Desktop Engineer Contracts in England

Desktop Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 327 348
Rank change year-on-year +1 +21 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 222 354 537
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.74% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.78% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 269 391
10th Percentile £125 £141 £129
25th Percentile £145 £170 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £230 £238 £220
90th Percentile £338 £286 £265
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 51
10th Percentile £16.33 £14.15 £13.38
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.50 £16.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +10.14%
75th Percentile £22.38 £24.25 £23.00
90th Percentile £28.40 £27.23 £27.75
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +6.65% -8.11% +12.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 33,728 45,413 67,759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,387 32,257 48,330
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £763 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,336 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.25 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
London +49 90 £210 +5.00% 18
South East -14 52 £215 +7.50% 9
South West 0 31 £190 -5.00% 6
North of England +8 22 £175 -17.65% 4
North West +27 16 £145 -32.56% 1
Midlands +14 14 £122 -40.85% 6
East of England +1 13 £175 -2.78% 6
West Midlands +13 8 £117 -38.42% 5
East Midlands +12 6 £122 -43.26% 1
Yorkshire +6 4 £198 -1.25% 2
North East +5 2 £195 +4.70% 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 165 (74.32%) Windows
2 98 (44.14%) Social Skills
3 97 (43.69%) Microsoft
4 92 (41.44%) Windows 10
5 73 (32.88%) Active Directory
6 69 (31.08%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (26.13%) SCCM
7 58 (26.13%) Customer Service
8 56 (25.23%) Security Cleared
9 51 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (22.52%) Microsoft Office
11 41 (18.47%) Windows 7
12 36 (16.22%) ITIL
13 35 (15.77%) Azure
14 30 (13.51%) SC Cleared
15 29 (13.06%) Public Sector
16 26 (11.71%) VPN
16 26 (11.71%) Finance
17 23 (10.36%) Asset Management
17 23 (10.36%) Microsoft Exchange
17 23 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
18 22 (9.91%) HP
18 22 (9.91%) DV Cleared
18 22 (9.91%) ServiceNow
19 21 (9.46%) Degree
20 20 (9.01%) Telecoms
20 20 (9.01%) Apple
20 20 (9.01%) Driving Licence
20 20 (9.01%) Microsoft Intune
21 18 (8.11%) Citrix

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 23 (10.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.86%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (1.80%) CMS
4 4 (1.80%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 50 (22.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Eikon
1 2 (0.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (31.08%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (15.77%) Azure
3 17 (7.66%) OneDrive
4 11 (4.95%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.90%) AWS
6 2 (0.90%) BigCommerce
6 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.45%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.45%) Miro
7 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.71%) VPN
2 9 (4.05%) Firewall
3 7 (3.15%) DNS
3 7 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.70%) LAN
5 5 (2.25%) Internet
5 5 (2.25%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.80%) Skype
6 4 (1.80%) WAN
6 4 (1.80%) Wireless
7 3 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.45%) 3G
8 1 (0.45%) Network Security
8 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) SAN
8 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.45%) VoIP
8 1 (0.45%) WebEx
8 1 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Hudson
General
1 98 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.06%) Public Sector
3 26 (11.71%) Finance
4 23 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (9.01%) Telecoms
6 17 (7.66%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (7.21%) Manufacturing
7 16 (7.21%) Marketing
8 14 (6.31%) Electronics
9 12 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (4.50%) Banking
11 5 (2.25%) Legal
12 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.90%) Retail
13 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) VML
1 2 (0.90%) XMPP
2 1 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.01%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.21%) iPhone
3 14 (6.31%) Blackberry
4 13 (5.86%) NHS
5 11 (4.95%) iPad
5 11 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.25%) CMDB
6 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.35%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.90%) BYOD
9 2 (0.90%) Wiki
10 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.45%) Handset
10 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.45%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 165 (74.32%) Windows
2 92 (41.44%) Windows 10
3 41 (18.47%) Windows 7
4 14 (6.31%) Mac OS
5 10 (4.50%) Android
5 10 (4.50%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.60%) Windows 8
7 6 (2.70%) Mac OS X
8 5 (2.25%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.80%) Windows Vista
10 3 (1.35%) Linux
10 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.45%) Unix
11 1 (0.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.13%) Customer Service
2 51 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.22%) ITIL
4 23 (10.36%) Asset Management
5 17 (7.66%) Hardware Maintenance
6 15 (6.76%) Migration
6 15 (6.76%) Time Management
7 14 (6.31%) Break/Fix
7 14 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (6.31%) Digital Marketing
7 14 (6.31%) Programme Management
8 13 (5.86%) Patch Management
8 13 (5.86%) Service Delivery
9 11 (4.95%) Customer Experience
9 11 (4.95%) Decision-Making
10 10 (4.50%) Customer Requirements
10 10 (4.50%) ITSM
11 9 (4.05%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (3.60%) Application Packaging
12 8 (3.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.21%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (25.23%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.91%) DV Cleared
4 21 (9.46%) Degree
5 15 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.25%) MCSE
7 4 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.35%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.35%) MCSA
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.90%) MCDST
9 2 (0.90%) MCP
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.45%) CCNA
10 1 (0.45%) CCNP
10 1 (0.45%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.31%) SLA
2 4 (1.80%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 73 (32.88%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (2.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 5 (2.25%) XenApp
3 5 (2.25%) XenDesktop
4 3 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.90%) Firmware
5 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (26.13%) SCCM
2 20 (9.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.25%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.90%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 97 (43.69%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.91%) HP
2 22 (9.91%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.01%) Apple
4 18 (8.11%) Citrix
5 16 (7.21%) SAP
6 10 (4.50%) Dell
7 9 (4.05%) Adobe
8 7 (3.15%) Bloomberg
9 6 (2.70%) Cisco
10 5 (2.25%) Ivanti
10 5 (2.25%) NetApp
11 4 (1.80%) Becrypt
12 3 (1.35%) McAfee
12 3 (1.35%) Reuters
12 3 (1.35%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.35%) Sophos
13 2 (0.90%) Autodesk
13 2 (0.90%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.90%) Remedy