Desktop Support Technician Contract Job Trends in Central London

Desktop Support Technician
London > Central London

The median Desktop Support Technician daily rate in Central London is £201, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +48
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Technician 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.14% - 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £124
25th Percentile £200 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 - £180
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.28%
75th Percentile £207 - £215
90th Percentile £211 - £236
London median daily rate £201 - £133
% change year-on-year - - -40.89%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,950 1,948 2,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 92.72% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,333 1,217 1,765
10th Percentile £350 £358 £332
25th Percentile £433 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £683
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 36
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.83 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.86 £20.99
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%
75th Percentile £41.89 - £38.50
90th Percentile £49.83 £62.83 £57.63
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +22.81% -15.73%

Desktop Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Support Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Desktop Support Technician job vacancy trend in Central London

Desktop Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in Central London

Desktop Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in Central London

Desktop Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Technician within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
City of London - 2 £207 - 1
City of Westminster - 2 £201 - 1
West End of London - 1 £201 - 1
Desktop Support Technician
London

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Desktop Support Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Desktop Support Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Google Ads
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Security Patching
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) Slack
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Ads
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Inventory Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Security Patching
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow