Desktop Support Contracts in the East of England

Desktop Support
England > East of England

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the East of England is £193 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 81 116
Rank change year-on-year -14 +35 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 14 43 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.73% 2.07% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 2.26% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 33 24
10th Percentile £104 £143 £136
25th Percentile £142 £153 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £190 £190
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% - +31.03%
75th Percentile £221 £244 £205
90th Percentile £225 £350 £232
England median daily rate £205 £200 £189
% change year-on-year +2.50% +5.96% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £16.63
25th Percentile - - £17.19
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £17.50
75th Percentile - - £17.97
90th Percentile - - £18.81
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% +22.37% +4.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

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 1,716 1,900 2,419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 91.48% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 1,162 1,392
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £315 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £540
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 301 375
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -5.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
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 Support within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +11 5 £220 - 1
Hertfordshire -3 5 £104 -70.24% 2
Cambridgeshire -13 4 £200 +14.29% 2
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Windows
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Time Management
4 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) iPhone
4 5 (35.71%) Azure
4 5 (35.71%) iPad
4 5 (35.71%) VPN
4 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
5 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (28.57%) Inventory Management
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
6 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (21.43%) SCCM
6 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (21.43%) McAfee
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL
7 2 (14.29%) Sophos
7 2 (14.29%) Apple
7 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint

Desktop Support 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 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) BigCommerce
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) iPad
1 5 (35.71%) iPhone
2 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Time Management
3 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 4 (28.57%) Inventory Management
4 3 (21.43%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 2 (14.29%) B2B
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Acquisition
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Operations
6 1 (7.14%) ITSM
6 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (7.14%) Software Deployment
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CCNA
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) MCDST
4 1 (7.14%) MCSA
4 1 (7.14%) MCSE
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (21.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) McAfee
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe
3 2 (14.29%) Apple
3 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) Sitecore
3 2 (14.29%) Sophos