Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Desktop Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 115 128
Rank change year-on-year +17 +13 -38
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 3 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.20% 0.16% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.16% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £138 -
25th Percentile £140 £146 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £160 £133
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +20.75% -11.67%
75th Percentile £164 £165 £210
90th Percentile £174 £168 £254
North West median daily rate £140 £208 £145
% change year-on-year -32.53% +43.10% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.58
Median hourly rate - - £23.06
75th Percentile - - £23.53
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £23.06
% change year-on-year - - +21.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,457 1,844 2,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.67% 96.75% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 1,378 1,965
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £394 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £575
90th Percentile £691 £663 £650
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 57 62
10th Percentile £12.02 £14.15 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.82
Median hourly rate £24.15 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.01% +100.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.94 £47.50 £22.90
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.60 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.83%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Manchester

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Manchester

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Manchester

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 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
Sale - 1 £145 -
Desktop Support Engineer
North West

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery