Desktop Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Desktop Support Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £270 £171 £275
% change year-on-year +57.89% -37.82% +27.91%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 205 293 249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 96.38% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 257 190
10th Percentile £330 £268 £351
25th Percentile £400 £345 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £375 £445
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -15.73% -6.32%
75th Percentile £588 £450 £550
90th Percentile £600 £525 £601
East Midlands median daily rate £488 £403 £450
% change year-on-year +21.12% -10.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 6
10th Percentile £14.13 £17.57 -
25th Percentile £14.56 - £11.83
Median hourly rate £14.83 £21.39 £12.22
Median % change year-on-year -30.67% +75.04% -7.25%
75th Percentile £22.55 - £22.13
90th Percentile £34.30 £38.20 £42.03
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £21.39 £21.25
% change year-on-year -14.40% +0.66% +3.66%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Desktop Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Daventry - 1 £250 -
Desktop Support Engineer
East Midlands

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, Desktop Support 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
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
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft