Desktop Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £122 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 138 125
Rank change year-on-year +21 -13 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 14 26 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.52% 0.77% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.81% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 49
10th Percentile £117 £135 £110
25th Percentile £118 £145 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £122 £200 £166
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +20.48% +2.15%
75th Percentile £141 £250 £195
90th Percentile £184 - £255
England median daily rate £205 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile - £15.24 £15.90
25th Percentile - £15.46 £16.49
Median hourly rate £17.00 £16.45 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.99% +2.94%
75th Percentile - £17.21 £24.00
90th Percentile - £17.28 £37.50
England median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,488 3,198 4,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.70% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,673 2,252 3,504
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £328 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 124 167
10th Percentile £11.86 £12.15 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.07 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.18
90th Percentile £52.56 £62.75 £34.70
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
West Midlands +21 8 £117 -40.00%
East Midlands +12 6 £122 -39.00% 1
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Desktop 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 Midlands region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (35.71%) Change Management
4 5 (35.71%) Application Packaging
4 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
4 5 (35.71%) DNS
4 5 (35.71%) NetApp
4 5 (35.71%) Citrix
4 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (35.71%) Patch Management
4 5 (35.71%) NetScaler
4 5 (35.71%) XenApp
4 5 (35.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 5 (35.71%) XenDesktop
4 5 (35.71%) Azure
4 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
4 5 (35.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (35.71%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 4 (28.57%) Windows 7
5 4 (28.57%) Windows Vista

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 5 (35.71%) Azure
3 5 (35.71%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) DNS
1 5 (35.71%) NetScaler
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 4 (28.57%) Windows Vista
5 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Application Packaging
1 5 (35.71%) Change Management
1 5 (35.71%) Patch Management
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Time Management
5 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 1 (7.14%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) MCSE
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (35.71%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (35.71%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (35.71%) XenApp
2 5 (35.71%) XenDesktop
3 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Citrix
2 5 (35.71%) NetApp
3 2 (14.29%) Apple
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow