Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 67 84
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.56% 0.39% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.41% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - - £224
25th Percentile £158 £188 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £195 £248
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -21.21% +20.73%
75th Percentile £235 £215 £271
90th Percentile £289 £223 £281
Yorkshire median daily rate £233 £210 £196
% change year-on-year +10.71% +7.01% -6.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 845 725 1,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 93.55% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 443 792
10th Percentile £290 £290 £275
25th Percentile £400 £395 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.86% -1.92%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £600
90th Percentile £651 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +0.52% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 38 14
10th Percentile £20.63 £17.42 £15.80
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £17.54
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +30.91% -1.14%
75th Percentile £81.25 £42.25 £23.38
90th Percentile - £48.75 £29.09
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.58 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +5.77% +12.47% +7.50%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in West Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Leeds -14 2 £233 +19.23% 1
Huddersfield - 2 £165 -
Bradford - 1 £325 - 1
Desktop Engineer
Yorkshire

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, Desktop 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 Yorkshire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Case Management
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) VPN

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow