Desktop Support Contracts in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
England > East Midlands

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the East Midlands is £199, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 71 57
Rank change year-on-year +4 -14 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 10 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.58% 1.00% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.06% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 31
10th Percentile £136 £167 £150
25th Percentile £157 £181 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £199 £215 £200
Median % change year-on-year -7.67% +7.50% +57.48%
75th Percentile £246 £233 £240
90th Percentile £271 - £249
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £18.59 £18.25
25th Percentile - £19.28 £19.38
Median hourly rate £17.00 £21.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% -6.11% +73.08%
75th Percentile - £23.03 £23.88
90th Percentile - £23.76 £23.95
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.25 £19.61
% change year-on-year -9.68% +18.58% +12.04%

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 815 947 1,306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 94.98% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 741 976
10th Percentile £181 £213 £179
25th Percentile £270 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +7.56% +14.67%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £519
90th Percentile £622 £700 £595
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 49 79
10th Percentile £11.83 £13.07 £9.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.65 £14.72
Median hourly rate £17.60 £22.26 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% +11.30% +36.89%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £32.63
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £38.50 £44.53 £24.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% +85.54% +14.01%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
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 Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. 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 +2 3 £122 -34.93%
Northamptonshire -10 1 - - 1
Lincolnshire - 1 £275 -
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Desktop Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware

Desktop Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) HP