Desktop Engineer Contracts in Lancashire

Desktop Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £161 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 3 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.55% - 4.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% - 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £144 - £120
25th Percentile £150 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £161 - £130
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.53%
75th Percentile £175 - £180
90th Percentile £182 - £210
North West median daily rate £145 £215 £130
% change year-on-year -32.56% +65.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £20.53
% change year-on-year +44.74% -7.44% +74.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 166 214 241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.57% 90.30% 96.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 118 156
10th Percentile £200 £219 £206
25th Percentile £350 £400 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +18.75%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £575
90th Percentile £720 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +12.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 37 42
10th Percentile £15.00 £25.04 £14.95
25th Percentile £25.93 £29.30 £17.06
Median hourly rate £42.91 £42.50 £34.44
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +23.41% +58.33%
75th Percentile £46.18 £52.13 £44.52
90th Percentile £65.42 £56.38 £58.15
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £20.32
% change year-on-year -17.88% +61.84% +13.49%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Lancashire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Lancashire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Lancashire

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Burnley - 1 - -
Desktop Engineer
North West

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 Lancashire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) ESET
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) LAN

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ESET