Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Essex

Desktop Support Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Essex is £245, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 3.75% - 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.90% - 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £234 - -
25th Percentile £237 - £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 - £195
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.71%
75th Percentile £248 - £198
90th Percentile - - £222
East of England median daily rate £210 £193 £168
% change year-on-year +9.09% +14.93% -11.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 77 211 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 95.05% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 108 134
10th Percentile £223 £250 £161
25th Percentile £315 £350 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £458 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +1.67% -8.44%
75th Percentile £488 £556 £538
90th Percentile £539 £600 £621
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 53 16
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.86 £20.40
25th Percentile £14.44 £16.65 £24.09
Median hourly rate £26.25 £40.31 £43.32
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% -6.94% +80.48%
75th Percentile £67.50 £80.00 £63.31
90th Percentile £192.00 - £69.51
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Essex

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Essex

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Essex

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Essex region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) AppManager
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) AppManager
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware