Desktop Engineer Contracts in Brighton

Desktop Engineer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Brighton is £416, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Brighton 3.28% 1.92% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% 1.96% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £410 £405 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £410 £160
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +156.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £420 £415 £165
90th Percentile £420 - -
East Sussex median daily rate £416 £410 £200
% change year-on-year +1.52% +105.00% +29.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 Brighton with a recognized job title 49 51 93
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.33% 98.08% 98.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 43 60
10th Percentile £316 £306 £247
25th Percentile £435 £325 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +8.37%
75th Percentile £575 £548 £681
90th Percentile £638 £648 £820
East Sussex median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £16.89 - £52.38
25th Percentile £17.75 £23.63 £54.06
Median hourly rate £19.36 £25.25 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.34% -57.02% +167.05%
75th Percentile £20.82 £26.88 £64.06
90th Percentile £21.59 - £66.13
East Sussex median hourly rate £19.36 £25.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.34% -51.90% +138.64%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Brighton

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Brighton

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Brighton

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Brighton region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys