Desktop Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in East Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Yorkshire > East Yorkshire

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in East Yorkshire is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 2 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Yorkshire 2.38% 20.00% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £230 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £165 £225 £173
% change year-on-year -26.67% +30.43% -15.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 39 5 43
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 4 35
10th Percentile £138 £195 £154
25th Percentile £203 £218 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £250 £325
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -23.08% -23.53%
75th Percentile £385 £283 £553
90th Percentile £575 £290 £605
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £44.40 - -
25th Percentile £47.25 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
75th Percentile £56.63 - -
90th Percentile £57.00 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.75 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +14.61% +9.53% +0.28%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Yorkshire

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

Desktop Support Engineer job vacancy trend in East Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in East Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in East Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in East Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in East Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in East Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in East Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in East Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the East Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Hull -11 1 £230 -
Desktop Support Engineer
Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Desktop Support Engineer 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 Yorkshire region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware