Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in South London

Desktop Support Engineer
London > South London

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in South London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.57% - 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £171
25th Percentile - - £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £205
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.82%
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £200 £185 £173
% change year-on-year +8.11% +7.25% -11.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 159 225 350
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 97.40% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 155 273
10th Percentile £213 £244 £213
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £742 £630 £758
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.39% +0.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 14
10th Percentile £22.49 £17.10 £16.13
25th Percentile £24.41 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £36.94
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -36.38% -21.97%
75th Percentile £30.80 £79.38 £50.42
90th Percentile £32.72 £83.75 £54.94
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% -22.86% -

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in South London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in South London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in South London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Croydon - 1 £250 -
Desktop Support Engineer
London

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse