Desktop Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Desktop Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £313, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 104 135
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 13 22 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.73% 1.03% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.08% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 32
10th Percentile £224 £123 £116
25th Percentile £256 £131 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £153 £140
Median % change year-on-year +104.92% +8.93% -20.00%
75th Percentile £350 £338 £158
90th Percentile £390 £430 £265
Central London median daily rate £313 £181 £140
% change year-on-year +72.41% +29.46% -24.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £24.87 - -
25th Percentile £25.18 £20.22 -
Median hourly rate £26.58 £20.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.70% - -
75th Percentile £28.85 £21.41 -
90th Percentile £29.69 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.58 £20.82 £25.00
% change year-on-year +27.70% -16.74% -5.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,667 2,032 3,272
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 95.35% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 1,402 2,209
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £451 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -4.17% +5.68%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 19
10th Percentile £17.57 £16.33 £15.24
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -29.64% -18.60%
75th Percentile £62.00 £40.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -16.67%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the City of London

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.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 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 City of London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Migration
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Azure
5 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
5 3 (23.08%) SCCM
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (15.38%) Time Management
6 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
6 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
6 2 (15.38%) Tradeweb
6 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (15.38%) VBScript
6 2 (15.38%) DHCP
6 2 (15.38%) VLAN
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) DNS
7 1 (7.69%) Change Management
7 1 (7.69%) Wyse
7 1 (7.69%) Degree
7 1 (7.69%) CMDB
7 1 (7.69%) IP Telephony
7 1 (7.69%) MOS
7 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (7.69%) Incident Management

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) VLAN
2 1 (7.69%) Internet
2 1 (7.69%) Intranet
2 1 (7.69%) IP Telephony
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) CMDB
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.69%) Reinsurance
1 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS X
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) CRM
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (7.69%) Fintech
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (7.69%) MCSA
1 1 (7.69%) MCSE
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) MOS
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
2 2 (15.38%) Tradeweb
3 1 (7.69%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Avaya
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) Dynatrace
3 1 (7.69%) Polycom
3 1 (7.69%) Wyse