Desktop Support Technician Contracts in London

Desktop Support Technician
England > London

The median Desktop Support Technician daily rate in London is £125 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 490 601
Rank change year-on-year +108 +111 -126
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Technician 6 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.041% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.043% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 3
10th Percentile £116 £105 £157
25th Percentile £123 £210 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 £228 £175
Median % change year-on-year -45.05% +30.00% -22.22%
75th Percentile £132 £250 £219
90th Percentile £192 £273 £238
England median daily rate £128 £225 £188
% change year-on-year -43.33% +20.00% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £33.13
25th Percentile - - £35.94
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £45.94
90th Percentile - - £48.38
England median hourly rate £16.00 £20.93 £32.50
% change year-on-year -23.55% -35.60% +85.71%

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 16,501 25,472 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.25% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,931 18,450 27,143
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.24
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Desktop Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Technician in London

Desktop Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Technician in London

Desktop Support Technician
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Technician in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Technician in London

Desktop Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Technician in London

Desktop Support Technician
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 Support Technician within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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 +39 4 £125 -42.86%
West London - 1 £250 -
Desktop Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Desktop Support Technician 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) iPhone
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (50.00%) Logistics
3 3 (50.00%) LAN
3 3 (50.00%) WAN
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (16.67%) Slack
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Google Sheets
5 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
5 1 (16.67%) Apple
5 1 (16.67%) X-Windows
5 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) SLA
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL

Desktop Support Technician 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Sheets
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) Logistics
1 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft