Desktop Technician Contracts in England

Desktop Technician
UK > England

The median Desktop Technician daily rate in England is £129 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 629 750
Rank change year-on-year +100 +121 -157
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 14 29 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.057% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.060% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 14
10th Percentile £123 £135 £150
25th Percentile £124 £141 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £129 £201 £175
Median % change year-on-year -36.02% +15.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £145 £243 £191
90th Percentile £234 £250 £199
UK median daily rate £130 £220 £175
% change year-on-year -40.91% +25.71% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £22.60
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.93 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.55% -16.28% +42.86%
75th Percentile - - £29.38
90th Percentile - - £40.25
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £20.93 £25.00
% change year-on-year -23.55% -16.28% +61.71%

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 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
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 £644 £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 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Desktop Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Technician in England

Desktop Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Technician in England

Desktop Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Technician in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Technician in England

Desktop Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Technician in England

Desktop Technician
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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +105 5 £125 -41.86% 1
North of England +38 3 £128 -42.05%
Midlands +35 3 £181 +34.07%
North West +25 3 £128 -31.45%
South East +11 2 £130 -13.33%
West Midlands - 2 £213 -
South West +22 1 £143 -43.00%
East Midlands +12 1 £150 +10.74%
Desktop Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Desktop Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
4 5 (35.71%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
5 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
6 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Aviation
6 3 (21.43%) iPhone
6 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (14.29%) LAN
7 2 (14.29%) WAN
7 2 (14.29%) Logistics
7 2 (14.29%) Degree
7 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
8 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (7.14%) Slack
8 1 (7.14%) Workday
8 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (7.14%) Google Sheets
8 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
8 1 (7.14%) SaaS

Desktop Technician 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Google Sheets
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (7.14%) WebEx
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Aviation
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (21.43%) iPhone
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) Fat Client
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.14%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS X
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
1 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Logistics
2 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Software Distribution
3 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
3 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Apple
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Workday