Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Lancashire

Desktop Support Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £155, 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 20 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 9 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.14% 1.03% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.39% 1.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £140 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £155 £140 £208
% change year-on-year +10.71% -32.53% +50.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
North West median hourly rate - £27.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 167 167 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 85.64% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 81 124
10th Percentile £204 £200 £240
25th Percentile £445 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £750 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 53 36
10th Percentile £14.34 £15.00 £23.05
25th Percentile £22.98 £25.60 £28.40
Median hourly rate £28.75 £42.91 £41.37
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +3.72% +16.13%
75th Percentile £31.52 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £43.83 £49.69 £54.91
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Lancashire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Lancashire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Lancashire

Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 -3 5 - -
Lytham St Annes - 1 £155 -
Desktop Support Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Lancashire region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Asset Management
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 5 (55.56%) Time Management
2 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
2 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
2 5 (55.56%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 8
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
2 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 5 (55.56%) Canon
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving

Desktop Support 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 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) LAN
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 4 (44.44%) Structured Cabling
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 5 (55.56%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
1 5 (55.56%) Windows 8
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2012
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2016
1 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Asset Management
1 5 (55.56%) Business Case
1 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
1 5 (55.56%) Proactive Maintenance
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Analysis
1 5 (55.56%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Canon
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft