Desktop Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wrexham

Desktop Engineer
North Wales > Wrexham

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Wrexham is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wrexham 8.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £173 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £178 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Wales median daily rate £175 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wrexham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wrexham. 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 Wrexham with a recognized job title 10 3 8
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile - - £191
25th Percentile £155 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +143.59%
75th Percentile £336 - £738
90th Percentile £525 - -
North Wales median daily rate £218 £331 £475
% change year-on-year -34.34% -30.26% +150.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile - - £19.09
90th Percentile - - £19.14
North Wales median hourly rate £34.85 £19.08 £19.00
% change year-on-year +82.70% +0.39% +22.58%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wrexham

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 Wrexham.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in Wrexham

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wrexham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Wrexham

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wrexham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Wrexham

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, 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 Wrexham region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware