Desktop Support Contract Job Trends in London

Desktop Support
England > London

The median Desktop Support daily rate in London is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 294 295
Rank change year-on-year -80 +1 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 74 70 90
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.36% 0.52% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.56% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 45 52
10th Percentile £140 £159 £127
25th Percentile £171 £170 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £222 £200
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% +10.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £240 £275 £269
90th Percentile £300 £345 £273
England median daily rate £210 £220 £205
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £27.40 £24.76 -
25th Percentile £33.25 £24.91 £18.13
Median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.94% -6.85% +5.02%
75th Percentile £56.75 £27.70 -
90th Percentile £63.20 £29.23 -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £29.60 £27.00
% change year-on-year -25.68% +9.63% +36.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,988 12,399 15,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 92.71% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,280 8,291 10,016
10th Percentile £363 £331 £343
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £672 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 204 178
10th Percentile £17.32 £17.00 £17.43
25th Percentile £22.25 £22.98 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £29.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.76% -17.04% -6.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £57.13
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.40 £75.38
England median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +2.62%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Desktop Support job vacancy trend in London

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support job vacancies in London

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in London over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support job vacancies in London

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support in London over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. 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 -24 12 £225 -14.29% 2
West London -20 4 £240 -1.03%
East London - 3 £145 -
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Desktop Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 70 (94.59%) Windows
2 43 (58.11%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (52.70%) Active Directory
3 39 (52.70%) Microsoft
4 27 (36.49%) ITSM
5 26 (35.14%) ITIL
6 22 (29.73%) Customer Service
7 20 (27.03%) Degree
7 20 (27.03%) ServiceNow
8 19 (25.68%) Mac OS
9 15 (20.27%) Asset Management
9 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (20.27%) VPN
10 14 (18.92%) Citrix
11 13 (17.57%) Migration
11 13 (17.57%) PowerShell
11 13 (17.57%) SCCM
12 12 (16.22%) OneDrive
12 12 (16.22%) Service Management
12 12 (16.22%) Virtual Desktop
13 11 (14.86%) SharePoint
14 10 (13.51%) A+ Certification
14 10 (13.51%) Windows 10
15 9 (12.16%) Apple iOS
15 9 (12.16%) DHCP
15 9 (12.16%) DNS
15 9 (12.16%) Entra ID
15 9 (12.16%) Service Delivery
15 9 (12.16%) TCP/IP
16 8 (10.81%) Azure

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (14.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (58.11%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.22%) OneDrive
3 9 (12.16%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.81%) Azure
5 7 (9.46%) SaaS
6 2 (2.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.27%) VPN
2 9 (12.16%) DHCP
2 9 (12.16%) DNS
2 9 (12.16%) TCP/IP
3 8 (10.81%) Wireless
4 3 (4.05%) Network Security
4 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.70%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (2.70%) Value-Added Service
5 2 (2.70%) WebEx
6 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.35%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) JIRA
General
1 38 (51.35%) Finance
2 29 (39.19%) Social Skills
3 19 (25.68%) Banking
4 13 (17.57%) Financial Institution
4 13 (17.57%) Investment Banking
5 11 (14.86%) Legal
6 10 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (13.51%) Spanish Language
7 6 (8.11%) Front Office
8 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.35%) Law
10 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 30 (40.54%) Onboarding
2 14 (18.92%) Hedge funds
3 6 (8.11%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (6.76%) iPhone
4 5 (6.76%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.35%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.35%) iPad
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (94.59%) Windows
2 19 (25.68%) Mac OS
3 10 (13.51%) Windows 10
4 9 (12.16%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.41%) Android
6 2 (2.70%) Linux
7 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.49%) ITSM
2 26 (35.14%) ITIL
3 22 (29.73%) Customer Service
4 15 (20.27%) Asset Management
5 13 (17.57%) Migration
6 12 (16.22%) Service Management
7 9 (12.16%) Service Delivery
8 7 (9.46%) Break/Fix
8 7 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (9.46%) Incident Management
8 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (6.76%) Data Protection
9 5 (6.76%) Software Deployment
10 4 (5.41%) AI
10 4 (5.41%) Change Management
10 4 (5.41%) Mentoring
10 4 (5.41%) Task Automation
10 4 (5.41%) User Experience
11 3 (4.05%) Knowledge Management
11 3 (4.05%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.05%) Python
2 3 (4.05%) SQL
2 3 (4.05%) VBScript
3 1 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) Degree
2 10 (13.51%) A+ Certification
3 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) CCNP
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (52.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.35%) vSphere
4 1 (1.35%) zsh
Systems Management
1 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (17.57%) SCCM
3 1 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 39 (52.70%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.03%) ServiceNow
3 14 (18.92%) Citrix
4 8 (10.81%) VMware
5 5 (6.76%) Apple
5 5 (6.76%) Cisco
6 4 (5.41%) Bloomberg
7 3 (4.05%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (4.05%) McAfee
8 2 (2.70%) Adobe
8 2 (2.70%) Autodesk
8 2 (2.70%) Google
8 2 (2.70%) HP
8 2 (2.70%) Samsung
8 2 (2.70%) Symantec
9 1 (1.35%) Altiris
9 1 (1.35%) Meraki
9 1 (1.35%) Remedy
9 1 (1.35%) Reuters
9 1 (1.35%) Zscaler
27 Desktop Support jobs in London