Desktop Support Contracts in the City of London

Desktop Support
Central London > City of London

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the City of London is £230 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 100 137 153
Rank change year-on-year +37 +16 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 29 35 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.31% 0.96% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.01% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 35 30
10th Percentile £124 £133 £130
25th Percentile £140 £136 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £143 £160
Median % change year-on-year +61.40% -10.94% -41.82%
75th Percentile £519 £233 £237
90th Percentile £544 £270 £267
Central London median daily rate £238 £160 £181
% change year-on-year +48.44% -11.72% -34.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.22 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £20.82 - £14.25
75th Percentile £24.20 - £27.75
90th Percentile £25.88 - £41.10
Central London median hourly rate £20.82 £23.50 £14.25
% change year-on-year -11.43% +64.91% -29.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

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 2,111 3,471 3,990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 95.20% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,350 3,011
10th Percentile £350 £350 £369
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £792 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £560
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £86.65 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the City of London

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the City of London

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the City of London

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 City of London region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (41.38%) Asset Management
4 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
5 9 (31.03%) Android
5 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (31.03%) Banking
5 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
6 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
7 7 (24.14%) Blackberry
7 7 (24.14%) Finance
8 6 (20.69%) Apple
8 6 (20.69%) Bloomberg
8 6 (20.69%) Windows 8
9 5 (17.24%) Break/Fix
9 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (17.24%) Windows 7
9 5 (17.24%) Adobe
9 5 (17.24%) Mac OS X
9 5 (17.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 5 (17.24%) Ivanti
10 4 (13.79%) Reuters
10 4 (13.79%) Service Management
10 4 (13.79%) ITIL
10 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
10 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
11 3 (10.34%) iPhone
11 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
11 3 (10.34%) Citrix
11 3 (10.34%) SCCM

Desktop Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) LAN
1 2 (6.90%) VPN
1 2 (6.90%) WAN
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
General
1 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Banking
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.34%) iPhone
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Handset
3 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Android
3 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
4 6 (20.69%) Windows 8
5 5 (17.24%) Mac OS X
5 5 (17.24%) Windows 7
6 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Asset Management
2 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
3 5 (17.24%) Break/Fix
3 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) Service Management
5 3 (10.34%) Investment Management
6 2 (6.90%) Application Virtualisation
6 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience
6 2 (6.90%) Logistics
6 2 (6.90%) Organisational Awareness
6 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
6 2 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.90%) Software Deployment
7 1 (3.45%) Agile
7 1 (3.45%) ITSM
7 1 (3.45%) Roadmaps
7 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.45%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (3.45%) MCP
2 1 (3.45%) MCSA
2 1 (3.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) SCCM
2 2 (6.90%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Apple
1 6 (20.69%) Bloomberg
2 5 (17.24%) Adobe
2 5 (17.24%) Ivanti
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Reuters
3 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.34%) Citrix
5 2 (6.90%) Dell
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco