Desktop Engineer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 68 55
Rank change year-on-year +28 -13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 5 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.27% 0.93% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.00% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £201 £166 £162
25th Percentile £203 £184 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £225 £404 £200
90th Percentile £227 £592 £236
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £210 £200 £175
% change year-on-year +5.00% +14.29% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 368 699 652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.08% 97.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 570 508
10th Percentile £269 £310 £200
25th Percentile £406 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% - +2.70%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £570
90th Percentile £725 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 37
10th Percentile £15.85 £9.87 £10.29
25th Percentile £18.00 £10.42 -
Median hourly rate £22.58 £11.58 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +94.99% +7.52% -20.07%
75th Percentile £30.00 £12.50 £14.51
90th Percentile £48.75 £12.89 £23.50
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £23.75 £13.16 £11.84
% change year-on-year +80.47% +11.20% -15.31%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Milton Keynes

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (20.00%) Apple
3 1 (20.00%) Remedy
3 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy
2 1 (20.00%) SAP