Desktop Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Desktop Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £225 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 78 84 81
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 5 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.57% 0.55% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.57% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile - £336 £130
25th Percentile £213 £353 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £375 £215
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +74.42% -7.03%
75th Percentile £238 £388 £243
90th Percentile - - £253
Scotland median daily rate £160 £258 £160
% change year-on-year -37.86% +60.94% +30.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.14 - £21.50
% change year-on-year - - +77.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 840 874 983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 95.31% 96.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 647 746
10th Percentile £270 £313 £209
25th Percentile £380 £406 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £538
90th Percentile £675 £701 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 16 11
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.97 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.26 £28.75 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +13.75% +13.60%
75th Percentile £47.35 £58.75 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.56 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
% change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Glasgow

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Glasgow

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Glasgow

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 26 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 Glasgow region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Break/Fix
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Break/Fix
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft