Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in North Yorkshire is £255, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 1.85% 1.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.37% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £251 - -
25th Percentile £251 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 - -
75th Percentile £261 - -
90th Percentile £264 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £230 £225 -
% change year-on-year +2.22% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North Yorkshire. 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 North Yorkshire with a recognized job title 95 73 134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.96% 89.02% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 31 98
10th Percentile £120 £200 £150
25th Percentile £200 £275 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £351 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -12.38% -4.19%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £469
90th Percentile £633 £638 £556
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 7
10th Percentile £40.19 £12.05 £12.54
25th Percentile £45.75 £14.75 £14.91
Median hourly rate £49.50 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +182.86% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.13 £18.75 £20.38
90th Percentile £57.25 - £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £20.00 £17.57
% change year-on-year +37.50% +13.83% -18.28%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in North Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in North Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in North Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in North Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Pickering - 1 £260 -
Tadcaster - 1 £250 -
Desktop Engineer
Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Desktop Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North Yorkshire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow