Desktop Support Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 415 596
Rank change year-on-year +79 +181 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 16 55 38
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.21% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.22% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 42 20
10th Percentile £103 £200 £162
25th Percentile £122 £200 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £223 £198
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +12.66% +31.67%
75th Percentile £254 £250 £224
90th Percentile £300 £299 £292
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.63
25th Percentile - - £17.19
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £18.14 £22.50 £19.61
% change year-on-year -19.40% +14.75% +13.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,380 24,650 42,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.33% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 17,416 30,864
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 564 610
10th Percentile £14.30 £18.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Desktop Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Desktop Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Support Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Support Engineer.

Desktop Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Desktop Support Engineer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Desktop Support Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Support Engineer.

Desktop Support Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (25.00%) VPN
5 4 (25.00%) SLA
5 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
6 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
6 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (18.75%) Python
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (18.75%) SAP
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
6 3 (18.75%) Citrix
6 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
6 3 (18.75%) Information Security
6 3 (18.75%) Marketing
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
7 2 (12.50%) Smartphone
7 2 (12.50%) CMDB
7 2 (12.50%) Time Management
7 2 (12.50%) Banking

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) BigCommerce
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (6.25%) HTTP
3 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Marketing
2 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Electronics
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) VML
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CMDB
1 2 (12.50%) Smartphone
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) iPhone
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
1 3 (18.75%) Information Security
1 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 2 (12.50%) B2B
2 2 (12.50%) Customer Acquisition
2 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 2 (12.50%) ITIL
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity
3 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (6.25%) Programme Management
3 1 (6.25%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix
2 3 (18.75%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Adobe
3 2 (12.50%) Apple
3 2 (12.50%) Bloomberg
3 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 2 (12.50%) Refinitiv
3 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (12.50%) Sitecore
3 2 (12.50%) Sophos
4 1 (6.25%) Computacenter
4 1 (6.25%) MobileIron
4 1 (6.25%) Okta
4 1 (6.25%) VMware