Desktop Technician Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Desktop Technician
England > East Midlands

As of 30 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Desktop Technician daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - -
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 £138 £223 £158
% change year-on-year -38.41% +41.75% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile £16.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.07 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year -25.27% - -

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 799 634 740
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.83% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 360 527
10th Percentile £181 £231 £200
25th Percentile £348 £340 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £525 £531 £575
90th Percentile £638 £627 £697
England median daily rate £505 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 33 51
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.02 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.06 £17.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.13 £24.18 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +34.75% +4.03%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £25.92 £54.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +38.46%

Desktop Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Desktop Technician job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Desktop Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Desktop Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Desktop Technician
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 Technician within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 3
Desktop Technician
England

Desktop Technician Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, Desktop Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Desktop Technician 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
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