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The median contractor rate for a Desktop Support was £150 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 24 May 2020. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Desktop Support UK |
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6 months to
24 May 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
213 |
298 |
270 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+85 |
-28 |
+106 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support |
570 |
825 |
990 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK |
1.18% |
0.90% |
0.98% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.26% |
0.95% |
1.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
297 |
451 |
520 |
| Median daily rate |
£150 |
£175 |
£155 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-14.29% |
+12.90% |
+3.33% |
| 10th Percentile |
£110 |
£114 |
£114 |
| 90th Percentile |
£250 |
£288 |
£280 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£140 |
£150 |
£145 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.67% |
+3.45% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
129 |
210 |
290 |
| Median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£15.63 |
£15.86 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+11.96% |
-1.45% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.60 |
£11.17 |
£11.17 |
| 90th Percentile |
£25.87 |
£20.78 |
£21.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.10 |
£15.00 |
£14.05 |
| % change year-on-year |
+14.00% |
+6.76% |
-7.87% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
45,109 |
86,667 |
95,593 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.66% |
94.55% |
94.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
28,368 |
57,055 |
62,751 |
| Median daily rate |
£465 |
£473 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-1.59% |
+5.00% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£243 |
£275 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£633 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£413 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1,908 |
2,780 |
3,006 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.00 |
£18.78 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+11.85% |
+4.31% |
-5.06% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.00 |
£11.17 |
£10.88 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.33 |
£50.00 |
£47.83 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.44 |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.09% |
- |
-2.78% |
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Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support.
Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support over the 6 months to 24 May 2020.
Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support.
Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support over the 6 months to 24 May 2020.
Desktop Support
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the UK over the 6 months to 24 May 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 24 May 2020, Desktop Support contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Desktop Support in the job title.
Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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