Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in England

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in England is £214, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 July 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
22 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 394 391
Rank change year-on-year +27 -3 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 140 151 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.43% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.46% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 112 180
10th Percentile £153 £125 £133
25th Percentile £174 £143 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £195 £200
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £237 £220 £228
90th Percentile £250 £272 £276
UK median daily rate £215 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +13.16% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 10
10th Percentile £15.12 £16.25 £16.20
25th Percentile £15.51 £17.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £17.64 £18.13 £18.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -1.20% -12.62%
75th Percentile £24.92 £22.47 £23.94
90th Percentile £25.66 £27.00 £25.07
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £18.13 £18.35
% change year-on-year +24.10% -1.20% -12.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 25,076 32,891 44,488
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 93.00% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,299 21,663 31,407
10th Percentile £288 £300 £310
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.02% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,248 2,185 1,391
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £19.16
Median hourly rate £27.17 £42.50 £44.11
Median % change year-on-year -36.08% -3.65% +72.98%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -37.13% -8.57% +70.37%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 22 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
London +12 38 £213 +21.43% 13
South West +58 33 £235 +32.02%
North of England +16 32 £193 +24.60%
South East +21 15 £215 +4.88% 7
North West +4 15 £165 +13.79%
Midlands +7 14 £183 +26.21% 1
East of England 0 11 £200 -6.98% 1
West Midlands +10 9 £220 +57.14% 1
North East +6 9 £155 -
Yorkshire 0 8 £235 +17.50%
East Midlands +2 5 £171 -37.82%
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 July 2025, Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 100 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 87 (62.14%) Windows
3 81 (57.86%) Microsoft
4 71 (50.71%) Active Directory
5 70 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (32.86%) Customer Service
7 44 (31.43%) ITIL
8 40 (28.57%) Security Cleared
9 38 (27.14%) SC Cleared
10 36 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
10 36 (25.71%) Microsoft Exchange
11 34 (24.29%) Finance
11 34 (24.29%) Windows 10
12 30 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (20.71%) Degree
14 28 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
15 26 (18.57%) VPN
16 25 (17.86%) ServiceNow
17 23 (16.43%) Citrix
18 22 (15.71%) HP
18 22 (15.71%) ITSM
19 19 (13.57%) SCCM
19 19 (13.57%) Dell
20 17 (12.14%) Driving Licence
21 16 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
21 16 (11.43%) SLA
21 16 (11.43%) Dell Certification
21 16 (11.43%) Mathematics
21 16 (11.43%) Customer Experience
22 15 (10.71%) Time Management

Desktop Support 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 36 (25.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.29%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.71%) Eikon
2 1 (0.71%) Eze OMS
2 1 (0.71%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 70 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (8.57%) Azure
3 5 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.86%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.43%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.57%) VPN
2 11 (7.86%) LAN
3 9 (6.43%) DHCP
3 9 (6.43%) DNS
4 8 (5.71%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (4.29%) WAN
6 6 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (3.57%) Firewall
7 5 (3.57%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.14%) VoIP
9 2 (1.43%) Skype
9 2 (1.43%) Telepresence
9 2 (1.43%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.43%) VLAN
9 2 (1.43%) WebEx
9 2 (1.43%) Wireless
10 1 (0.71%) Internet
10 1 (0.71%) Intranet
10 1 (0.71%) IP Telephony
Development Applications
1 2 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 100 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 34 (24.29%) Finance
3 14 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (5.71%) Manufacturing
4 8 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.00%) Banking
6 5 (3.57%) Legal
6 5 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.14%) Electronics
8 3 (2.14%) Front Office
8 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.14%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.14%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.14%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.00%) Smartphone
3 5 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.86%) CMDB
4 4 (2.86%) iPad
4 4 (2.86%) iPhone
4 4 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.14%) NHS
6 2 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.71%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.71%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.71%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 87 (62.14%) Windows
2 34 (24.29%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.00%) Windows 8
3 7 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (4.29%) Apple iOS
4 6 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (3.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.14%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.14%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.86%) Customer Service
2 44 (31.43%) ITIL
3 30 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (15.71%) ITSM
5 16 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
5 16 (11.43%) Customer Experience
5 16 (11.43%) Mathematics
6 15 (10.71%) Time Management
7 14 (10.00%) Patch Management
8 13 (9.29%) Case Management
8 13 (9.29%) Service Delivery
9 12 (8.57%) Service Management
10 9 (6.43%) Asset Management
11 7 (5.00%) Antivirus Management
11 7 (5.00%) Project Delivery
12 6 (4.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
12 6 (4.29%) Mobile Device Management
13 5 (3.57%) Coaching
13 5 (3.57%) Mentoring
13 5 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.86%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 38 (27.14%) SC Cleared
3 29 (20.71%) Degree
4 16 (11.43%) Dell Certification
5 14 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.14%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.71%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.71%) CISSP
10 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.71%) GIAC
10 1 (0.71%) MCSA
10 1 (0.71%) MCSE
10 1 (0.71%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.43%) SLA
2 13 (9.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.29%) QA
4 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.71%) GxP
System Software
1 71 (50.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.43%) vSphere
4 2 (1.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (13.57%) SCCM
3 2 (1.43%) AppManager
3 2 (1.43%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (1.43%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 81 (57.86%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.86%) ServiceNow
3 23 (16.43%) Citrix
4 22 (15.71%) HP
5 19 (13.57%) Dell
6 7 (5.00%) Apple
6 7 (5.00%) Canon
7 6 (4.29%) McAfee
7 6 (4.29%) VMware
8 5 (3.57%) Cisco
8 5 (3.57%) Wyse
9 3 (2.14%) Bloomberg
9 3 (2.14%) Remedy
9 3 (2.14%) SAP
10 2 (1.43%) Adobe
10 2 (1.43%) Google
10 2 (1.43%) Ivanti
10 2 (1.43%) Sage
10 2 (1.43%) Symantec
10 2 (1.43%) Webroot
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