Desktop Engineer Contracts in the North East

Desktop Engineer
England > North East

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the North East is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 35 51
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 10 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 3.13% 0.89% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 0.98% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 4
10th Percentile £143 £142 £170
25th Percentile £153 £159 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £195 £219
Median % change year-on-year -20.51% -10.86% +36.72%
75th Percentile £203 £203 £255
90th Percentile £206 - £286
England median daily rate £210 £205 £200
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 308 305 414
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 90.24% 97.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 140 319
10th Percentile £200 £190 £231
25th Percentile £344 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% -12.04% +13.68%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £625
90th Percentile £638 £653 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 63 2
10th Percentile - £10.42 £32.98
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.50 £35.56
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -65.67% +139.71%
75th Percentile £23.97 £34.50 £45.56
90th Percentile £49.73 £50.00 £47.93
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the North East

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the North East

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the North East

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear -3 5 £195 -
Durham - 5 £155 -
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 North East region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
4 3 (30.00%) Service Management
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (10.00%) ITSM
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (10.00%) Bomgar
5 1 (10.00%) WebEx
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Data Centre

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) WebEx
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
1 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
1 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (10.00%) ITSM
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Bomgar