Desktop Support Technician Contracts in Ipswich

Desktop Support Technician
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Desktop Support Technician daily rate in Ipswich is £115, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 July 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
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Ipswich 2.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £113 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £115 - -
75th Percentile £118 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £115 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 38 33 121
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 97.06% 99.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 18 111
10th Percentile £170 £105 £344
25th Percentile £180 £123 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £289 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% -51.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £700
90th Percentile £555 £558 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £300 £225 £525
% change year-on-year +33.33% -57.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 1
Median hourly rate £17.79 £14.60 £20.56
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% -28.99% -17.76%
Suffolk median hourly rate £17.79 £14.60 £15.00
% change year-on-year +21.85% -2.67% -26.47%

Desktop Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Technician in Ipswich

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, Desktop Support Technician 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 Ipswich region featuring Desktop Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP