Desktop Build Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Desktop Build Engineer
England > East Midlands

As of 25 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Desktop Build Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Build Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £151
% change year-on-year - - -39.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 - £19.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 781 702 786
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 92.98% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 419 570
10th Percentile £190 £250 £200
25th Percentile £339 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -10.47% +2.28%
75th Percentile £523 £525 £588
90th Percentile £638 £600 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 39 53
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.53 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.05 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.32 £24.18 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -11.83% +31.56% +7.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.45 £28.75
90th Percentile £26.05 £51.00 £69.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.37% +58.64%

Desktop Build Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Desktop Build Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Desktop Build Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Build Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Build Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Desktop Build Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Build Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Build Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Desktop Build Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Build Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Desktop Build Engineer
England

Desktop Build Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Desktop Build 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 East Midlands region featuring Desktop Build Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) X-Windows

Desktop Build Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) X-Windows
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker