The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Wakefield region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 8 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 8.696% 5.000% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.696% 5.263% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £150 £134
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +12.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.94 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-12.90% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
23 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 100.00% 95.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 3
Average daily rate £275 £350 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +40.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £150 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £471 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
Average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +30.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Desktop Engineer
West Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wakefield Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Desktop Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region that cited Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Desktop Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 6 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region that cited Desktop Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Desktop Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 6 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Vista
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory