Desktop Support Contracts in Merseyside

Desktop Support
North West > Merseyside

The median Desktop Support daily rate in Merseyside is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.79% - 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% - 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £128
25th Percentile £140 - £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - £135
75th Percentile £181 - £177
90th Percentile £218 - £281
North West median daily rate £140 £206 £140
% change year-on-year -32.12% +47.32% -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 207 293 333
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.75% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 206 237
10th Percentile £151 £235 £170
25th Percentile £213 £395 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +10.47% +14.67%
75th Percentile £492 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £629 £638
North West median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 12 17
10th Percentile - - £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.09 £11.50
Median hourly rate £19.97 £16.94 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% +12.90% -6.25%
75th Percentile £34.80 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.09 £26.45 £35.36
North West median hourly rate £27.50 £30.54 £23.22
% change year-on-year -9.95% +31.51% +29.01%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Merseyside

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in Merseyside

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in Merseyside

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 20 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
Liverpool - 5 £160 -
Wirral - 1 £140 -
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 20 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 Merseyside region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) Apple
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) DBS Check

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple