Desktop Engineer Contracts in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in London is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 350 456
Rank change year-on-year +49 +106 0
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 90 139 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.52% 0.54% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.57% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 105 123
10th Percentile £123 £133 £130
25th Percentile £144 £153 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -24.00%
75th Percentile £325 £238 £230
90th Percentile £600 £306 £265
England median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 9
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.19 £13.88
25th Percentile - £20.77 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £24.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.24% +21.25% -
75th Percentile £21.41 £25.18 £23.00
90th Percentile £39.83 £25.50 £32.20
England median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +10.14%

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 16,297 24,521 37,086
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 95.19% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,779 17,832 27,179
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +0.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 279 440
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% - +14.01%
75th Percentile £44.25 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.61 £82.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +29 22 £181 +25.00% 4
West London +17 6 £125 -10.71% 1
East London -5 2 £310 +65.33%
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 63 (70.00%) Windows
2 39 (43.33%) Social Skills
3 35 (38.89%) Active Directory
4 34 (37.78%) Microsoft
5 28 (31.11%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (28.89%) Windows 10
7 23 (25.56%) Customer Service
8 19 (21.11%) Azure
9 18 (20.00%) Security Cleared
10 17 (18.89%) ServiceNow
11 16 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
12 15 (16.67%) VPN
13 14 (15.56%) SCCM
14 13 (14.44%) SC Cleared
14 13 (14.44%) Windows 7
14 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (13.33%) Asset Management
15 12 (13.33%) Citrix
15 12 (13.33%) Blackberry
16 11 (12.22%) ITIL
17 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
17 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
17 10 (11.11%) Finance
17 10 (11.11%) Degree
18 9 (10.00%) iPhone
18 9 (10.00%) ITSM
18 9 (10.00%) Entra ID
19 8 (8.89%) Virtual Desktop
19 8 (8.89%) Break/Fix
19 8 (8.89%) Presentation Skills

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 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (4.44%) CMS
2 4 (4.44%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
3 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 28 (31.11%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (21.11%) Azure
3 9 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.44%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.11%) Miro
6 1 (1.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.67%) VPN
2 7 (7.78%) Firewall
3 4 (4.44%) Skype
4 3 (3.33%) LAN
4 3 (3.33%) WAN
5 2 (2.22%) DNS
5 2 (2.22%) Wireless
6 1 (1.11%) 3G
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.11%) SAN
6 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.11%) Hudson
General
1 39 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.11%) Finance
3 8 (8.89%) Banking
3 8 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (7.78%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.44%) Legal
7 3 (3.33%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.22%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.11%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) XMPP
2 1 (1.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.33%) Blackberry
2 9 (10.00%) iPhone
3 5 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.44%) iPad
5 2 (2.22%) BYOD
5 2 (2.22%) Wiki
6 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.11%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.11%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 63 (70.00%) Windows
2 26 (28.89%) Windows 10
3 13 (14.44%) Windows 7
4 7 (7.78%) Android
5 6 (6.67%) Windows 8
6 4 (4.44%) Mac OS
6 4 (4.44%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.22%) Linux
7 2 (2.22%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.11%) Unix
8 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.56%) Customer Service
2 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 11 (12.22%) ITIL
5 9 (10.00%) ITSM
6 8 (8.89%) Break/Fix
6 8 (8.89%) Service Delivery
7 6 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 6 (6.67%) Time Management
8 5 (5.56%) Customer Experience
8 5 (5.56%) Migration
9 4 (4.44%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (4.44%) Data Protection
9 4 (4.44%) Logistics
9 4 (4.44%) Resource Management
9 4 (4.44%) Runbook
10 3 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (3.33%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (3.33%) Root Cause Analysis
11 2 (2.22%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.44%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.11%) Degree
4 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.33%) MCSA
5 3 (3.33%) MCSE
6 2 (2.22%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.22%) MCP
7 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.11%) CCNA
7 1 (1.11%) CCNP
7 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.78%) SLA
2 4 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (15.56%) SCCM
2 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.44%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.11%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.89%) ServiceNow
3 12 (13.33%) Citrix
4 8 (8.89%) Apple
4 8 (8.89%) Dell
5 7 (7.78%) Bloomberg
6 6 (6.67%) Adobe
6 6 (6.67%) HP
7 4 (4.44%) Becrypt
7 4 (4.44%) Ivanti
8 3 (3.33%) Reuters
9 2 (2.22%) Cisco
9 2 (2.22%) MobileIron
9 2 (2.22%) Okta
9 2 (2.22%) Refinitiv
10 1 (1.11%) Datto
10 1 (1.11%) EMC
10 1 (1.11%) FactSet
10 1 (1.11%) Meraki
10 1 (1.11%) Salesforce