Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Desktop Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Stoke-on-Trent is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 15.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 15.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £202 - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - -
75th Percentile £215 - -
90th Percentile £218 - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £210 - £175
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 13 32 55
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 94.12% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 38
10th Percentile £200 - £404
25th Percentile £285 £110 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £275 £503
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -45.27% +43.57%
75th Percentile £499 £419 £575
90th Percentile £638 £489 £625
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £374 £500
% change year-on-year -6.42% -25.20% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.78 - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £30.00 £34.47 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.96% +43.60% +20.85%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow