Desktop Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in West London

Desktop Support Engineer
London > West London

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in West London is £285, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 31 43
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.34% 0.86% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.90% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £129 -
25th Percentile £280 £136 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £150 £135
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% +11.11% -21.17%
75th Percentile £290 £168 £165
90th Percentile - £177 £210
London median daily rate £213 £200 £160
% change year-on-year +6.25% +25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +5.56% +27.06% -17.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West London with a recognized job title 243 221 468
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.22% 95.26% 96.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 157 369
10th Percentile £204 £239 £200
25th Percentile £350 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -11.63% +7.50%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £625
90th Percentile £575 £631 £711
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 21
10th Percentile - £20.75 £22.29
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -55.38% +242.11%
75th Percentile £40.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £47.05 £70.80 £90.00
London median hourly rate £26.89 £38.00 £39.83
% change year-on-year -29.24% -4.59% +21.62%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Desktop Support Engineer job vacancy trend in West London

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

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

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Hillingdon - 1 £285 -
Desktop Support Engineer
London

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Desktop Support Engineer 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 West London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

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

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 (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