Deskside Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Perth and Kinross

Deskside Support Engineer
Scotland > Perth and Kinross

The median Deskside Support Engineer daily rate in Perth and Kinross is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Deskside Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Perth and Kinross 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £173 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £178 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £175 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Perth and Kinross

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Perth and Kinross. 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 Perth and Kinross with a recognized job title 8 0 1
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £212 - -
25th Percentile £270 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £485 - £538
90th Percentile £547 - -
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.18 - -
Median hourly rate £16.86 - -
75th Percentile £18.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.60 £17.00
% change year-on-year +78.59% +15.28% -4.06%

Deskside Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Perth and Kinross

For the 6 months to 25 August 2026, Deskside 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 Perth and Kinross region featuring Deskside 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%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Deskside Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Perth and Kinross 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
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%) Inventory Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
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