Desktop Support Contracts in West London

Desktop Support
London > West London

The median Desktop Support daily rate in West London is £250 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 56 47
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 1.42% 1.59% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 1.63% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 13
10th Percentile £174 £133 £123
25th Percentile - £136 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £160 £170
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -5.88% +26.87%
75th Percentile - £219 £195
90th Percentile £256 £243 £204
London median daily rate £200 £215 £200
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £20.00
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £21.56
London median hourly rate £21.00 £25.71 £21.00
% change year-on-year -18.32% +22.43% +2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 333 551 594
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 97.18% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 397 421
10th Percentile £200 £295 £191
25th Percentile £270 £430 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £625
90th Percentile £649 £700 £675
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 53 39
10th Percentile £16.25 £25.25 £15.40
25th Percentile £16.78 £40.00 £17.27
Median hourly rate £31.33 £64.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% +197.67% -12.24%
75th Percentile £44.56 £75.00 £37.28
90th Percentile £58.75 £84.50 £42.02
London median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in West London

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in West London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in West London

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in West London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in West London

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in West London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in West London

Desktop Support
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 within the West London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Hounslow +2 3 £250 +25.00% 2
Desktop Support
London

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 West London region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (40.00%) Apple
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) ITSM
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (40.00%) SCCM
4 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (40.00%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (40.00%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (40.00%) AirWatch
4 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (20.00%) Logistics
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) AirWatch
1 2 (40.00%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Apple
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow