Deskside Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Deskside Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 354 402
Rank change year-on-year -33 +48 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Deskside Support Engineer 5 9 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.054% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.059% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 11
10th Percentile - £181 £120
25th Percentile - £196 £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £210 £157
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +34.19% -28.05%
75th Percentile - - £215
90th Percentile - £214 £250
UK median daily rate £160 £188 £178
% change year-on-year -14.67% +5.19% -18.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.58
25th Percentile - - £18.69
Median hourly rate - £53.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year - +175.32% +2.67%
75th Percentile - - £19.69
90th Percentile - - £19.73
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -52.55% +175.32% +2.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,003 15,325 19,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 92.10% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,288 8,775 12,937
10th Percentile £208 £218 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,446 1,063 1,261
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.28 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.71 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +57.89%

Deskside Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Deskside Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Deskside Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deskside Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deskside Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deskside Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deskside Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deskside Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
South East +9 5 £160 - 1
Deskside Support Engineer
UK

Deskside Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Deskside Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring Deskside Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10

Deskside Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft