Desktop Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £215 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 105 129 128
Rank change year-on-year +24 -1 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 34 21 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.30% 0.74% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 0.78% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 19 32
10th Percentile £198 £150 -
25th Percentile £213 £163 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £200 £156
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +28.41% -2.66%
75th Percentile £225 £211 £188
90th Percentile £304 £318 £200
South East median daily rate £215 £200 £190
% change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +16.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £23.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -0.24%
75th Percentile - - £21.03
90th Percentile - - £21.04
South East median hourly rate - £29.00 £17.56
% change year-on-year - +65.15% -16.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,417 2,678 3,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.50% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,383 1,846 2,336
10th Percentile £213 £300 £201
25th Percentile £370 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 78 100
10th Percentile £15.55 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +167.47% -17.05%
75th Percentile £62.25 £66.16 £23.56
90th Percentile £85.57 £79.19 £58.37
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% +143.49% -20.00%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +4 21 £215 +26.47% 1
Buckinghamshire +19 8 £220 +10.00% 1
Oxfordshire +12 5 £133 -47.00%
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 20 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 Thames Valley region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (88.24%) Windows
2 23 (67.65%) Windows 10
2 23 (67.65%) Social Skills
3 22 (64.71%) SCCM
4 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
5 17 (50.00%) Driving Licence
5 17 (50.00%) Customer Service
6 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (47.06%) Windows 7
6 16 (47.06%) DV Cleared
6 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
6 16 (47.06%) HP
6 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
6 16 (47.06%) ITIL
7 15 (44.12%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (44.12%) Hardware Maintenance
8 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
10 5 (14.71%) Migration
10 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
11 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
11 4 (11.76%) Apple
11 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
11 4 (11.76%) Mac OS
12 3 (8.82%) Azure
12 3 (8.82%) Mobile Device Management
12 3 (8.82%) Programme Management
12 3 (8.82%) Marketing
12 3 (8.82%) Digital Marketing
12 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (8.82%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) VPN
1 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (2.94%) LAN
2 1 (2.94%) WAN
2 1 (2.94%) Wireless
2 1 (2.94%) WLAN
General
1 23 (67.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (44.12%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
4 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.82%) Electronics
6 3 (8.82%) Finance
6 3 (8.82%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 17 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) NHS
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.94%) iPhone
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (88.24%) Windows
2 23 (67.65%) Windows 10
3 16 (47.06%) Windows 7
4 4 (11.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.94%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 16 (47.06%) ITIL
2 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (44.12%) Hardware Maintenance
4 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (8.82%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (8.82%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (8.82%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.88%) Configuration Management
6 2 (5.88%) Data Migration
6 2 (5.88%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.88%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.94%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.94%) Change Management
7 1 (2.94%) Coaching
7 1 (2.94%) Project Management
7 1 (2.94%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.94%) Service Management
7 1 (2.94%) Software Asset Management
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) DV Cleared
1 16 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (64.71%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 16 (47.06%) HP
3 4 (11.76%) Apple
4 3 (8.82%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) Remedy