Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in Telford

Desktop Engineer
Shropshire > Telford

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Telford is £109, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +76
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.43% - 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £109 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - +85.19%
Shropshire median daily rate £109 £250 £200
% change year-on-year -56.40% +25.00% +85.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 209 83 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 86.46% 97.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 73 24
10th Percentile £350 £300 £229
25th Percentile £430 £360 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £477 £480
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -0.63% -9.43%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £528
90th Percentile £555 £563 £583
Shropshire median daily rate £500 £466 £475
% change year-on-year +7.35% -1.95% -10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £18.68 £23.60 -
% change year-on-year -20.85% - -

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in Telford

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Telford

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Telford

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Desktop Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Telford region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow