Desktop Engineer Contracts in Central London

Desktop Engineer
London > Central London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Central London is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 146 151
Rank change year-on-year +35 +5 0
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 22 34 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.89% 0.88% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.92% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 30 39
10th Percentile £123 £132 £131
25th Percentile £140 £134 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £141 £185
Median % change year-on-year +48.67% -23.65% -26.00%
75th Percentile £295 £179 £236
90th Percentile £410 £220 £291
London median daily rate £205 £200 £190
% change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - £21.40 -
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.00 £13.88
Median hourly rate £20.82 £23.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +64.91% -
75th Percentile £21.41 £24.50 £27.75
90th Percentile - £24.80 £41.10
London median hourly rate £20.82 £25.36 £20.00
% change year-on-year -17.91% +26.78% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,351 3,681 4,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.34% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 2,515 3,259
10th Percentile £347 £321 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
75th Percentile £683 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 50
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.30 £85.33 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +12.90%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
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 Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 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
City of London +38 19 £146 +4.46% 2
Desktop Engineer
London

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 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 Central London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 17 (77.27%) Windows
3 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
4 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (50.00%) Windows 10
5 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
6 7 (31.82%) Blackberry
6 7 (31.82%) Apple
6 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
7 6 (27.27%) Break/Fix
7 6 (27.27%) Windows 8
7 6 (27.27%) Android
8 5 (22.73%) Mac OS X
8 5 (22.73%) Ivanti
8 5 (22.73%) Windows 7
8 5 (22.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (22.73%) Adobe
9 4 (18.18%) ITIL
9 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (18.18%) Azure
9 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
9 4 (18.18%) iPhone
10 3 (13.64%) SCCM
10 3 (13.64%) VPN
10 3 (13.64%) Citrix
10 3 (13.64%) Finance
10 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
11 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (22.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) VPN
2 2 (9.09%) LAN
2 2 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Hudson
General
1 18 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Blackberry
2 4 (18.18%) iPhone
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (27.27%) Android
3 6 (27.27%) Windows 8
4 5 (22.73%) Mac OS X
4 5 (22.73%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.55%) Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
1 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Break/Fix
3 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
3 4 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) Application Virtualisation
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Experience
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (9.09%) Logistics
4 2 (9.09%) Problem Management
4 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.55%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 1 (4.55%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (4.55%) Project Management
5 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.55%) Security Management
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.64%) SCCM
3 1 (4.55%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Apple
3 5 (22.73%) Adobe
3 5 (22.73%) Ivanti
4 3 (13.64%) Citrix
5 2 (9.09%) Bloomberg
5 2 (9.09%) Cisco
5 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.55%) Dell
6 1 (4.55%) EMC
6 1 (4.55%) Unisys
6 1 (4.55%) VMware