Desktop Support Technician Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Desktop Support Technician
Central London > City of London

The median Desktop Support Technician daily rate in the City of London is £207, 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 118 - 131
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Technician 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% - 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £201 - -
25th Percentile £203 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £207 - £110
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.84%
75th Percentile £210 - -
90th Percentile £212 - -
Central London median daily rate £201 - £180
% change year-on-year - - -16.28%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,777 1,717 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 92.96% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,222 1,042 1,624
10th Percentile £350 £354 £340
25th Percentile £429 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £535 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 22
10th Percentile £20.02 £18.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +35.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £42.65 £76.13 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.80 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

Desktop Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Desktop Support Technician job vacancy trend in the City of London

Desktop Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in the City of London

Desktop Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Technician job vacancies in the City of London

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of London region featuring Desktop Support Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Slack
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (50.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow