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 £303, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 99 138
Rank change year-on-year -13 +39 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 10 26 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.57% 1.19% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.25% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 36
10th Percentile £185 £123 £132
25th Percentile £234 £140 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £303 £180 £149
Median % change year-on-year +68.06% +21.01% -8.46%
75th Percentile £375 £544 £230
90th Percentile £385 - £270
Central London median daily rate £303 £210 £160
% change year-on-year +44.05% +31.25% -14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.47% - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 £23.50
% change year-on-year +18.47% -11.43% +64.91%

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 1,634 2,075 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,474 2,351
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -5.41%

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 4 May 2025.

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 4 May 2025, 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 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (30.00%) OneDrive
3 3 (30.00%) ITSM
3 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (20.00%) Smartphone
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (20.00%) Azure
4 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (10.00%) BYOD
5 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management

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 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (10.00%) BYOD
2 1 (10.00%) iPad
2 1 (10.00%) iPhone
2 1 (10.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (30.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow