Desktop Support Contracts in London

Desktop Support
England > London

The median Desktop Support daily rate in London is £200 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 244 319 387
Rank change year-on-year +75 +68 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 150 181 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.84% 0.66% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.70% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 121 144
10th Percentile £113 £135 £131
25th Percentile £146 £153 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £213 £200
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £280 £250 £250
90th Percentile £448 £300 £288
England median daily rate £204 £200 £189
% change year-on-year +1.88% +5.96% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 16
10th Percentile £17.59 £24.33 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 - £18.75
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.71 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -18.32% +19.78% +4.71%
75th Percentile £25.71 - £24.19
90th Percentile £26.36 - £41.88
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% +22.37% +4.11%

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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support 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 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support 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 April 2024.

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 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 +25 31 £250 +58.73% 4
West London +14 5 £250 +56.25% 1
South London +5 3 £205 -
East London -10 2 £288 +71.64%
Desktop Support
England

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

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

1 107 (71.33%) Windows
2 55 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (35.33%) Social Skills
4 51 (34.00%) Microsoft
5 49 (32.67%) Customer Service
6 47 (31.33%) Active Directory
7 36 (24.00%) Windows 10
8 35 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
9 29 (19.33%) ITIL
10 27 (18.00%) SCCM
11 22 (14.67%) Finance
12 20 (13.33%) VPN
12 20 (13.33%) Asset Management
13 19 (12.67%) Banking
14 18 (12.00%) Azure
15 17 (11.33%) Windows 7
15 17 (11.33%) ServiceNow
16 16 (10.67%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
17 15 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
17 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
17 15 (10.00%) Android
18 14 (9.33%) SLA
18 14 (9.33%) Citrix
19 13 (8.67%) Windows Server
20 12 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
20 12 (8.00%) Mac OS
20 12 (8.00%) Apple
21 11 (7.33%) Blackberry
21 11 (7.33%) Service Delivery

Desktop Support 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 15 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (2.67%) CMS
2 4 (2.67%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (12.00%) Azure
3 7 (4.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.67%) AWS
4 1 (0.67%) Azure Stack
4 1 (0.67%) Google Sheets
4 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.67%) Slack
4 1 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.33%) VPN
2 10 (6.67%) Wireless
3 8 (5.33%) Firewall
4 7 (4.67%) Internet
4 7 (4.67%) LAN
4 7 (4.67%) WAN
5 4 (2.67%) Skype
6 3 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.33%) FTP
8 1 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.67%) DNS
8 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.67%) SAN
8 1 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Hudson
General
1 53 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.67%) Finance
3 19 (12.67%) Banking
4 16 (10.67%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.00%) Legal
7 8 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (4.67%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.67%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (2.00%) Retail
11 2 (1.33%) Front Office
11 2 (1.33%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.33%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.33%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.67%) Back Office
12 1 (0.67%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.67%) Law
12 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.33%) XMPP
2 1 (0.67%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.33%) Blackberry
1 11 (7.33%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.00%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (4.00%) iPhone
4 5 (3.33%) Wiki
5 4 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.00%) iPad
6 3 (2.00%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.33%) BYOD
7 2 (1.33%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.33%) NHS
7 2 (1.33%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.67%) CMDB
8 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.67%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 107 (71.33%) Windows
2 36 (24.00%) Windows 10
3 17 (11.33%) Windows 7
4 15 (10.00%) Android
5 13 (8.67%) Windows Server
6 12 (8.00%) Mac OS
7 8 (5.33%) Apple iOS
8 7 (4.67%) Windows 8
9 6 (4.00%) Mac OS X
10 4 (2.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (32.67%) Customer Service
2 29 (19.33%) ITIL
3 20 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 16 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (7.33%) Customer Requirements
5 11 (7.33%) Service Delivery
6 10 (6.67%) Break/Fix
7 9 (6.00%) ITSM
8 8 (5.33%) Investment Management
9 7 (4.67%) Information Security
9 7 (4.67%) Inventory Management
9 7 (4.67%) Performance Management
10 6 (4.00%) Decision-Making
10 6 (4.00%) Time Management
11 5 (3.33%) Change Management
11 5 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (3.33%) Customer Experience
11 5 (3.33%) Data Protection
11 5 (3.33%) Technical Leadership
12 4 (2.67%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.33%) Degree
3 10 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.33%) MCP
6 1 (0.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.67%) CISM
6 1 (0.67%) CISSP
6 1 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.67%) MCSA
6 1 (0.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.33%) SLA
2 5 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 47 (31.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.33%) Firmware
4 4 (2.67%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (18.00%) SCCM
2 10 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (3.33%) WSUS
5 2 (1.33%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 51 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.33%) ServiceNow
3 14 (9.33%) Citrix
4 12 (8.00%) Apple
5 10 (6.67%) Bloomberg
6 7 (4.67%) Dell
7 6 (4.00%) Cisco
7 6 (4.00%) Reuters
8 5 (3.33%) Adobe
9 4 (2.67%) Becrypt
9 4 (2.67%) Ivanti
9 4 (2.67%) TOWER Software
9 4 (2.67%) Veeam
10 3 (2.00%) Cognizant
10 3 (2.00%) HP
11 2 (1.33%) Computacenter
11 2 (1.33%) iManage
11 2 (1.33%) MobileIron
11 2 (1.33%) Okta
11 2 (1.33%) Remedy