Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 96 114
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 11 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.08% 0.24% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.26% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £126 £170 £164
25th Percentile £196 £181 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £198 £250
Median % change year-on-year +16.46% -21.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £235 £201 £268
90th Percentile £236 £202 £281
England median daily rate £200 £200 £200
% change year-on-year - - +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 959 1,546 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 91.53% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 962 1,502
10th Percentile £224 £233 £260
25th Percentile £358 £378 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £629 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 65 27
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £22.14 £23.75 £54.07
90th Percentile £80.10 £51.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Yorkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Yorkshire +22 8 £235 +20.51% 1
South Yorkshire - 2 £126 -
North Yorkshire +8 1 - -
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (63.64%) VPN
4 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
4 7 (63.64%) Customer Service
5 6 (54.55%) Citrix
5 6 (54.55%) Windows
6 5 (45.45%) ITIL
6 5 (45.45%) Degree
7 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
7 4 (36.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (36.36%) Case Management
7 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
7 4 (36.36%) ITSM
8 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (27.27%) AppManager
8 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
8 3 (27.27%) LAN
8 3 (27.27%) VoIP
8 3 (27.27%) WAN
8 3 (27.27%) DHCP
8 3 (27.27%) DNS
8 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
8 3 (27.27%) Windows 10

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 8 (72.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) VPN
2 3 (27.27%) DHCP
2 3 (27.27%) DNS
2 3 (27.27%) LAN
2 3 (27.27%) VLAN
2 3 (27.27%) VoIP
2 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Customer Service
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Case Management
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (36.36%) ITSM
3 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Time Management
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
5 1 (9.09%) Mathematics
5 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
5 1 (9.09%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (9.09%) Dell Certification
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) QA
3 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) AppManager
2 3 (27.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Citrix
3 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
4 3 (27.27%) Ivanti
4 3 (27.27%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) Apple
6 1 (9.09%) Dell
6 1 (9.09%) HP