Desktop Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Uxbridge

Desktop Support Engineer
Hillingdon > Uxbridge

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Uxbridge is £285, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Uxbridge 5.00% - 6.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £280 - £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 - £160
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.75%
75th Percentile £290 - £165
90th Percentile - - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £285 - £160
% change year-on-year - - +20.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Uxbridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Uxbridge. 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 Uxbridge with a recognized job title 20 22 23
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 88.00% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 11
10th Percentile £308 £355 £143
25th Percentile £375 £414 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £175
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +214.29% -41.86%
75th Percentile £450 £592 £418
90th Percentile £458 £615 £450
Hillingdon median daily rate £401 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -19.90% -16.67% +40.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.75 - -
75th Percentile £46.94 - -
90th Percentile £47.28 - -
Hillingdon median hourly rate £25.11 £77.50 -
% change year-on-year -67.60% - -

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Uxbridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Uxbridge

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Uxbridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Uxbridge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Uxbridge

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Uxbridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Uxbridge.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Uxbridge

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Uxbridge

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, 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 Uxbridge region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Uxbridge 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow