Desktop Support Engineer
South East > Kent
The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Kent is £205, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
17 |
12 |
32 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-5 |
+20 |
-1 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer |
4 |
18 |
1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent |
3.81% |
8.91% |
0.46% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
4.21% |
9.63% |
0.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4 |
17 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
£161 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£189 |
- |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£205 |
£205 |
£200 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.50% |
+42.86% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| South East median daily rate |
£195 |
£210 |
£204 |
| % change year-on-year |
-7.14% |
+2.94% |
+7.37% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title |
95 |
187 |
214 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
90.48% |
92.57% |
97.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
74 |
118 |
175 |
| 10th Percentile |
£180 |
£203 |
£129 |
| 25th Percentile |
£205 |
£211 |
£200 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£333 |
£388 |
£350 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-14.19% |
+10.71% |
-17.65% |
| 75th Percentile |
£529 |
£523 |
£491 |
| 90th Percentile |
£668 |
£575 |
£650 |
| South East median daily rate |
£500 |
£500 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+2.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
5 |
22 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
£16.19 |
£11.45 |
£37.48 |
| 25th Percentile |
£21.00 |
£19.50 |
£42.32 |
| Median hourly rate |
£22.00 |
£55.20 |
£56.24 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-60.15% |
-1.84% |
+69.79% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80.10 |
£78.58 |
£57.12 |
| 90th Percentile |
£88.58 |
£82.43 |
£61.35 |
| South East median hourly rate |
£32.50 |
£47.50 |
£48.40 |
| % change year-on-year |
-31.58% |
-1.86% |
+130.48% |
