Desktop Support Contracts in the South West

Desktop Support
England > South West

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the South West is £190 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 122 110 107
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 30 66 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.94% 1.80% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.95% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 52 43
10th Percentile £142 £165 £132
25th Percentile £178 - £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £214 £250 £200
90th Percentile £238 £334 £229
England median daily rate £203 £200 £189
% change year-on-year +1.25% +5.96% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 12
10th Percentile - £13.53 £16.05
25th Percentile £26.75 £15.47 £17.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £18.93 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.53% -22.72% +48.48%
75th Percentile £30.25 £22.95 £25.00
90th Percentile - £26.58 £27.48
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% +22.37% +4.11%

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 2,978 3,385 3,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.33% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,914 2,526 2,533
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 277 202
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £51.25 £17.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £65.00 £45.60
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +42.54% +7.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.33
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
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 within the South West 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
Gloucestershire +13 9 £225 +12.50% 1
Wiltshire -22 7 £145 -29.10%
Bristol +5 6 £190 -5.00% 3
Somerset +2 5 £250 +50.38% 4
Devon 0 2 £160 -35.90%
Dorset +6 1 £205 -
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 in the job title.

1 26 (86.67%) Windows
2 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
3 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
4 11 (36.67%) Windows 10
4 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
4 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
5 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (30.00%) SCCM
7 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
8 4 (13.33%) Line Management
8 4 (13.33%) Patch Management
8 4 (13.33%) Antivirus Management
8 4 (13.33%) Preventative Maintenance
8 4 (13.33%) Project Delivery
8 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
8 4 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (13.33%) Information Security
8 4 (13.33%) CMDB
8 4 (13.33%) Software Deployment
8 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (13.33%) Performance Monitoring
8 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
9 3 (10.00%) Network Management
9 3 (10.00%) Application Packaging
9 3 (10.00%) Operations Management
9 3 (10.00%) LAN
9 3 (10.00%) Internet

Desktop Support 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 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (10.00%) Internet
2 3 (10.00%) LAN
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.33%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.33%) WebEx
3 1 (3.33%) Wireless
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) CMDB
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) iPad
3 1 (3.33%) iPhone
3 1 (3.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (86.67%) Windows
2 11 (36.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.67%) Android
6 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.33%) Antivirus Management
2 4 (13.33%) Information Security
2 4 (13.33%) Line Management
2 4 (13.33%) Patch Management
2 4 (13.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (13.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 4 (13.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (13.33%) Software Deployment
3 3 (10.00%) Application Packaging
3 3 (10.00%) Break/Fix
3 3 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (10.00%) Network Management
3 3 (10.00%) Operations Management
3 3 (10.00%) Security Patching
3 3 (10.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.33%) MCSA
2 1 (3.33%) MCSE
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) SCCM
2 2 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) Apple
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.33%) Dell