Desktop Engineer Contracts in East Sussex

Desktop Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in East Sussex is £416, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 1.75% 1.18% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 1.20% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £408 - £164
25th Percentile £410 £405 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £410 £200
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +105.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £420 £415 -
90th Percentile £420 - -
South East median daily rate £213 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +1.19% +5.00% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 70 83 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 61.40% 97.65% 97.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 64 81
10th Percentile £311 £302 £203
25th Percentile £403 £357 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £700
90th Percentile £645 £709 £813
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile £16.89 £11.00 £21.50
25th Percentile £17.75 £15.38 £28.25
Median hourly rate £19.36 £25.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.34% -51.90% +138.64%
75th Percentile £20.82 £26.88 £57.50
90th Percentile £21.59 £51.50 £63.50
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in East Sussex

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in East Sussex

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in East Sussex

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Brighton -2 2 £416 +1.52%
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Sussex region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys