Desktop Support Contracts in the North East

Desktop Support
England > North East

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the North East is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 49 43
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 6 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.75% 2.16% 2.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 2.21% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £188 £167 £101
25th Percentile £188 £185 £147
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £213 £180
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +18.06% +2.86%
75th Percentile £199 £238 £189
90th Percentile £203 £279 £197
England median daily rate £200 £203 £190
% change year-on-year -1.64% +7.02% +12.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 309 407 492
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 97.84% 97.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 314 389
10th Percentile £190 £231 £145
25th Percentile £363 £400 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £571
90th Percentile £653 £720 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 2 17
10th Percentile £10.42 £32.98 £12.16
25th Percentile £11.50 £35.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £13.99 £40.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.67% +139.71% +23.50%
75th Percentile £46.05 £45.56 £19.91
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £46.15
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the North East

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the North East

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the North East

Desktop Support
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 Support within the North East 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
Durham +3 4 £190 +18.75% 1
Tyne and Wear +13 2 £195 -10.86%
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

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

1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) B2B
2 4 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 4 (66.67%) EPoS
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Patch Management

Desktop Support 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Driving Licence
1 4 (66.67%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) B2B
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft