%) Customer Service
8 48 (25.95%) Microsoft Office
9 45 (24.32%) SCCM
10 43 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (21.62%) Windows 7
12 34 (18.38%) ITIL
13 27 (14.59%) SC Cleared
13 27 (14.59%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (12.97%) HP
14 24 (12.97%) Finance
15 22 (11.89%) Telecoms
16 21 (11.35%) Public Sector
16 21 (11.35%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (10.81%) Degree
17 20 (10.81%) Apple
18 19 (10.27%) VPN
18 19 (10.27%) Asset Management
18 19 (10.27%) DV Cleared
18 19 (10.27%) ServiceNow
19 18 (9.73%) Azure
19 18 (9.73%) Marketing
19 18 (9.73%) Manufacturing
19 18 (9.73%) SLA

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (9.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (3.24%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.16%) CMS
4 4 (2.16%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (25.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (28.65%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (9.73%) Azure
3 6 (3.24%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.62%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.08%) AWS
5 2 (1.08%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.54%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.27%) VPN
2 5 (2.70%) Firewall
2 5 (2.70%) LAN
2 5 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (2.70%) Wireless
3 4 (2.16%) DNS
3 4 (2.16%) Skype
3 4 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.62%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.62%) Internet
4 3 (1.62%) WAN
5 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.54%) DHCP
6 1 (0.54%) HTTP
6 1 (0.54%) Network Security
6 1 (0.54%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.54%) VoIP
6 1 (0.54%) WebEx
6 1 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Hudson
General
1 79 (42.70%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.59%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (12.97%) Finance
4 22 (11.89%) Telecoms
5 21 (11.35%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (11.35%) Public Sector
6 18 (9.73%) Manufacturing
6 18 (9.73%) Marketing
7 16 (8.65%) Electronics
8 8 (4.32%) Banking
9 7 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.16%) Legal
11 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.08%) Retail
12 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.08%) VML
1 2 (1.08%) XMPP
2 1 (0.54%) CSS
2 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.19%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.11%) iPhone
3 14 (7.57%) NHS
4 12 (6.49%) Blackberry
5 10 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.32%) CMDB
7 7 (3.78%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.78%) iPad
8 5 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.62%) Smartphone
11 2 (1.08%) BYOD
11 2 (1.08%) Wiki
12 1 (0.54%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 139 (75.14%) Windows
2 71 (38.38%) Windows 10
3 40 (21.62%) Windows 7
4 10 (5.41%) Android
4 10 (5.41%) Mac OS X
5 8 (4.32%) Windows 8
6 7 (3.78%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.70%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.16%) Windows Vista
9 2 (1.08%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.54%) Linux
10 1 (0.54%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (27.57%) Customer Service
2 43 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (18.38%) ITIL
4 19 (10.27%) Asset Management
5 17 (9.19%) Hardware Maintenance
6 16 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (8.65%) Digital Marketing
6 16 (8.65%) Programme Management
6 16 (8.65%) Time Management
7 15 (8.11%) Decision-Making
8 13 (7.03%) Customer Experience
9 12 (6.49%) Break/Fix
9 12 (6.49%) Service Delivery
10 10 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (4.32%) Mobile Device Management
11 8 (4.32%) Patch Management
12 7 (3.78%) Antivirus Management
12 7 (3.78%) Inventory Management
12 7 (3.78%) ITSM
12 7 (3.78%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.41%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.16%) Python
3 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (27.57%) Security Cleared
2 27 (14.59%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.81%) Degree
4 19 (10.27%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.08%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.54%) CCNA
8 1 (0.54%) CCNP
8 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.54%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.54%) MCDST
8 1 (0.54%) MCSA
8 1 (0.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.73%) SLA
2 4 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.62%) Accessibility
System Software
1 57 (30.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Firmware
2 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (24.32%) SCCM
2 14 (7.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.54%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 75 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.97%) HP
3 20 (10.81%) Apple
4 19 (10.27%) ServiceNow
5 18 (9.73%) SAP
6 10 (5.41%) Citrix
7 8 (4.32%) Adobe
8 6 (3.24%) Dell
9 5 (2.70%) Bloomberg
9 5 (2.70%) Ivanti
10 4 (2.16%) Becrypt
10 4 (2.16%) Cisco
11 3 (1.62%) McAfee
11 3 (1.62%) Samsung
12 2 (1.08%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.08%) MobileIron
12 2 (1.08%) Okta
12 2 (1.08%) Remedy
12 2 (1.08%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.08%) Sophos
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