Senior Desktop Support Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Desktop Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 359 -
Rank change year-on-year -44 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Desktop Support 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.019% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.020% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £223 - -
25th Percentile £238 £243 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £245 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% - -
75th Percentile £313 £248 -
90th Percentile £328 - -
UK median daily rate £325 £245 £400
% change year-on-year +32.65% -38.75% +33.33%

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 16,186 14,814 18,775
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.37% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,021 8,637 12,311
10th Percentile £210 £213 £214
25th Percentile £363 £371 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,584 943 1,246
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £72.50 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +39.68%

Senior Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Desktop Support job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Desktop Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Desktop Support
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 Senior Desktop Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Yorkshire -30 1 - -
North of England -42 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £225 - 2
Midlands - 1 £225 - 2
South East - 1 £325 - 1
Senior Desktop Support
UK

Senior Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, Senior Desktop Support 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 Senior Desktop Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) BCP
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10

Senior Desktop Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) iPad
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft