Desktop Engineer Contracts in the South West

Desktop Engineer
England > South West

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the South West is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 130 115
Rank change year-on-year +15 -15 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 35 45 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.09% 1.22% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.32% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 41
10th Percentile £141 £177 £131
25th Percentile £147 - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -4.00%
75th Percentile £250 £215 £215
90th Percentile - £250 £250
England median daily rate £205 £200 £177
% change year-on-year +2.50% +13.31% +10.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 11
10th Percentile - £12.67 £15.88
25th Percentile - £13.32 £16.75
Median hourly rate - £14.72 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.14% +51.52%
75th Percentile - £16.18 -
90th Percentile - £16.87 £27.75
England median hourly rate £20.00 £17.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year +12.68% -11.25% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,002 3,405 3,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 92.33% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,949 2,544 2,545
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £706 £713 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 282 197
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.50 £51.25 £16.80
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.69 £62.50
90th Percentile £77.60 £83.75 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bristol +13 10 £225 +12.50% 2
Gloucestershire +19 9 £200 - 1
Somerset +4 7 £185 +32.14% 4
Wiltshire -8 4 £145 -28.92%
Devon +2 3 £178 -55.50% 1
Dorset +4 1 £250 +25.00%
Cornwall - 1 £250 -
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 South West region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (68.57%) Windows
2 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (34.29%) SCCM
4 12 (34.29%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (34.29%) Active Directory
4 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 7 (20.00%) PowerShell
6 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
7 5 (14.29%) Windows 7
7 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
8 4 (11.43%) Azure
8 4 (11.43%) Information Security
8 4 (11.43%) CMDB
8 4 (11.43%) Software Deployment
8 4 (11.43%) Performance Monitoring
8 4 (11.43%) Line Management
8 4 (11.43%) Patch Management
8 4 (11.43%) Preventative Maintenance
8 4 (11.43%) Antivirus Management
8 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
9 3 (8.57%) Server Management
9 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
9 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
9 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
9 3 (8.57%) Virtual Desktop

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (8.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.43%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Internet
2 1 (2.86%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.86%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.86%) WebEx
2 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.86%) Wireless
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.43%) CMDB
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) Handset
5 1 (2.86%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (68.57%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.86%) Android
5 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
3 4 (11.43%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (11.43%) Information Security
3 4 (11.43%) Line Management
3 4 (11.43%) Patch Management
3 4 (11.43%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (11.43%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
3 4 (11.43%) Software Deployment
4 3 (8.57%) Application Packaging
4 3 (8.57%) Break/Fix
4 3 (8.57%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
4 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
4 3 (8.57%) Migration
4 3 (8.57%) Network Management
4 3 (8.57%) Server Management
4 3 (8.57%) Service Management
5 2 (5.71%) Customer-Centric Approach
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.86%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.86%) MCDST
3 1 (2.86%) MCSA
3 1 (2.86%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.86%) Firmware
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.86%) XenApp
3 1 (2.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (34.29%) SCCM
2 2 (5.71%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.86%) SCOM
3 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Citrix
3 1 (2.86%) Apple
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco
3 1 (2.86%) Dell
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow