Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
8 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 258 268
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 +72
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 116 179 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.79% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.84% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 144 181
10th Percentile £126 £155 £131
25th Percentile £140 £176 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +13.43%
75th Percentile £218 £250 £219
90th Percentile £222 £280 £250
UK median daily rate £190 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 30
10th Percentile £15.58 £15.19 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.54 £16.49
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.70 £18.28
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -3.17% +10.79%
75th Percentile £18.17 £26.25 £23.69
90th Percentile £21.41 £29.70 £24.38
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £23.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.02% +22.37% +15.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,476 21,429 29,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.23% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,646 14,879 20,663
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £575
90th Percentile £683 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,475 1,093 1,396
10th Percentile £12.53 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.86 £18.03 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +6.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £46.58
90th Percentile £74.22 £75.40 £61.95
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop 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 Desktop Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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 -10 37 £205 +2.50% 3
South West 0 20 £184 -8.00% 4
Scotland +28 16 £131 -51.31% 2
East of England +6 14 £175 +9.38%
North of England +6 14 £160 -25.15% 1
North West +12 9 £140 -34.88%
Midlands +15 7 £129 -40.23% 3
Wales +16 5 £135 -8.47%
East Midlands +11 5 £122 -43.26% 2
Yorkshire +5 4 £198 -10.23% 1
Northern Ireland +2 3 £140 -21.13%
West Midlands +6 2 £140 -36.36% 1
North East +9 1 £195 +21.88%
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Desktop Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 87 (75.00%) Windows
2 52 (44.83%) Windows 10
3 46 (39.66%) Social Skills
3 46 (39.66%) Microsoft
4 39 (33.62%) Security Cleared
5 33 (28.45%) SCCM
6 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (25.00%) Active Directory
8 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Office
8 27 (23.28%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (21.55%) Customer Service
10 23 (19.83%) Windows 7
11 20 (17.24%) SC Cleared
11 20 (17.24%) ITIL
12 18 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (14.66%) HP
13 17 (14.66%) Finance
14 16 (13.79%) Telecoms
14 16 (13.79%) DV Cleared
14 16 (13.79%) Public Sector
15 15 (12.93%) Marketing
15 15 (12.93%) SAP
16 14 (12.07%) Manufacturing
16 14 (12.07%) Driving Licence
17 13 (11.21%) Hardware Maintenance
17 13 (11.21%) Programme Management
17 13 (11.21%) Electronics
17 13 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
17 13 (11.21%) Digital Marketing
18 12 (10.34%) NHS

Desktop Support Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (23.28%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.62%) Azure
3 2 (1.72%) BigCommerce
3 2 (1.72%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) VPN
2 4 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.59%) DNS
3 3 (2.59%) Internet
3 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.72%) DHCP
4 2 (1.72%) Firewall
4 2 (1.72%) LAN
4 2 (1.72%) Network Security
4 2 (1.72%) Wireless
5 1 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.86%) HTTP
5 1 (0.86%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.86%) VoIP
5 1 (0.86%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 46 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.52%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (14.66%) Finance
4 16 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 16 (13.79%) Telecoms
5 15 (12.93%) Marketing
6 14 (12.07%) Manufacturing
7 13 (11.21%) Electronics
8 11 (9.48%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Banking
9 2 (1.72%) Retail
10 1 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) VML
2 1 (0.86%) CSS
2 1 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.07%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.34%) NHS
3 11 (9.48%) iPhone
4 8 (6.90%) CMDB
5 7 (6.03%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.31%) iPad
6 5 (4.31%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.72%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.86%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.86%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 87 (75.00%) Windows
2 52 (44.83%) Windows 10
3 23 (19.83%) Windows 7
4 5 (4.31%) Mac OS X
5 4 (3.45%) Windows Vista
6 3 (2.59%) Android
6 3 (2.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.72%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.86%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (21.55%) Customer Service
3 20 (17.24%) ITIL
4 13 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (11.21%) Digital Marketing
4 13 (11.21%) Hardware Maintenance
4 13 (11.21%) Programme Management
5 10 (8.62%) Time Management
6 9 (7.76%) Decision-Making
7 8 (6.90%) Break/Fix
8 7 (6.03%) Antivirus Management
8 7 (6.03%) Patch Management
9 6 (5.17%) Asset Management
9 6 (5.17%) Customer Experience
9 6 (5.17%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (5.17%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (4.31%) Project Delivery
11 4 (3.45%) Inventory Management
11 4 (3.45%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.72%) Python
3 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (33.62%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.79%) DV Cleared
4 11 (9.48%) Degree
5 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.72%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.72%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.86%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.76%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (28.45%) SCCM
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 46 (39.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.66%) HP
3 15 (12.93%) SAP
4 10 (8.62%) Apple
5 4 (3.45%) Samsung
6 3 (2.59%) Adobe
6 3 (2.59%) Cisco
6 3 (2.59%) McAfee
7 2 (1.72%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.72%) IBM
7 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.72%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.72%) Sophos
8 1 (0.86%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow
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