Senior Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in Devon

Senior Desktop Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Senior Desktop Engineer daily rate in Devon is £290, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 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
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Desktop Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £285 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 - -
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £290 £300 -
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 118 215 178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 74.21% 95.56% 93.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 134 143
10th Percentile £188 £150 £215
25th Percentile £275 £338 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% -7.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £521 £600 £600
90th Percentile £563 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 7
10th Percentile £17.47 £18.36 £23.74
25th Percentile £22.76 £48.13 £33.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +62.50% +125.35%
75th Percentile £28.16 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.50 - £71.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +6.85%

Senior Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Desktop Engineer in Devon

Senior Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Devon

Senior Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Senior Desktop 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 Devon region featuring Senior Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Senior Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
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%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow