Desktop Engineer Contracts in the South West

Desktop Engineer
England > South West

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the South West is £190 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 123 128 107
Rank change year-on-year +5 -21 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 31 44 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.97% 1.24% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.35% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 35 48
10th Percentile £141 - £131
25th Percentile £143 - £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £181
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +10.34% -9.38%
75th Percentile £250 £220 £223
90th Percentile - £250 £255
England median daily rate £203 £200 £180
% change year-on-year +1.25% +11.11% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 10
10th Percentile - £12.67 £15.84
25th Percentile - £13.32 £16.12
Median hourly rate - £14.72 £21.61
Median % change year-on-year - -31.90% +30.95%
75th Percentile - £16.18 £25.00
90th Percentile - £16.87 £27.75
England median hourly rate £18.13 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -10.53% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,965 3,266 3,484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 92.36% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,884 2,446 2,489
10th Percentile £210 £275 £220
25th Percentile £396 £415 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +10.19%
75th Percentile £613 £639 £588
90th Percentile £700 £717 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 260 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.97 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% +37.39% +10.59%
75th Percentile £71.25 £71.62 £63.68
90th Percentile £77.60 £83.44 £69.13
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the South West

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol +7 8 £250 +25.00% 2
Somerset +5 7 £185 +30.97% 2
Gloucestershire +4 7 £200 - 1
Wiltshire -15 4 £145 -28.92%
Devon -2 3 £178 -55.50% 2
Dorset +6 1 £250 -
Cornwall - 1 £250 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
3 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
4 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
4 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
4 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (35.48%) SCCM
5 11 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
7 7 (22.58%) PowerShell
8 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
8 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
9 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
9 5 (16.13%) Patch Management
9 5 (16.13%) Windows 7
10 4 (12.90%) CMDB
10 4 (12.90%) Performance Monitoring
10 4 (12.90%) Line Management
10 4 (12.90%) Preventative Maintenance
10 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
10 4 (12.90%) Antivirus Management
10 4 (12.90%) Information Security
11 3 (9.68%) Break/Fix
11 3 (9.68%) Creative Thinking
11 3 (9.68%) Server Management
11 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
11 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
11 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
11 3 (9.68%) Internet

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (9.68%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Internet
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (3.23%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.23%) WebEx
2 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.23%) Wireless
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) CMDB
3 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.23%) Handset
5 1 (3.23%) Smartphone
5 1 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Windows 10
3 5 (16.13%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.13%) Patch Management
4 4 (12.90%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (12.90%) Information Security
4 4 (12.90%) Line Management
4 4 (12.90%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (12.90%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
5 3 (9.68%) Application Packaging
5 3 (9.68%) Break/Fix
5 3 (9.68%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
5 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
5 3 (9.68%) Network Management
5 3 (9.68%) Server Management
5 3 (9.68%) Software Deployment
6 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (6.45%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.45%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
1 12 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.23%) MCDST
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Apple
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco