Junior Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in London

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
England > London

The median Junior Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in London is £185, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 392 447
Rank change year-on-year +29 +55 +151
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Junior Desktop Support Engineer 1 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.018% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.020% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - - £105
25th Percentile £183 £123 £110
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £125 £115
Median % change year-on-year +48.00% +8.70% -25.81%
75th Percentile £188 £128 £150
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £185 £125 £115
% change year-on-year +48.00% +8.70% -23.33%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,425 15,294 21,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 94.04% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,358 10,594 15,878
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 193 231
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.88 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.63
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +11.94%
75th Percentile £49.69 £55.00 £64.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Desktop Support Engineer in London

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
DemandTrendContract 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 Junior Desktop Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -4 1 £185 +48.00%
Junior Desktop Support Engineer
England

Junior Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, Junior Desktop Support Engineer 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 Junior Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Junior Desktop Support Engineer 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware