The median contractor rate for a Desktop Engineer was £160 per day in advertised job vacancies in the City of London during the 6 months to 13 August 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title
2,008
6,073
6,645
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
93.05%
93.83%
94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,407
4,736
5,212
Median daily rate
£510
£516
£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.21%
+3.25%
-
10th Percentile
£313
£325
£313
90th Percentile
£675
£675
£688
Central London median daily rate
£500
£513
£500
% change year-on-year
-2.44%
+2.50%
+1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted
43
76
130
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£21.00
£18.70
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.67%
+12.30%
+7.56%
10th Percentile
£15.00
£11.25
£13.25
90th Percentile
£47.75
£58.25
£30.00
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£21.00
£18.70
% change year-on-year
+66.67%
+12.30%
+6.04%
Desktop Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Desktop Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the City of London.
Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 August 2020.
Desktop Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the City of London.
Desktop Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 13 August 2020, Desktop Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.
Desktop Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
