Desktop Engineer Contracts

Desktop Engineer
UK

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 344 372
Rank change year-on-year +7 +28 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 256 415 601
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.72% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.76% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 317 435
10th Percentile £125 £140 £130
25th Percentile £143 £163 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +4.05%
75th Percentile £238 £238 £224
90th Percentile £305 £291 £265
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £175
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 58
10th Percentile £16.25 £14.17 £13.88
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +10.14%
75th Percentile £21.41 £24.13 £23.00
90th Percentile £27.02 £26.85 £27.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £17.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.11% +8.82%

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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +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% +5.26%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop 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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 -11 226 £203 +1.25% 48
UK excluding London -27 164 £200 - 40
London +48 91 £205 +2.50% 18
South East -2 55 £205 +2.50% 4
South West +5 31 £190 -5.00% 6
Work from Home +74 24 £243 +18.29% 9
North of England +17 22 £175 -17.65% 4
Scotland +24 21 £225 -13.46% 9
North West +24 16 £145 -32.56% 2
Midlands +14 14 £122 -39.00% 3
East of England -4 13 £175 -10.26% 11
West Midlands +15 8 £117 -40.00% 2
East Midlands +13 6 £122 -42.92% 1
Wales +7 5 £135 -15.63% 2
Yorkshire +5 4 £198 -1.25% 1
Northern Ireland +6 3 £140 -37.78% 1
North East +12 2 £195 -8.24% 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 185 (72.27%) Windows
2 110 (42.97%) Microsoft
3 107 (41.80%) Windows 10
3 107 (41.80%) Social Skills
4 84 (32.81%) Active Directory
5 75 (29.30%) Microsoft 365
6 68 (26.56%) Security Cleared
7 67 (26.17%) SCCM
8 63 (24.61%) Customer Service
9 59 (23.05%) Microsoft Office
10 55 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (19.14%) Windows 7
12 43 (16.80%) ITIL
13 40 (15.63%) SC Cleared
14 36 (14.06%) Azure
15 35 (13.67%) Public Sector
16 33 (12.89%) VPN
17 32 (12.50%) Finance
18 28 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
19 26 (10.16%) HP
20 25 (9.77%) Apple
20 25 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
21 24 (9.38%) Telecoms
21 24 (9.38%) Degree
21 24 (9.38%) Break/Fix
22 23 (8.98%) Asset Management
22 23 (8.98%) DV Cleared
23 21 (8.20%) Driving Licence
23 21 (8.20%) ServiceNow
23 21 (8.20%) SLA

Desktop 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 25 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.86%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (1.56%) CMS
4 4 (1.56%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.39%) IIS
Applications
1 59 (23.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Eikon
1 2 (0.78%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (29.30%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (14.06%) Azure
3 16 (6.25%) OneDrive
4 11 (4.30%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.78%) BigCommerce
6 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.39%) AWS
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.39%) Miro
7 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (12.89%) VPN
2 14 (5.47%) DNS
3 9 (3.52%) Firewall
4 7 (2.73%) DHCP
4 7 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.95%) Internet
5 5 (1.95%) LAN
5 5 (1.95%) NetScaler
5 5 (1.95%) Wireless
6 4 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (1.56%) Skype
7 3 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.17%) WAN
8 1 (0.39%) 3G
8 1 (0.39%) HTTP
8 1 (0.39%) Network Security
8 1 (0.39%) SAN
8 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.39%) VoIP
8 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Hudson
General
1 107 (41.80%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.67%) Public Sector
3 32 (12.50%) Finance
4 28 (10.94%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (9.38%) Telecoms
6 21 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (7.81%) Manufacturing
7 20 (7.81%) Marketing
8 18 (7.03%) Electronics
9 12 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (3.91%) Banking
11 5 (1.95%) Legal
12 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.78%) Retail
13 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.78%) VML
1 2 (0.78%) XMPP
2 1 (0.39%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.39%) CSS
2 1 (0.39%) JSON
2 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.20%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.03%) iPhone
3 16 (6.25%) NHS
4 15 (5.86%) Blackberry
5 11 (4.30%) iPad
6 10 (3.91%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.13%) CMDB
7 8 (3.13%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.17%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.17%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.78%) BYOD
11 2 (0.78%) Wiki
12 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.39%) Handset
12 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.39%) Smartcard
12 1 (0.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 185 (72.27%) Windows
2 107 (41.80%) Windows 10
3 49 (19.14%) Windows 7
4 12 (4.69%) Mac OS
5 11 (4.30%) Android
5 11 (4.30%) Mac OS X
6 10 (3.91%) Windows Server
7 9 (3.52%) Windows 8
8 5 (1.95%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.56%) Windows Vista
10 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.78%) Linux
12 1 (0.39%) Unix
12 1 (0.39%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.61%) Customer Service
2 55 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (16.80%) ITIL
4 24 (9.38%) Break/Fix
5 23 (8.98%) Asset Management
6 19 (7.42%) Service Delivery
7 18 (7.03%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (7.03%) Digital Marketing
7 18 (7.03%) Hardware Maintenance
7 18 (7.03%) Programme Management
7 18 (7.03%) Time Management
8 15 (5.86%) Migration
9 14 (5.47%) Decision-Making
9 14 (5.47%) Patch Management
10 13 (5.08%) Customer Experience
11 11 (4.30%) Customer Requirements
12 10 (3.91%) ITSM
12 10 (3.91%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (3.13%) Application Packaging
13 8 (3.13%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.03%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.17%) Python
3 1 (0.39%) Bicep
3 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 68 (26.56%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.38%) Degree
4 23 (8.98%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.13%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.56%) MCSE
8 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.17%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.78%) MCDST
9 2 (0.78%) MCP
9 2 (0.78%) MCSA
10 1 (0.39%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.20%) SLA
2 4 (1.56%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 84 (32.81%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 5 (1.95%) XenApp
3 5 (1.95%) XenDesktop
4 3 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.78%) Firmware
5 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 67 (26.17%) SCCM
2 20 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.78%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (42.97%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.16%) HP
3 25 (9.77%) Apple
4 21 (8.20%) ServiceNow
5 20 (7.81%) SAP
6 19 (7.42%) Citrix
7 13 (5.08%) Cisco
8 11 (4.30%) Dell
9 9 (3.52%) Adobe
10 7 (2.73%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.34%) Ivanti
12 5 (1.95%) NetApp
13 4 (1.56%) Becrypt
14 3 (1.17%) McAfee
14 3 (1.17%) Reuters
14 3 (1.17%) Sophos
15 2 (0.78%) Autodesk
15 2 (0.78%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.78%) Remedy
15 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
64 Desktop Engineer jobs Nationwide