Desktop Engineer Contracts in Cambridge

Desktop Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Cambridge is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 27 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.65% 1.84% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 2.04% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £163 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £175 £145
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +20.69% -51.67%
75th Percentile - £206 £148
90th Percentile - £218 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £250 £175 £145
% change year-on-year +42.86% +20.69% -27.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.54
Median hourly rate - - £16.94
75th Percentile - - £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - - £16.94
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 134 196 239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.01% 90.32% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 97 165
10th Percentile £250 £231 £185
25th Percentile £414 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £591 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £643 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +16.07% -6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 30 16
10th Percentile £15.30 £21.80 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.65 £25.00 £17.26
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +196.28% -68.91%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.63 £61.88
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £15.50
% change year-on-year -23.72% +37.87% +6.90%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Cambridge

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Cambridge

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Cambridge

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 Cambridge region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management

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

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM