Desktop Engineer Contracts in the East Midlands

Desktop Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands is £171, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 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
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 63 68
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 10 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.33% 0.61% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 0.64% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £168 £224 £161
25th Percentile £169 £231 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £248 £213
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +16.47% +14.86%
75th Percentile £195 £271 £229
90th Percentile £226 £281 £233
England median daily rate £215 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.12 - -
Median hourly rate £20.14 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £18.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year +36.02% -4.58% -9.52%

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 668 779 906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.95% 94.54% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 512 679
10th Percentile £200 £200 £213
25th Percentile £325 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.30% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £600
90th Percentile £600 £622 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 76 45
10th Percentile £15.11 £11.98 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £14.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.21 £18.16 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -17.45% +2.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £32.32 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -35.98% -3.53% +72.76%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the East Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the East Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the East Midlands

Desktop 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 Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 July 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 +4 4 £170 -22.95%
Lincolnshire +1 2 - - 1
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Leicestershire - 2 £223 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 July 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) QA
2 6 (60.00%) Time Management
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Break/Fix
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow Management
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (20.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 1 (10.00%) Service Management
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Patch Management

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (60.00%) Time Management
2 4 (40.00%) Break/Fix
3 2 (20.00%) Coaching
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 2 (20.00%) Workflow Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft