Desktop Engineer Contracts in Kent

Desktop Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Kent is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 30 27
Rank change year-on-year +19 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 20 4 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 9.85% 1.78% 4.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.64% 1.82% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 8
10th Percentile £190 £202 £127
25th Percentile - £204 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £205 £140
Median % change year-on-year - +46.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £209 £146
90th Percentile - £217 £174
South East median daily rate £215 £200 £175
% change year-on-year +7.50% +14.29% +16.67%
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 188 220 268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 97.78% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 176 232
10th Percentile £203 £129 £173
25th Percentile £211 £198 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £411
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -14.89% +22.76%
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% -15.15%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Kent

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Kent

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Kent

Desktop 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 Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 19 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 Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Kent region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows 10
3 16 (80.00%) Public Sector
3 16 (80.00%) SAP
3 16 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (80.00%) NHS
3 16 (80.00%) Electronics
3 16 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 16 (80.00%) Finance
3 16 (80.00%) Manufacturing
3 16 (80.00%) Programme Management
3 16 (80.00%) Marketing
3 16 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) CMDB
5 2 (10.00%) Smartphone
5 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
6 1 (5.00%) Apple
6 1 (5.00%) Blackberry
6 1 (5.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.00%) Adobe
6 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
6 1 (5.00%) Break/Fix
6 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.00%) Ivanti

Desktop 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 (5.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 16 (80.00%) Electronics
1 16 (80.00%) Finance
1 16 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 16 (80.00%) Marketing
1 16 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 16 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 16 (80.00%) NHS
2 2 (10.00%) CMDB
2 2 (10.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Android
3 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 16 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
1 16 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (5.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe
3 1 (5.00%) Apple
3 1 (5.00%) Ivanti
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft