Desktop Engineer Contracts in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in London is £225, 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 300 303 359
Rank change year-on-year +3 +56 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 53 88 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.42% 0.49% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.53% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 67 101
10th Percentile £179 £123 £133
25th Percentile £200 £145 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £213 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £300 £321 £238
90th Percentile £383 £510 £300
England median daily rate £210 £205 £200
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £19.44 £16.25 £17.29
25th Percentile £21.40 £17.24 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.47% -11.43% +17.50%
75th Percentile - £24.31 £25.00
90th Percentile - £61.64 £25.43
England median hourly rate £24.66 £20.82 £17.00
% change year-on-year +18.47% +22.44% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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
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 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
Central London -3 15 £300 +42.86% 1
East London +15 2 £245 -20.97% 1
West London +13 2 £200 -23.08%
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 44 (83.02%) Windows
2 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
3 27 (50.94%) Windows 10
4 23 (43.40%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (41.51%) Active Directory
6 19 (35.85%) Microsoft
7 17 (32.08%) SCCM
7 17 (32.08%) Customer Service
8 14 (26.42%) Finance
9 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (20.75%) Migration
10 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Office
11 9 (16.98%) Azure
12 8 (15.09%) Time Management
12 8 (15.09%) ServiceNow
13 7 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (13.21%) DHCP
13 7 (13.21%) DNS
14 6 (11.32%) HP
14 6 (11.32%) Apple
14 6 (11.32%) ITIL
14 6 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (11.32%) Banking
14 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Intune
14 6 (11.32%) Break/Fix
15 5 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (9.43%) PowerShell
15 5 (9.43%) Incident Management
15 5 (9.43%) VLAN
15 5 (9.43%) Citrix

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 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (43.40%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (16.98%) Azure
3 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) DHCP
1 7 (13.21%) DNS
2 6 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (9.43%) VLAN
4 3 (5.66%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (5.66%) VPN
4 3 (5.66%) Wireless
5 2 (3.77%) LAN
5 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.77%) VoIP
5 2 (3.77%) WAN
6 1 (1.89%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.89%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
General
1 29 (54.72%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Finance
3 7 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Banking
5 5 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Investment Banking
7 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.77%) Electronics
8 2 (3.77%) Military
9 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (5.66%) Smartphone
3 2 (3.77%) CMDB
3 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (3.77%) Handset
4 1 (1.89%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.89%) Replication
4 1 (1.89%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 44 (83.02%) Windows
2 27 (50.94%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.55%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.66%) Android
4 3 (5.66%) Linux
5 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.77%) Unix
5 2 (3.77%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Customer Service
2 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (20.75%) Migration
4 8 (15.09%) Time Management
5 6 (11.32%) Break/Fix
5 6 (11.32%) ITIL
6 5 (9.43%) Incident Management
7 3 (5.66%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (5.66%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.66%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (3.77%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.77%) Change Control
8 2 (3.77%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (3.77%) Data Protection
8 2 (3.77%) High Availability
8 2 (3.77%) ITSM
8 2 (3.77%) Process Improvement
8 2 (3.77%) Task Automation
8 2 (3.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.66%) VBScript
3 1 (1.89%) Bash
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
1 4 (7.55%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) A+ Certification
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.89%) ACSP
4 1 (1.89%) CISSP
4 1 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) GIAC
4 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) QA
1 3 (5.66%) SLA
2 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
System Software
1 22 (41.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (32.08%) SCCM
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.77%) AppManager
4 1 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) ServiceNow
3 6 (11.32%) Apple
3 6 (11.32%) HP
4 5 (9.43%) Citrix
4 5 (9.43%) Dell
5 4 (7.55%) Cisco
5 4 (7.55%) VMware
6 2 (3.77%) Bloomberg
6 2 (3.77%) Dynatrace
6 2 (3.77%) EMC
6 2 (3.77%) Ivanti
6 2 (3.77%) Tradeweb
6 2 (3.77%) Unisys
7 1 (1.89%) BMC
7 1 (1.89%) F5
7 1 (1.89%) Remedy
55 Desktop Engineer jobs in England