Desktop Engineer Contracts in Oxfordshire

Desktop Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire is £191 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 34 31
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.68% 0.40% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 0.44% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £112
25th Percentile £131 - £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £191 £250 £118
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% +112.77% -16.07%
75th Percentile £250 - £119
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £215 £200 £175
% change year-on-year +7.50% +14.29% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 190 229 265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.82% 91.97% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 149 217
10th Percentile £133 £250 £162
25th Percentile £174 £350 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.41% -
75th Percentile £505 £569 £564
90th Percentile £575 £671 £625
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 21
10th Percentile £13.00 - £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.08 £17.42
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.95 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +29.75% +6.52%
75th Percentile £26.00 £30.76 £21.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £51.63 £43.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +114.29% -16.00%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Oxfordshire

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Oxford - 4 £250 -
Abingdon - 2 £133 -
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (50.00%) SCCM
3 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Police
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow