Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Staffordshire

Desktop Support Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Staffordshire.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.99% - 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% - 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £145
West Midlands median daily rate £200 £145 £145
% change year-on-year +37.93% - -25.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 64 94 136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.52% 89.52% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 58 100
10th Percentile £140 £248 £162
25th Percentile £150 £325 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £488 £472 £566
90th Percentile £549 £529 £677
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 7
10th Percentile £12.40 - £19.50
25th Percentile £13.78 £14.71 £21.58
Median hourly rate £17.62 £26.60 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year -33.77% +18.71% +17.64%
75th Percentile £20.24 £42.50 £51.63
90th Percentile £23.82 £51.25 £52.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Staffordshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Staffordshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Staffordshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 - -
Stafford - 1 - -
Desktop Support Engineer
West Midlands

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 1 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 Staffordshire region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (50.00%) Quark
2 1 (50.00%) QuarkXPress

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (50.00%) Final Cut Pro
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) QuarkXPress
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Quark