Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Kent

Desktop Support Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Kent is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 36 31
Rank change year-on-year +24 -5 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 19 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 9.36% 0.44% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.11% 0.45% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 1 5
10th Percentile - - £119
25th Percentile - - £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £200 £140
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +42.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £165
90th Percentile - - £183
South East median daily rate £215 £203 £190
% change year-on-year +6.08% +6.67% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.65
25th Percentile - - £17.80
Median hourly rate - - £18.28
75th Percentile - - £19.02
90th Percentile - - £19.31
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £26.00 £19.22
% change year-on-year -23.08% +35.31% -8.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 188 222 268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 97.80% 96.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 179 232
10th Percentile £203 £130 £173
25th Percentile £211 £196 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £411
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -14.89% +21.85%
75th Percentile £525 £494 £575
90th Percentile £598 £738 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 15
10th Percentile £11.41 £38.11 £16.69
25th Percentile £13.30 £43.48 £20.30
Median hourly rate £46.87 £55.59 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% +68.46% -14.84%
75th Percentile £66.88 £56.79 £39.76
90th Percentile £82.43 £60.45 £45.05
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -16.00%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Kent

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Kent

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Kent

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
Folkestone - 2 - -
Sittingbourne - 1 £140 -
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 Kent region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (89.47%) Windows
1 17 (89.47%) Windows 10
2 16 (84.21%) SAP
2 16 (84.21%) Marketing
2 16 (84.21%) Digital Marketing
2 16 (84.21%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (84.21%) NHS
2 16 (84.21%) Electronics
2 16 (84.21%) Telecoms
2 16 (84.21%) Finance
2 16 (84.21%) Manufacturing
2 16 (84.21%) Programme Management
2 16 (84.21%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CMDB
4 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.53%) Smartphone
5 1 (5.26%) Blackberry
5 1 (5.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.26%) Adobe
5 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.26%) Mac OS X
5 1 (5.26%) Apple
5 1 (5.26%) Break/Fix
5 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.26%) Ivanti
5 1 (5.26%) Android
5 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.26%) Windows 8

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (5.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
General
1 16 (84.21%) Electronics
1 16 (84.21%) Finance
1 16 (84.21%) Manufacturing
1 16 (84.21%) Marketing
1 16 (84.21%) Public Sector
1 16 (84.21%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) NHS
2 2 (10.53%) CMDB
2 2 (10.53%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.26%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
1 17 (89.47%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Android
2 1 (5.26%) Mac OS X
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (84.21%) Digital Marketing
1 16 (84.21%) Programme Management
2 1 (5.26%) Break/Fix
2 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
2 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Ivanti