Desktop Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

As of 13 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 the UK excluding London.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 363 429
Rank change year-on-year +5 +66 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Specialist 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.016% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.018% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +116.67% +44.58%
UK median daily rate - £445 £400
% change year-on-year - +11.25% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.46
UK median hourly rate - - £17.46

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 13,828 16,858 20,995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 92.04% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,460 10,277 14,208
10th Percentile £215 £220 £225
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £682 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,226 1,739 1,147
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.05 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.33 £19.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.09 £45.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.24% +25.00% +69.21%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.20
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.38% +63.55%

Desktop Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Specialist in the UK excluding London

Desktop Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Specialist in the UK excluding London

Desktop Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Specialist in the UK excluding London

Desktop Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 1 - -
Desktop Specialist
UK

Desktop Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Desktop Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti