Desktop Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 - 446
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Manager 2 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.58%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £566
UK median daily rate £480 £550 £440
% change year-on-year -12.73% +25.00% -14.98%

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 11,797 18,801 21,973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 92.49% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,503 11,461 15,346
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,259 1,127
10th Percentile £13.90 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -17.38% +88.21%

Desktop Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Desktop Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Manager in the UK excluding London

Desktop Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Manager in the UK excluding London

Desktop Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Manager in the UK excluding London

Desktop Manager
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 Desktop Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South East - 2 £480 -
Desktop Manager
UK

Desktop Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Desktop Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Asana
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding

Desktop Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Asana
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware