Desktop Support Contracts in Kent

Desktop Support
South East > Kent

The median Desktop Support daily rate in Kent is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 30 17
Rank change year-on-year +22 -13 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 18 2 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 8.78% 0.95% 8.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.47% 0.97% 9.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 19
10th Percentile £202 £166 £135
25th Percentile £203 £172 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £188 £154
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +21.45% -3.51%
75th Percentile £207 £197 £195
90th Percentile £208 £199 £208
South East median daily rate £205 £203 £190
% change year-on-year +0.82% +7.02% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.40
25th Percentile - - £16.84
Median hourly rate - - £17.56
75th Percentile - - £18.53
90th Percentile - - £19.11
South East median hourly rate £29.50 £19.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +55.26% +5.56% -14.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 190 206 276
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 97.63% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 170 243
10th Percentile £196 £130 £173
25th Percentile £254 £200 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £430
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -18.60% +23.74%
75th Percentile £519 £492 £575
90th Percentile £588 £638 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 8
10th Percentile £11.45 £42.78 £17.13
25th Percentile £12.88 £50.38 £18.27
Median hourly rate £51.50 £56.47 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +144.99% -40.52%
75th Percentile £75.16 £62.25 £33.59
90th Percentile £82.43 £71.72 £39.23
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.04% +147.50% -20.00%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Kent

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Kent

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Kent

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Maidstone +3 1 £200 -
Sittingbourne - 1 £140 -
Desktop Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 Kent region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) Windows 10
3 11 (61.11%) Electronics
3 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
3 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 11 (61.11%) Manufacturing
3 11 (61.11%) NHS
3 11 (61.11%) SAP
3 11 (61.11%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (61.11%) Public Sector
3 11 (61.11%) Programme Management
3 11 (61.11%) Marketing
3 11 (61.11%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (22.22%) Ivanti
6 3 (16.67%) WebEx
6 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
6 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (16.67%) XMPP
6 3 (16.67%) VLAN
6 3 (16.67%) SCCM
6 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (16.67%) Cisco
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (16.67%) LAN
6 3 (16.67%) WAN

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) DHCP
1 3 (16.67%) DNS
1 3 (16.67%) LAN
1 3 (16.67%) VLAN
1 3 (16.67%) VPN
1 3 (16.67%) WAN
1 3 (16.67%) WebEx
1 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
General
1 11 (61.11%) Electronics
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
1 11 (61.11%) Manufacturing
1 11 (61.11%) Marketing
1 11 (61.11%) Public Sector
1 11 (61.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) NHS
2 1 (5.56%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 16 (88.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Android
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS X
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) Digital Marketing
1 11 (61.11%) Programme Management
2 1 (5.56%) Break/Fix
2 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
2 1 (5.56%) Information Governance
2 1 (5.56%) ITSM
2 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) AppManager
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) SAP
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) Ivanti
4 3 (16.67%) Cisco
4 3 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (5.56%) Adobe
5 1 (5.56%) Apple
5 1 (5.56%) IBM