The median contractor rate for a Desktop Engineer was £175 per day in advertised job vacancies in the East of England during the 6 months to 19 August 2022.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title
2,269
2,077
1,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
90.25%
91.74%
92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,468
1,234
854
10th Percentile
£185
£149
£180
25th Percentile
£350
£253
£306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£413
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+15.15%
-2.94%
-1.16%
75th Percentile
£586
£525
£525
90th Percentile
£675
£606
£588
England median daily rate
£550
£500
£475
% change year-on-year
+10.00%
+5.26%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
347
276
95
10th Percentile
£13.25
£12.25
£13.00
25th Percentile
£13.88
£12.50
£14.50
Median hourly rate
£19.81
£15.00
£19.50
Median % change year-on-year
+32.07%
-23.08%
+21.88%
75th Percentile
£52.50
£24.00
£45.00
90th Percentile
£64.40
£47.63
£54.50
England median hourly rate
£25.00
£19.50
£21.00
% change year-on-year
+28.21%
-7.14%
+10.53%
Desktop Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Desktop Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the East of England.
Desktop Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 August 2022.
Desktop Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the East of England.
Desktop Engineer Contract Job Locations in the East of England
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 of England region over the 6 months to 19 August 2022. 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
Desktop Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England
For the 6 months to 19 August 2022, Desktop Engineer contract jobs required the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.
Desktop Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
