Desktop Support Contracts in Cheshire

Desktop Support
North West > Cheshire

The median Desktop Support daily rate in Cheshire is £128 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 55 52
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.99% 1.11% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.24% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile - £206 £130
25th Percentile £122 - £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 £215 £178
Median % change year-on-year -40.70% +21.13% -
75th Percentile £129 - £189
90th Percentile - - £205
North West median daily rate £140 £185 £148
% change year-on-year -24.32% +25.42% -1.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 471 482 484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.09% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 334 269
10th Percentile £276 £263 £183
25th Percentile £390 £390 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.85% +11.11% +0.11%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £538
90th Percentile £620 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.45 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.54 £16.79 £16.49
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.15 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +10.24% +17.32%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £44.25 £45.15 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.15% +53.70% +11.73%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Cheshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Cheshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Cheshire

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Runcorn - 3 £128 -
Macclesfield - 2 £122 -
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 Cheshire region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (60.00%) Aviation
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) SCCM
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Apple
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
General
1 3 (60.00%) Aviation
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
1 2 (40.00%) Software Deployment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Apple
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow