Senior Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Senior Desktop Engineer
England > South West

The median Senior Desktop Engineer daily rate in the South West is £290, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 140 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Desktop Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.052% 0.038% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.042% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £285 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £290 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -17.14% - +10.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,726 2,409 3,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.29% 92.48% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 1,452 2,133
10th Percentile £222 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £715 £700 £713
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 249 283
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £18.30
25th Percentile £18.13 £42.50 £42.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +6.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.92
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.55 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Senior Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Desktop Engineer in the South West

Senior Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Senior Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Senior 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 Senior Desktop Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Devon - 1 £290 -
Senior Desktop Engineer
England

Senior Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow