Desktop Specialist Contracts in the Midlands

Desktop Specialist
England > Midlands

As of 3 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Desktop Specialist daily rate in the Midlands.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 - 204
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.036% - 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% - 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £169
25th Percentile - - £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £213
75th Percentile - - £253
90th Percentile - - £266
England median daily rate £200 £300 £175
% change year-on-year -33.33% +71.43% -39.13%

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 2,522 3,231 4,815
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 94.72% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,272 3,527
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 174
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £13.81
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.07% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Desktop Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Specialist in the Midlands

Desktop Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Specialist in the Midlands

Desktop Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Specialist in the Midlands

Desktop Specialist
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 Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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 - 1 - -
Desktop Specialist
England

Desktop Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Desktop Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) New Relic
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) SysTrack

Desktop Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) New Relic
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI