Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the South East is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 162 190
Rank change year-on-year +11 +28 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 54 55 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.97% 0.94% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.00% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 44 43
10th Percentile £179 £173 £128
25th Percentile £205 £200 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £203 £190
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% +7.02% +26.67%
75th Percentile £218 £243 £238
90th Percentile £225 £250 £250
England median daily rate £200 £200 £184
% change year-on-year - +8.84% +8.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - £21.60 £12.54
25th Percentile - £22.50 £16.58
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile - £29.63 £21.04
90th Percentile - £29.85 £21.05
England median hourly rate £18.91 £24.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -22.03% +24.36% +0.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Thames Valley +25 31 £215 +7.50%
Berkshire +4 24 £215 +26.47%
Kent +22 19 £205 +2.50% 2
Buckinghamshire +27 5 £220 -44.44%
Oxfordshire +8 2 £133 -47.00%
Hampshire -24 2 £130 -36.59%
Surrey +8 1 £183 -27.00%
West Sussex +2 1 - -
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 South East region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (85.19%) Windows
2 39 (72.22%) Windows 10
3 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
3 23 (42.59%) SCCM
4 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
5 21 (38.89%) Security Cleared
5 21 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (37.04%) Windows 7
6 20 (37.04%) Manufacturing
6 20 (37.04%) Telecoms
6 20 (37.04%) HP
6 20 (37.04%) ITIL
7 19 (35.19%) SAP
7 19 (35.19%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (35.19%) Finance
7 19 (35.19%) Electronics
7 19 (35.19%) Programme Management
7 19 (35.19%) Marketing
7 19 (35.19%) Digital Marketing
7 19 (35.19%) Public Sector
7 19 (35.19%) Customer Service
8 18 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (33.33%) Hardware Maintenance
8 18 (33.33%) Driving Licence
8 18 (33.33%) DV Cleared
8 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
8 18 (33.33%) NHS
9 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (7.41%) Apple
10 4 (7.41%) Asset Management

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) VPN
1 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.85%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.85%) LAN
2 1 (1.85%) Wireless
2 1 (1.85%) WLAN
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 20 (37.04%) Manufacturing
2 20 (37.04%) Telecoms
3 19 (35.19%) Electronics
3 19 (35.19%) Finance
3 19 (35.19%) Marketing
3 19 (35.19%) Public Sector
4 18 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 18 (33.33%) NHS
2 3 (5.56%) CMDB
3 2 (3.70%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.70%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.85%) iPhone
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (85.19%) Windows
2 39 (72.22%) Windows 10
3 20 (37.04%) Windows 7
4 3 (5.56%) Android
4 3 (5.56%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.70%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.85%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (37.04%) ITIL
3 19 (35.19%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (35.19%) Customer Service
3 19 (35.19%) Digital Marketing
3 19 (35.19%) Programme Management
4 18 (33.33%) Hardware Maintenance
5 4 (7.41%) Asset Management
6 3 (5.56%) Break/Fix
6 3 (5.56%) Configuration Management
6 3 (5.56%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (1.85%) Change Management
7 1 (1.85%) Coaching
7 1 (1.85%) Customer Experience
7 1 (1.85%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (1.85%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (1.85%) Project Management
7 1 (1.85%) Roadmaps
7 1 (1.85%) Service Management
7 1 (1.85%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (42.59%) SCCM
2 1 (1.85%) AirWatch
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 20 (37.04%) HP
3 19 (35.19%) SAP
4 4 (7.41%) Apple
4 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.70%) Remedy
6 1 (1.85%) Adobe
6 1 (1.85%) Cisco
6 1 (1.85%) Citrix
6 1 (1.85%) Ivanti