Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Desktop Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 18 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 23 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 12.57% 8.11% 6.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.69% 9.26% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 8
10th Percentile £186 £190 -
25th Percentile £216 £210 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £220 £178
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% +23.66% +4.41%
75th Percentile £288 £241 £240
90th Percentile - £250 £257
South West median daily rate £243 £225 £215
% change year-on-year +7.78% +4.65% +4.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 168 162 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 87.57% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 113 118
10th Percentile £194 £200 £158
25th Percentile £225 £250 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £599 £588
90th Percentile £662 £675 £690
South West median daily rate £522 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.26% -3.74% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 28
10th Percentile £23.09 - £30.50
25th Percentile £34.33 £12.50 £45.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £16.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -69.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £62.25 £47.50 £60.82
90th Percentile £67.70 £59.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £26.97 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -58.51% +15.06% -8.15%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Somerset

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Yeovil - 13 £275 -
Bridgwater 0 5 £220 -2.22%
Street 0 4 £190 -2.56%
Taunton - 1 £400 -
Desktop Engineer
South West

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, 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 Somerset region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (82.61%) Security Cleared
3 18 (78.26%) SC Cleared
4 14 (60.87%) Customer Service
5 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 13 (56.52%) PABX
5 13 (56.52%) Windows 10
6 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (30.43%) GDPR
7 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
8 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
8 6 (26.09%) ITIL
8 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
8 6 (26.09%) Service Delivery
8 6 (26.09%) SLA
9 5 (21.74%) Azure
9 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (17.39%) Antivirus Management
10 4 (17.39%) Logistics
10 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
11 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
11 3 (13.04%) Data Entry
11 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
12 2 (8.70%) Inventory Management
12 2 (8.70%) VPN
13 1 (4.35%) Cisco
13 1 (4.35%) Degree
13 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
13 1 (4.35%) HP

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (56.52%) PABX
2 2 (8.70%) VPN
General
1 21 (91.30%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Aerospace
2 6 (26.09%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Military
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Self-Motivation
1 13 (56.52%) Smartphone
2 1 (4.35%) iPad
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (56.52%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Customer Service
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (17.39%) Logistics
5 3 (13.04%) Data Entry
5 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Inventory Management
7 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) Patch Management
7 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (4.35%) Service Management
7 1 (4.35%) Time Management
7 1 (4.35%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) Security Cleared
2 18 (78.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) GDPR
2 6 (26.09%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) McAfee
3 1 (4.35%) Starlink