Desktop Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

Desktop Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 73 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 -15 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 4 21 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 0.42% 1.88% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.99% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 17
10th Percentile - - £130
25th Percentile £143 £200 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £204 £150
Median % change year-on-year -28.92% +36.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £148 £225 £200
90th Percentile - £250 £250
South West median daily rate £195 £200 £180
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.75
25th Percentile - - £20.56
Median hourly rate - - £26.50
75th Percentile - - £27.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £14.72 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -41.14% +51.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 872 1,053 869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 94.44% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 877 622
10th Percentile £263 £325 £300
25th Percentile £460 £455 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year - +8.37% +6.84%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £613
90th Percentile £725 £723 £675
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 23
10th Percentile - £36.75 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £62.75 £25.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £65.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.81% +19.09% +14.58%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile - £84.50 £69.81
South West median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.60
% change year-on-year -25.71% +42.54% +7.29%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Wiltshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Wiltshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Wiltshire

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Swindon +11 4 £145 -27.50%
Desktop Engineer
South West

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

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

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 2 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft