Desktop Technician Contracts with Work from Home Options

Desktop Technician
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Technician daily rate in Work from Home is £133 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 468 619
Rank change year-on-year +123 +151 -138
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.012% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.012% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £263 £185
Median % change year-on-year -49.33% +41.89% -
UK median daily rate £129 £225 £178
% change year-on-year -42.78% +26.76% +18.33%

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 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +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 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Desktop Technician
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Desktop Technician trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Technician
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 Technician.

Desktop Technician daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Technician
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 Technician.

Desktop Technician hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Technician Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Desktop Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) X-Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Slack
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Desktop Technician 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Sheets
1 1 (100.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft