Desktop Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Desktop Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £225 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 106 130 146
Rank change year-on-year +24 +16 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 21 36 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.97% 1.31% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.38% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 23
10th Percentile £125 - £132
25th Percentile £126 £160 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £260 £175
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +48.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile £240 £288 £233
90th Percentile £244 £378 £335
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £18.03 - £20.93
25th Percentile £18.07 - £21.19
Median hourly rate £18.13 - £23.25
75th Percentile £18.20 - £26.19
90th Percentile £18.24 - £26.98
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +10.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,047 2,615 3,287
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 95.44% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,248 1,866 2,332
10th Percentile £200 £238 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 44 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.19 £14.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.90 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% -17.60% -30.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £47.97
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Scotland

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +19 12 £240 -5.88% 8
Glasgow +11 5 £225 -40.00%
Aberdeen +2 2 - -
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Desktop 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 Scotland region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (71.43%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
3 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
4 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 9 (42.86%) Windows 10
5 8 (38.10%) Break/Fix
5 8 (38.10%) SCCM
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco
6 7 (33.33%) DHCP
6 7 (33.33%) VPN
6 7 (33.33%) DNS
7 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
7 6 (28.57%) Windows 7
8 5 (23.81%) ITIL
8 5 (23.81%) A+ Certification
9 4 (19.05%) Mac OS X
9 4 (19.05%) Apple
9 4 (19.05%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
10 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
10 3 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (14.29%) SLA
10 3 (14.29%) Time Management
10 3 (14.29%) Degree
11 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (9.52%) Data Protection

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) DHCP
1 7 (33.33%) DNS
1 7 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (19.05%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.52%) iPhone
3 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Windows
2 9 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 6 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 4 (19.05%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Break/Fix
2 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) Time Management
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.52%) Runbook
6 1 (4.76%) Customer Experience
6 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (47.62%) SC Cleared
3 5 (23.81%) A+ Certification
4 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) Cisco
3 4 (19.05%) Apple
4 2 (9.52%) HP
4 2 (9.52%) Samsung
5 1 (4.76%) Citrix