Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in the South West

Desktop Support Engineer
England > South West

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the South West is £184 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 132 133
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 20 38 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.63% 1.05% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.14% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 33 31
10th Percentile £136 - £131
25th Percentile £143 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £184 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £199 £215 £200
90th Percentile £200 £250 £230
England median daily rate £200 £200 £188
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 10
10th Percentile - £12.67 £15.95
25th Percentile - £13.32 £16.74
Median hourly rate - £14.72 £21.61
Median % change year-on-year - -31.90% +30.95%
75th Percentile - £16.18 £25.00
90th Percentile - £16.87 £27.75
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -21.17% +21.05% +5.56%

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 2,975 3,338 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 92.52% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,501 2,548
10th Percentile £209 £263 £225
25th Percentile £384 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +8.99%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £714 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 266 204
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.04 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +37.57% +11.18%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.64
90th Percentile £77.50 £84.38 £69.12
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South West

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South West

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the South West

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South West

Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Gloucestershire +7 6 £200 - 1
Somerset +7 5 £195 +38.05% 2
Bristol +6 4 £190 -5.00% 1
Wiltshire -10 3 £145 -28.92%
Devon - 2 £160 -
Desktop Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 West region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) SC Cleared
2 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
5 8 (40.00%) SCCM
6 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
7 5 (25.00%) Patch Management
7 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
7 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (20.00%) CMDB
8 4 (20.00%) Information Security
8 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
8 4 (20.00%) Line Management
8 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
8 4 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
8 4 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
8 4 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
8 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
9 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (15.00%) Server Management
9 3 (15.00%) Break/Fix
9 3 (15.00%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
9 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
9 3 (15.00%) Software Deployment
9 3 (15.00%) Network Management

Desktop Support 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 (15.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Internet
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (5.00%) WebEx
2 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.00%) Wireless
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) CMDB
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 4 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
3 4 (20.00%) Information Security
3 4 (20.00%) Line Management
3 4 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (15.00%) Application Packaging
4 3 (15.00%) Break/Fix
4 3 (15.00%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.00%) Network Management
4 3 (15.00%) Server Management
4 3 (15.00%) Software Deployment
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Apple
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco