Desktop Manager Contracts in London

Desktop Manager
England > London

The median Desktop Manager daily rate in London is £599 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 479 568
Rank change year-on-year +100 +89 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Manager 15 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.084% 0.059% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.062% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 13
10th Percentile £410 £422 £501
25th Percentile £500 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £440 £625
Median % change year-on-year +36.08% -29.60% +56.25%
75th Percentile £691 £500 £725
90th Percentile £700 £605 £769
England median daily rate £550 £440 £525
% change year-on-year +25.00% -16.19% +10.53%

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 16,640 26,016 37,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.31% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,027 18,790 27,160
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 295 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.45 £77.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Desktop Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Manager in London

Desktop Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Manager in London

Desktop Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Manager in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Manager in London

Desktop Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Manager in London

Desktop Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +42 4 - -
Desktop Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Desktop Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (20.00%) Project Management
4 3 (20.00%) Matrix Management
4 3 (20.00%) AWS
4 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (20.00%) Business Case
4 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (20.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
5 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Cognizant
5 2 (13.33%) Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management

Desktop Manager 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (6.67%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (20.00%) Business Case
1 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (20.00%) Matrix Management
1 3 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
1 3 (20.00%) Migration
1 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (13.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Coaching
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (6.67%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cognizant
3 1 (6.67%) Iron Mountain