Desktop Engineer Contracts in Wales

Desktop Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Wales is £135 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 43 61
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 7 20 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.74% 3.14% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 3.29% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 14
10th Percentile - £134 £121
25th Percentile £133 £139 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £160 £175
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% -8.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile £200 £195 £195
90th Percentile £206 £216 £226
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £179
% change year-on-year - +11.73% +11.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £12.60 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.09 £15.75
Median hourly rate £12.50 £14.29 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.51% -13.41% +14.78%
75th Percentile £12.75 £15.59 £17.25
90th Percentile - £16.14 -
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £17.38 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.60% -10.90% +9.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 359 607 974
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 95.29% 96.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 471 714
10th Percentile £187 £164 £177
25th Percentile £327 £313 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 40
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.06 £15.25 £12.81
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%
75th Percentile £31.02 £19.98 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.54 £44.25 £46.93
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Wales

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Wales

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Wales

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
South Wales +7 6 £135 -15.63% 3
North Wales +2 1 - -
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 across the Wales region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) CMDB
1 3 (42.86%) User Experience
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Runbook
3 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Runbook
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow