Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £153 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 188 199
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -33
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 17 28 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.36% 0.49% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.52% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 31
10th Percentile £131 £155 £123
25th Percentile £140 £178 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £214 £175
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +22.14% +20.69%
75th Percentile £200 £233 £208
90th Percentile £203 £265 £275
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £16.15
25th Percentile £26.25 - £16.37
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £19.75
75th Percentile £28.75 - £23.58
90th Percentile - - £23.68
England median hourly rate £18.13 £23.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.85% +23.68% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,355 5,423 6,874
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 95.37% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,722 3,816 5,034
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £388 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £680 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 156 290
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.74 £30.65 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.33% +61.30% +6.15%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.72 £34.05
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.35 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North West +23 11 £140 -34.50% 1
Yorkshire +12 4 £198 -21.00%
North East +12 2 £195 -8.24%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 North of England region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
4 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Service Management
4 5 (29.41%) SCCM
5 4 (23.53%) Degree
6 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
6 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
6 3 (17.65%) ITIL
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 3 (17.65%) Patch Management
7 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
7 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
7 2 (11.76%) SLA
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (11.76%) Apple
7 2 (11.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (11.76%) Banking
7 2 (11.76%) Firewall
7 2 (11.76%) Finance
7 2 (11.76%) OneDrive

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.88%) Windows 8
5 1 (5.88%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Service Management
2 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
2 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL
2 3 (17.65%) Patch Management
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
3 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
4 1 (5.88%) Business Case
4 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (5.88%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (5.88%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Migration
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) SCCM
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Apple
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow