Desktop Specialist Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Desktop Specialist
North East > Tyne and Wear

As of 26 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Desktop Specialist daily rate in Tyne and Wear.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Desktop Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate - - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 205 150 184
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 91.46% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 85 128
10th Percentile £200 £319 £275
25th Percentile £400 £375 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £621
90th Percentile £638 £648 £720
North East median daily rate £464 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.06% - -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 4
10th Percentile - £18.20 £14.20
25th Percentile £12.50 £23.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £15.25 £50.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.50% +104.08% +60.66%
75th Percentile £20.63 £70.00 £32.44
90th Percentile £34.46 - £33.23
North East median hourly rate £14.50 £46.18 £32.25
% change year-on-year -68.60% +43.19% +82.67%

Desktop Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings that featured Desktop Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Specialist in Tyne and Wear

Desktop Specialist
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Specialist within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 - - 1
Desktop Specialist
North East

Desktop Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Desktop Specialist 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Desktop Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Desktop Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop