Desktop Support Technician Contracts in the North of England

Desktop Support Technician
England > North of England

The median Desktop Support Technician daily rate in the North of England is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 187 206
Rank change year-on-year +17 +19 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Technician 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.028% 0.062% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.067% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £128 £220
Median % change year-on-year +56.86% -42.05% +15.79%
England median daily rate £200 £128 £215
% change year-on-year +56.86% -40.70% +13.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,274 4,511 5,211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 92.78% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,165 2,741 3,620
10th Percentile £263 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £388 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £576 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 443 169
10th Percentile £12.58 £11.11 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.13 £13.23 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.14 £23.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% -9.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £47.50 £43.48
90th Percentile £76.11 £68.75 £56.38
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%

Desktop Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Desktop Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Technician in the North of England

Desktop Support Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Technician in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Technician in the North of England

Desktop Support Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Technician in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Technician in the North of England

Desktop Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 5
Desktop Support Technician
England

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Desktop Support Technician 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 of England region featuring Desktop Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Spiceworks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Desktop Support Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Spiceworks