Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Leatherhead

Desktop Support Engineer
Surrey > Leatherhead

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Leatherhead is £195, 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 8 18 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leatherhead 7.14% 1.04% -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.41% 1.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 £174 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £183 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% - -
75th Percentile £203 £191 -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £195 £183 £250
% change year-on-year +6.85% -27.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leatherhead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leatherhead. 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 Leatherhead with a recognized job title 27 92 25
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.43% 95.83% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 63 20
10th Percentile £158 £171 £191
25th Percentile £425 £328 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -13.46% +5.05%
75th Percentile £656 £622 £620
90th Percentile £675 £683 £638
Surrey median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £28.37 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.33% -36.97% +109.64%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Leatherhead

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Leatherhead

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Leatherhead

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leatherhead 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft