Desktop Support Contracts in Yorkshire

Desktop Support
England > Yorkshire

The median Desktop Support daily rate in Yorkshire is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 106 115
Rank change year-on-year +12 +9 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 5 20 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.30% 0.88% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.92% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 21
10th Percentile £152 £153 £121
25th Percentile £163 £166 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £210 £190
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% +38.18%
75th Percentile £200 £250 £238
90th Percentile £202 £271 £265
England median daily rate £203 £200 £189
% change year-on-year +1.25% +5.96% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.10
25th Percentile - £12.00 £16.24
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - -17.65% -14.57%
75th Percentile - £16.00 £20.88
90th Percentile - - £22.60
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% +22.37% +4.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,537 2,182 2,647
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 95.49% 97.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 1,489 1,936
10th Percentile £213 £250 £206
25th Percentile £375 £415 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 31 101
10th Percentile £11.23 £12.00 £10.70
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.50 £12.08
Median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% +25.71% -9.09%
75th Percentile £23.75 £50.77 £22.40
90th Percentile £51.75 £70.00 £26.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Yorkshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Yorkshire

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Yorkshire

Desktop Support
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 within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
North Yorkshire +3 3 £200 -
West Yorkshire +17 1 £195 -15.22%
South Yorkshire 0 1 £150 -13.04%
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service

Desktop Support 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft