Desktop Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Desktop Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £243 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 396 554
Rank change year-on-year +73 +158 -140
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 24 71 65
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.28% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.30% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 52 43
10th Percentile £129 £182 £163
25th Percentile £184 £200 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £205 £230
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -10.83% +12.20%
75th Percentile £600 £268 £400
90th Percentile - £323 £588
UK median daily rate £205 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.63
25th Percentile - - £17.19
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,116 23,953 42,349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.34% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,456 16,906 30,628
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 553 596
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.61 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.42 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.74 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.15% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Desktop Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Engineer.

Desktop Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Desktop Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Engineer.

Desktop Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 8 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (33.33%) Azure
4 6 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
6 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 4 (16.67%) Citrix
6 4 (16.67%) SLA
6 4 (16.67%) Finance
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
7 3 (12.50%) VPN
7 3 (12.50%) Python
7 3 (12.50%) SAP
7 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (12.50%) Marketing
7 3 (12.50%) Degree
7 3 (12.50%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
8 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) BigCommerce
3 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.17%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) Firewall
3 1 (4.17%) HTTP
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Marketing
4 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
5 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.17%) Electronics
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) VML
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) JSON
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.17%) iPhone
1 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
1 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (16.67%) ITIL
1 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (12.50%) Migration
3 2 (8.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (8.33%) B2B
3 2 (8.33%) Customer Acquisition
3 2 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (8.33%) Information Security
3 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (8.33%) Time Management
4 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
4 1 (4.17%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (4.17%) Project Management
4 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
4 1 (4.17%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) SCCM
3 1 (4.17%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Citrix
3 3 (12.50%) SAP
4 2 (8.33%) Adobe
4 2 (8.33%) Apple
4 2 (8.33%) Bloomberg
4 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.33%) Refinitiv
4 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.33%) Sitecore
4 2 (8.33%) Sophos
5 1 (4.17%) MobileIron
5 1 (4.17%) Okta
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) VMware