Desktop Engineer Contracts in Gloucester

Desktop Engineer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Gloucester is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 37 16
Rank change year-on-year +22 -21 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 8 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 9.52% 1.36% 7.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.26% 1.55% 7.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile - £205 £140
25th Percentile - £213 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £180
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +25.00% -
75th Percentile - £238 £186
90th Percentile - £245 £265
Gloucestershire median daily rate £200 £200 £181
% change year-on-year - +10.34% -51.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 78 129 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 87.76% 99.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 98 105
10th Percentile £324 £288 £142
25th Percentile £425 £400 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +33.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £628 £600 £538
90th Percentile £706 £675 £625
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £18.90 £17.08 -
25th Percentile - £26.19 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £55.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.99% - -
75th Percentile £28.75 £78.00 -
90th Percentile £32.50 - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £35.00 £71.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -51.05% +138.33% -40.00%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Gloucester

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Gloucester

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Gloucester

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Gloucester region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (50.00%) Line Management
3 4 (50.00%) Patch Management
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (50.00%) SCCM
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) CMDB
3 4 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Terraform
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CMDB
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
1 4 (50.00%) Line Management
1 4 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix