Desktop Engineer Contracts in Gloucestershire

Desktop Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 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
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 54 52
Rank change year-on-year +27 -2 -3
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.58% 1.10% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 1.16% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £162 - -
25th Percentile £205 £220 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £323 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.78% -41.36% +189.47%
75th Percentile £238 £444 -
90th Percentile £380 £478 -
South West median daily rate £220 £215 £200
% change year-on-year +2.56% +7.25% -4.76%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 236 430 467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.08% 94.92% 97.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 222 286
10th Percentile £191 £363 £363
25th Percentile £329 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £638 £675
90th Percentile £734 £724 £749
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 51 47
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.75 £31.80
25th Percentile £14.51 £31.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £35.17 £67.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.90% -10.00% +130.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £73.75 £84.04
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +15.74%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Gloucestershire

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Gloucestershire

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Desktop Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 26 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester +1 5 £223 -51.89% 2
Cheltenham - 1 - -
Desktop Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
4 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 4 (57.14%) ITIL
4 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
4 4 (57.14%) VPN
4 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
5 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (42.86%) Antivirus Management
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (28.57%) Time Management
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
6 2 (28.57%) McAfee
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (28.57%) iPad
6 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
6 2 (28.57%) iPhone
7 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 1 (14.29%) Agile
7 1 (14.29%) Degree

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) iPad
1 2 (28.57%) iPhone
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Antivirus Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Chat Support
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Dell Certification
3 1 (14.29%) MCP
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) Lotus
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow