Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in Daventry

Desktop Engineer
Northamptonshire > Daventry

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Daventry is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Daventry 20.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £250 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Daventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Daventry. 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 Daventry with a recognized job title 5 2 18
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 12
10th Percentile £245 £431 -
25th Percentile £275 £459 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £513 £388
Median % change year-on-year -41.46% +32.26% -
75th Percentile £325 £559 £438
90th Percentile - £584 -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £463 £390 £445
% change year-on-year +18.59% -12.36% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.83
Median hourly rate - - £12.22
75th Percentile - - £21.34
90th Percentile - - £24.25
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £20.50 £21.39 £14.00
% change year-on-year -4.16% +52.79% -43.62%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Daventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Daventry.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in Daventry

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Daventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Daventry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Daventry

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Daventry

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Desktop Engineer 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 Daventry region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Daventry 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft