Desktop Engineer Contracts in England

Desktop Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in England is £205 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 309 326 341
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 243 377 554
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.74% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.78% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 280 398
10th Percentile £122 £140 £126
25th Percentile £143 £163 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £230 £238 £222
90th Percentile £318 £275 £270
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £175
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +8.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 58
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.31 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.81 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.91 £18.38 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% -3.29% +5.56%
75th Percentile £22.38 £25.18 £23.40
90th Percentile £47.10 £25.71 £25.83
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £17.38 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.60% -10.90% +9.86%

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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 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
London +55 91 £210 +5.00% 24
South East -6 65 £215 +7.50% 4
South West +8 35 £195 -2.50% 8
North of England +24 24 £160 -22.42% 4
North West +20 16 £153 -26.51% 2
Midlands +27 15 £122 -38.23% 2
East of England -12 14 £193 +10.16% 5
West Midlands +26 8 £117 -40.00% 1
East Midlands +8 7 £122 -43.91% 1
North East +14 4 £163 -25.49% 1
Yorkshire +13 4 £198 -1.25% 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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.

1 182 (74.90%) Windows
2 103 (42.39%) Windows 10
3 101 (41.56%) Microsoft
4 100 (41.15%) Social Skills
5 78 (32.10%) Active Directory
6 77 (31.69%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (26.34%) SCCM
7 64 (26.34%) Security Cleared
8 59 (24.28%) Customer Service
9 57 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (21.40%) Microsoft Office
11 48 (19.75%) Windows 7
12 45 (18.52%) ITIL
13 39 (16.05%) Azure
14 36 (14.81%) Finance
15 34 (13.99%) SC Cleared
15 34 (13.99%) Public Sector
16 27 (11.11%) Telecoms
16 27 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
17 26 (10.70%) Microsoft Exchange
17 26 (10.70%) VPN
18 25 (10.29%) HP
18 25 (10.29%) Presentation Skills
19 24 (9.88%) DV Cleared
19 24 (9.88%) Driving Licence
20 23 (9.47%) ServiceNow
20 23 (9.47%) SAP
20 23 (9.47%) Manufacturing
20 23 (9.47%) Marketing
21 22 (9.05%) 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 26 (10.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (1.65%) CMS
4 4 (1.65%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.41%) Confluence
6 1 (0.41%) IIS
Applications
1 52 (21.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.82%) Eikon
1 2 (0.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (31.69%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (16.05%) Azure
3 15 (6.17%) OneDrive
4 11 (4.53%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.82%) BigCommerce
6 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.41%) AWS
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.41%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.41%) Miro
7 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.70%) VPN
2 8 (3.29%) Firewall
3 7 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.47%) DNS
5 5 (2.06%) NetScaler
6 4 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.65%) Internet
6 4 (1.65%) Skype
6 4 (1.65%) Wireless
7 3 (1.23%) LAN
8 2 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.82%) WAN
8 2 (0.82%) WebEx
9 1 (0.41%) 3G
9 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.41%) VoIP
9 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Hudson
General
1 100 (41.15%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.81%) Finance
3 34 (13.99%) Public Sector
4 27 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 25 (10.29%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (9.47%) Manufacturing
6 23 (9.47%) Marketing
7 21 (8.64%) Electronics
8 16 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (4.12%) Banking
10 6 (2.47%) Legal
11 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Local Government
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.82%) VML
1 2 (0.82%) XMPP
2 1 (0.41%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.88%) Driving Licence
2 22 (9.05%) NHS
3 15 (6.17%) Blackberry
4 14 (5.76%) iPhone
5 10 (4.12%) iPad
5 10 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.88%) CMDB
7 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.47%) Smartphone
8 5 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.82%) BYOD
11 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.82%) Wiki
12 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.41%) Handset
12 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 182 (74.90%) Windows
2 103 (42.39%) Windows 10
3 48 (19.75%) Windows 7
4 13 (5.35%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.94%) Android
5 12 (4.94%) Mac OS
6 8 (3.29%) Windows 8
7 7 (2.88%) Mac OS X
8 6 (2.47%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.06%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.82%) Linux
11 1 (0.41%) Unix
11 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (24.28%) Customer Service
2 57 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (18.52%) ITIL
4 22 (9.05%) Hardware Maintenance
5 21 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (8.64%) Digital Marketing
5 21 (8.64%) Programme Management
6 20 (8.23%) Customer Requirements
7 19 (7.82%) Asset Management
8 16 (6.58%) Migration
9 15 (6.17%) Break/Fix
10 14 (5.76%) Time Management
11 13 (5.35%) Service Delivery
12 12 (4.94%) Customer Experience
12 12 (4.94%) Patch Management
13 11 (4.53%) Decision-Making
14 9 (3.70%) Mobile Device Management
14 9 (3.70%) Service Management
14 9 (3.70%) Software Deployment
15 8 (3.29%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 64 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.88%) DV Cleared
4 18 (7.41%) Degree
5 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.47%) MCSE
7 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.65%) MCSA
8 3 (1.23%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.82%) MCDST
9 2 (0.82%) MCP
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CCNA
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.00%) SLA
2 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 78 (32.10%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.58%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (2.47%) XenApp
3 6 (2.47%) XenDesktop
4 5 (2.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 3 (1.23%) Firmware
6 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (26.34%) SCCM
2 21 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.23%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.41%) SCOM
6 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 101 (41.56%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.29%) HP
3 23 (9.47%) SAP
3 23 (9.47%) ServiceNow
4 22 (9.05%) Citrix
5 20 (8.23%) Apple
6 8 (3.29%) Adobe
7 7 (2.88%) Bloomberg
7 7 (2.88%) Cisco
7 7 (2.88%) Dell
8 5 (2.06%) Ivanti
8 5 (2.06%) NetApp
8 5 (2.06%) Remedy
9 4 (1.65%) Becrypt
10 3 (1.23%) McAfee
10 3 (1.23%) Reuters
10 3 (1.23%) Sophos
11 2 (0.82%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.82%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.82%) Sitecore