Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in the City of London

Desktop Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £140 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 140 159
Rank change year-on-year +27 +19 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 13 27 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.60% 0.77% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.81% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 27
10th Percentile £121 £120 £128
25th Percentile £123 £133 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £140 £140
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.00%
75th Percentile £154 £148 £243
90th Percentile £400 £159 £265
Central London median daily rate £140 £140 £140
% change year-on-year - - -44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.15
25th Percentile £20.22 - £19.56
Median hourly rate £20.82 - £26.50
75th Percentile £21.41 - £38.88
90th Percentile - - £45.55
Central London median hourly rate £20.82 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -16.74% -5.66% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,045 3,315 4,007
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 95.04% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 2,248 3,007
10th Percentile £342 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% +4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.04% +3.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 20 48
10th Percentile £14.90 £15.37 £15.19
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £37.34 £72.50 £55.38
90th Percentile £47.18 £88.30 £65.28
Central London median hourly rate £27.41 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -21.70% -13.58% +125.31%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 job ads across the City of London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
3 5 (38.46%) Blackberry
3 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
4 4 (30.77%) Apple
4 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
4 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
4 4 (30.77%) Android
4 4 (30.77%) iPhone
5 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 8
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
5 3 (23.08%) Break/Fix
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Mac OS X
5 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
5 3 (23.08%) Logistics
5 3 (23.08%) Ivanti
5 3 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (23.08%) Adobe
5 3 (23.08%) LAN
5 3 (23.08%) WAN
6 2 (15.38%) VPN
6 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
6 2 (15.38%) Citrix
6 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
6 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 3 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Blackberry
2 4 (30.77%) iPhone
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 4 (30.77%) Android
4 3 (23.08%) Mac OS X
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 8
5 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
5 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Break/Fix
3 3 (23.08%) Logistics
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Application Virtualisation
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Apple
1 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
2 3 (23.08%) Adobe
2 3 (23.08%) Ivanti
3 2 (15.38%) Bloomberg
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft