Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Glasgow

Desktop Support Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 86 88
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.24% 0.11% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.12% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £185
25th Percentile £213 - £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £213
75th Percentile £238 - £221
90th Percentile - - £222
Scotland median daily rate £143 £255 £175
% change year-on-year -43.92% +45.71% +38.61%

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 805 842 953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 95.25% 96.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 621 728
10th Percentile £252 £313 £210
25th Percentile £363 £406 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £538
90th Percentile £650 £700 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 18 11
10th Percentile £12.03 £12.30 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £14.25 £23.10
Median hourly rate £31.50 £20.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +53.66% -45.23% +113.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £56.00 £43.21
90th Percentile £67.50 £62.35 £48.00
Scotland median hourly rate £31.50 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +42.37% -17.60% -28.40%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Glasgow

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Glasgow

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Glasgow

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 Glasgow region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

Desktop Support 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM