Desktop Engineer Contracts in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in London is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 351 450
Rank change year-on-year +48 +99 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 91 139 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.52% 0.53% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.56% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 105 120
10th Percentile £123 £133 £131
25th Percentile £140 £153 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £325 £238 £238
90th Percentile £555 £306 £270
England median daily rate £203 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +1.25% +11.11% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 10
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.19 £13.88
25th Percentile - £20.77 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.13 £24.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.24% +21.25% -
75th Percentile £21.41 £25.18 £22.97
90th Percentile £39.83 £25.50 £29.98
England median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,466 24,974 36,637
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.21% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,897 18,116 26,808
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £685 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 280 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.86 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.95 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London +32 23 £181 +29.46% 4
West London +17 6 £125 -10.71%
East London -3 2 £310 +65.33% 1
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 64 (70.33%) Windows
2 42 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 36 (39.56%) Active Directory
4 34 (37.36%) Microsoft
5 31 (34.07%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (29.67%) Windows 10
7 25 (27.47%) Customer Service
8 19 (20.88%) Azure
9 18 (19.78%) Security Cleared
10 16 (17.58%) ServiceNow
11 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (16.48%) VPN
11 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Office
12 14 (15.38%) Windows 7
12 14 (15.38%) SCCM
13 13 (14.29%) SC Cleared
13 13 (14.29%) Blackberry
14 12 (13.19%) ITIL
14 12 (13.19%) Citrix
14 12 (13.19%) Asset Management
15 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Exchange
15 11 (12.09%) Finance
16 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Intune
16 10 (10.99%) Degree
17 9 (9.89%) iPhone
17 9 (9.89%) ITSM
17 9 (9.89%) Apple
17 9 (9.89%) Dell
17 9 (9.89%) Entra ID
17 9 (9.89%) Break/Fix

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (4.40%) CMS
3 4 (4.40%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (16.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.07%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (20.88%) Azure
3 9 (9.89%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.10%) AWS
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.10%) Miro
5 1 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.48%) VPN
2 7 (7.69%) Firewall
3 4 (4.40%) Skype
4 3 (3.30%) LAN
4 3 (3.30%) WAN
5 2 (2.20%) Wireless
6 1 (1.10%) 3G
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.10%) DNS
6 1 (1.10%) SAN
6 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Hudson
General
1 42 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Finance
3 9 (9.89%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (8.79%) Banking
5 7 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.40%) Legal
7 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.20%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.10%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.20%) XMPP
2 1 (1.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 9 (9.89%) iPhone
3 4 (4.40%) iPad
3 4 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.20%) BYOD
5 2 (2.20%) Wiki
6 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.10%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.10%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 64 (70.33%) Windows
2 27 (29.67%) Windows 10
3 14 (15.38%) Windows 7
4 8 (8.79%) Android
5 7 (7.69%) Windows 8
6 5 (5.49%) Mac OS X
7 3 (3.30%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
9 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.10%) Linux
9 1 (1.10%) Unix
9 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.47%) Customer Service
2 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (13.19%) Asset Management
3 12 (13.19%) ITIL
4 9 (9.89%) Break/Fix
4 9 (9.89%) ITSM
5 8 (8.79%) Service Delivery
6 6 (6.59%) Decision-Making
6 6 (6.59%) Time Management
7 5 (5.49%) Customer Experience
7 5 (5.49%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (5.49%) Migration
8 4 (4.40%) Logistics
8 4 (4.40%) Resource Management
8 4 (4.40%) Runbook
9 3 (3.30%) Data Protection
9 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (3.30%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (3.30%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (2.20%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (19.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.99%) Degree
4 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) MCP
5 2 (2.20%) MCSA
5 2 (2.20%) MCSE
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.79%) SLA
2 4 (4.40%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (39.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (15.38%) SCCM
2 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.30%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (37.36%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.58%) ServiceNow
3 12 (13.19%) Citrix
4 9 (9.89%) Apple
4 9 (9.89%) Dell
5 7 (7.69%) Bloomberg
5 7 (7.69%) HP
6 6 (6.59%) Adobe
7 5 (5.49%) Ivanti
8 4 (4.40%) Becrypt
9 3 (3.30%) Reuters
10 2 (2.20%) Cisco
10 2 (2.20%) MobileIron
10 2 (2.20%) Refinitiv
10 2 (2.20%) VMware
11 1 (1.10%) Datto
11 1 (1.10%) FactSet
11 1 (1.10%) Meraki
11 1 (1.10%) Okta
11 1 (1.10%) Remedy