Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Crawley

Desktop Support Engineer
West Sussex > Crawley

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Crawley is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Crawley 1.96% - 4.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% - 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £174
25th Percentile - - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £215
West Sussex median daily rate £238 - £200
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Crawley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Crawley. 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 Crawley with a recognized job title 40 55 109
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.43% 96.49% 96.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 41 92
10th Percentile £193 - £178
25th Percentile £205 £200 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £410 £372
Median % change year-on-year -34.15% +10.22% -29.14%
75th Percentile £425 £500 £526
90th Percentile £465 £588 £697
West Sussex median daily rate £425 £450 £485
% change year-on-year -5.56% -7.12% -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £70.07
Median % change year-on-year - - +289.28%
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £18.82 £28.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -32.79% +14.47% +35.89%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Crawley

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Crawley.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Crawley

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Crawley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Crawley.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Crawley

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Crawley

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Desktop Support 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 Crawley region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Crawley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft