Desktop Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Desktop Support Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 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
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 58 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.76% 0.45% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.01% 0.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £214 - -
25th Percentile £216 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £220 -
75th Percentile £229 - -
90th Percentile £234 - -
South West median daily rate £225 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +18.42% -5.00% +1.27%

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.

Contract vacancies in Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 249 427 476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.68% 95.31% 96.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 213 291
10th Percentile £191 £353 £363
25th Percentile £338 £460 £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 £726 £725 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 53 45
10th Percentile £13.50 £18.50 £31.20
25th Percentile £14.51 £33.00 £50.00
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 £84.36
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +10.60%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Gloucestershire

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract 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 Support Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester - 4 £220 - 3
Cheltenham - 1 - -
Desktop Support Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Antivirus Management
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) iPad
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) McAfee
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 2 (40.00%) iPhone
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server

Desktop Support 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 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) iPad
1 2 (40.00%) iPhone
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Antivirus Management
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) McAfee