Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in England

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 412 445
Rank change year-on-year +37 +33 +59
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 174 259 345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.51% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.54% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 195 237
10th Percentile £122 £140 £127
25th Percentile £142 £155 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £183
Median % change year-on-year - +9.59% +7.67%
75th Percentile £218 £238 £225
90th Percentile £270 £273 £260
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 42
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.54 £13.99
25th Percentile £16.81 £21.00 £16.31
Median hourly rate £18.91 £23.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% +20.51% +2.63%
75th Percentile £22.38 £25.71 £23.75
90th Percentile £47.10 £28.74 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £23.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% +14.29%

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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £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 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

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 26 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 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 +77 64 £185 +2.78% 19
South East +24 54 £215 +5.73% 2
South West +4 20 £184 -8.00% 3
North of England +14 18 £160 -25.58% 2
East of England +2 13 £175 +9.38% 2
North West +21 12 £140 -32.53% 2
Midlands +23 6 £122 -15.86% 1
East Midlands +21 5 £122 -9.63% 1
Yorkshire +12 4 £198 -21.00%
North East +15 2 £195 -10.86%
West Midlands +27 1 £145 -
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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.

1 139 (79.89%) Windows
2 75 (43.10%) Windows 10
2 75 (43.10%) Social Skills
3 71 (40.80%) Microsoft
4 58 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (31.61%) Active Directory
6 53 (30.46%) Security Cleared
7 52 (29.89%) Customer Service
8 46 (26.44%) SCCM
8 46 (26.44%) Microsoft Office
9 45 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (25.86%) Windows 7
10 40 (22.99%) ITIL
11 29 (16.67%) Finance
12 26 (14.94%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (14.37%) SC Cleared
14 23 (13.22%) Telecoms
15 22 (12.64%) HP
15 22 (12.64%) DV Cleared
15 22 (12.64%) Public Sector
16 21 (12.07%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (12.07%) Marketing
16 21 (12.07%) SAP
16 21 (12.07%) Manufacturing
17 20 (11.49%) VPN
17 20 (11.49%) NHS
17 20 (11.49%) Hardware Maintenance
17 20 (11.49%) Azure
17 20 (11.49%) Driving Licence
18 19 (10.92%) ServiceNow

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 17 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (3.45%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.30%) CMS
4 4 (2.30%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (26.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 58 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (11.49%) Azure
3 6 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.15%) BigCommerce
6 1 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.57%) AWS
6 1 (0.57%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.49%) VPN
2 5 (2.87%) Firewall
3 4 (2.30%) Skype
3 4 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.30%) Wireless
4 3 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.72%) Internet
4 3 (1.72%) LAN
5 2 (1.15%) WAN
6 1 (0.57%) DNS
6 1 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.57%) VoIP
6 1 (0.57%) WebEx
6 1 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Hudson
General
1 75 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.67%) Finance
3 26 (14.94%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (13.22%) Telecoms
5 22 (12.64%) Public Sector
6 21 (12.07%) Manufacturing
6 21 (12.07%) Marketing
6 21 (12.07%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (10.92%) Electronics
8 8 (4.60%) Banking
9 7 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (2.30%) Legal
11 2 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.15%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.15%) Retail
12 1 (0.57%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.15%) VML
1 2 (1.15%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.49%) Driving Licence
1 20 (11.49%) NHS
2 13 (7.47%) Blackberry
3 11 (6.32%) iPhone
4 9 (5.17%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.02%) CMDB
5 7 (4.02%) iPad
6 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.87%) Smartphone
7 4 (2.30%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.15%) BYOD
9 2 (1.15%) Wiki
10 1 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 139 (79.89%) Windows
2 75 (43.10%) Windows 10
3 45 (25.86%) Windows 7
4 13 (7.47%) Android
5 9 (5.17%) Windows 8
6 7 (4.02%) Mac OS
6 7 (4.02%) Mac OS X
7 6 (3.45%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.30%) Windows Server
8 4 (2.30%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.89%) Customer Service
2 45 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (22.99%) ITIL
4 20 (11.49%) Hardware Maintenance
5 19 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (10.92%) Digital Marketing
5 19 (10.92%) Programme Management
6 16 (9.20%) Asset Management
7 15 (8.62%) Customer Requirements
8 12 (6.90%) Break/Fix
8 12 (6.90%) Service Delivery
9 11 (6.32%) Customer Experience
9 11 (6.32%) Decision-Making
9 11 (6.32%) Time Management
10 7 (4.02%) Antivirus Management
10 7 (4.02%) Information Security
10 7 (4.02%) Mobile Device Management
10 7 (4.02%) Patch Management
10 7 (4.02%) Service Management
10 7 (4.02%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.75%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (30.46%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.64%) DV Cleared
4 14 (8.05%) Degree
5 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.15%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.57%) MCDST
8 1 (0.57%) MCSA
8 1 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.47%) SLA
2 4 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (31.61%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.15%) Firmware
2 2 (1.15%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (26.44%) SCCM
2 16 (9.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.57%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 71 (40.80%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.64%) HP
3 21 (12.07%) SAP
4 19 (10.92%) ServiceNow
5 17 (9.77%) Apple
6 12 (6.90%) Citrix
7 9 (5.17%) Adobe
8 6 (3.45%) Ivanti
9 5 (2.87%) Bloomberg
10 4 (2.30%) Becrypt
10 4 (2.30%) Dell
11 3 (1.72%) Cisco
11 3 (1.72%) McAfee
11 3 (1.72%) Remedy
12 2 (1.15%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.15%) MobileIron
12 2 (1.15%) Refinitiv
12 2 (1.15%) Salesforce
12 2 (1.15%) Sitecore
12 2 (1.15%) Sophos
33 Desktop Support Engineer jobs Nationwide