Desktop Support Contracts in London

Desktop Support
England > London

The median Desktop Support daily rate in London is £222, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 277 299
Rank change year-on-year -28 +22 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 55 128 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.73% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.77% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 80 128
10th Percentile £149 £123 £133
25th Percentile £200 £146 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £222 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year +16.58% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £250 £269 £252
90th Percentile £340 £339 £302
England median daily rate £210 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 18
10th Percentile £19.44 £17.57 £24.33
25th Percentile £21.40 £20.22 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £21.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -18.32% +22.43%
75th Percentile £27.46 £25.71 -
90th Percentile £29.13 £27.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £24.86 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.19% -0.58% +24.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,401 16,552 24,293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.94% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,367 11,848 17,742
10th Percentile £332 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 307 275
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.45 £20.24 £22.75
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -25.52% +6.69%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £68.30 £82.40
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.57% +76.02%

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 5 July 2025.

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
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 5 July 2025. 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 +1 14 £275 +80.33% 15
West London +5 2 £200 +6.67% 3
South London -1 1 £250 - 1
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, 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 42 (76.36%) Windows
2 31 (56.36%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (52.73%) Social Skills
4 24 (43.64%) Microsoft
4 24 (43.64%) Active Directory
5 20 (36.36%) Customer Service
6 18 (32.73%) Finance
7 17 (30.91%) Windows 10
8 13 (23.64%) ITIL
9 12 (21.82%) ServiceNow
10 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (20.00%) Asset Management
10 11 (20.00%) SCCM
11 10 (18.18%) Azure
11 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
12 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
12 8 (14.55%) Citrix
12 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
13 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
13 7 (12.73%) Security Cleared
13 7 (12.73%) PowerShell
13 7 (12.73%) HP
13 7 (12.73%) ITSM
14 5 (9.09%) Cisco
14 5 (9.09%) DHCP
14 5 (9.09%) DNS
15 4 (7.27%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
15 4 (7.27%) iPad

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 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.82%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (56.36%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (18.18%) Azure
3 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.45%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.64%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.09%) DHCP
1 5 (9.09%) DNS
2 4 (7.27%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (7.27%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (5.45%) LAN
3 3 (5.45%) WAN
4 2 (3.64%) Firewall
4 2 (3.64%) Internet
4 2 (3.64%) VPN
5 1 (1.82%) Intranet
5 1 (1.82%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.82%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.82%) RFID
5 1 (1.82%) Skype
5 1 (1.82%) VoIP
5 1 (1.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
General
1 29 (52.73%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.73%) Finance
3 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Banking
4 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.64%) Electronics
5 2 (3.64%) Front Office
5 2 (3.64%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.64%) Marketing
5 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) CMDB
1 4 (7.27%) iPad
1 4 (7.27%) iPhone
1 4 (7.27%) Smartphone
2 3 (5.45%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.82%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.82%) Handset
3 1 (1.82%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.82%) Life Science
3 1 (1.82%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.82%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.82%) Replication
3 1 (1.82%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 42 (76.36%) Windows
2 17 (30.91%) Windows 10
3 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.45%) Linux
4 3 (5.45%) Mac OS X
5 2 (3.64%) Android
5 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.64%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.64%) Windows 8
5 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.64%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (36.36%) Customer Service
2 13 (23.64%) ITIL
3 11 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (12.73%) ITSM
5 4 (7.27%) Investment Management
5 4 (7.27%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (7.27%) Time Management
6 3 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (5.45%) IT Asset Management
6 3 (5.45%) Server Management
6 3 (5.45%) Virtual Environments
7 2 (3.64%) Antivirus Management
7 2 (3.64%) Break/Fix
7 2 (3.64%) Change Management
7 2 (3.64%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (3.64%) Patch Management
7 2 (3.64%) Programme Management
7 2 (3.64%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.45%) SQL
3 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.45%) Degree
4 1 (1.82%) CCNA
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.82%) CISSP
4 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.82%) GIAC
4 1 (1.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.82%) MCSA
4 1 (1.82%) MCSE
4 1 (1.82%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) QA
1 3 (5.45%) SLA
2 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (43.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.64%) vSphere
3 2 (3.64%) XenApp
4 1 (1.82%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.82%) Firmware
4 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.82%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (20.00%) SCCM
2 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.64%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (3.64%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 24 (43.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) ServiceNow
3 8 (14.55%) Citrix
4 7 (12.73%) HP
5 5 (9.09%) Cisco
6 4 (7.27%) Apple
6 4 (7.27%) Dell
6 4 (7.27%) Wyse
7 3 (5.45%) Bloomberg
7 3 (5.45%) Remedy
7 3 (5.45%) VMware
8 2 (3.64%) Adobe
8 2 (3.64%) Autodesk
8 2 (3.64%) Google
8 2 (3.64%) McAfee
8 2 (3.64%) Sage
8 2 (3.64%) SAP
8 2 (3.64%) Sophos
8 2 (3.64%) Symantec
8 2 (3.64%) Toshiba