Desktop Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Desktop Engineer
England > East of England

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 98 100
Rank change year-on-year +23 +2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 15 15 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.43% 0.76% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 0.86% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 11
10th Percentile £153 £109 £121
25th Percentile - £155 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £175 £198
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -11.39% +3.95%
75th Percentile £225 £220 £313
90th Percentile £264 £225 £350
England median daily rate £213 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.54
Median hourly rate - - £16.94
75th Percentile - - £17.33
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £18.13 £18.35
% change year-on-year +36.02% -1.20% -4.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 911 1,750 1,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.68% 89.24% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 752 1,102
10th Percentile £200 £207 £200
25th Percentile £350 £309 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% -5.89% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 610 259
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +18.62% +95.42%
75th Percentile £71.88 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.90 £73.30 £74.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer 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.

Daily rate trend for 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 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the East of England

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.

Hourly rate trend for 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 24 June 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
Suffolk -7 8 £200 -9.09% 2
Hertfordshire +28 3 £450 +332.03%
Essex - 3 £153 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £225 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 of England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
4 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
6 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
7 5 (33.33%) VPN
7 5 (33.33%) Windows 10
7 5 (33.33%) Time Management
8 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
8 4 (26.67%) Legal
8 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (26.67%) ITIL
8 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
8 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
9 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (20.00%) Linux
9 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (20.00%) McAfee
9 3 (20.00%) Workflow
9 3 (20.00%) SLA
9 3 (20.00%) iPhone
9 3 (20.00%) Azure
9 3 (20.00%) iPad
9 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) LAN
2 2 (13.33%) WAN
3 1 (6.67%) DHCP
3 1 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.67%) VLAN
3 1 (6.67%) VoIP
3 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) iPad
1 3 (20.00%) iPhone
1 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Time Management
3 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 3 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Workflow Management
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Coaching
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Security
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Project Management
6 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
2 2 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) GxP
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) TeamSite
3 1 (6.67%) AppManager
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) McAfee
3 2 (13.33%) Remedy
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) Ivanti
4 1 (6.67%) VMware