Desktop Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 205 188
Rank change year-on-year -29 -17 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 166 267 440
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.17% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.24% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 208 311
10th Percentile £126 £150 £130
25th Percentile £142 £172 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +16.13%
75th Percentile £219 £233 £215
90th Percentile £250 £276 £250
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £185
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 45
10th Percentile £15.58 £15.50 £13.83
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.28 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £18.35 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -3.42% +15.15%
75th Percentile £18.17 £23.75 £23.53
90th Percentile £21.41 £28.93 £27.65
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £20.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +9.21% +15.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,181 21,601 29,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.27% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,558 15,029 20,712
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,427 1,082 1,404
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.76 £18.01 £14.78
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +6.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.15
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
South East -24 49 £210 +5.00% 5
South West +2 31 £190 -5.00% 5
Scotland +38 29 £225 -11.76% 5
North of England +1 20 £175 -15.15% 8
Midlands +18 15 £122 -42.59% 4
North West +5 14 £145 -32.56% 5
East of England -3 14 £175 -2.10% 2
West Midlands +14 9 £126 -35.38% 3
East Midlands +6 6 £122 -43.26% 1
Wales +17 5 £135 -22.86% 2
Yorkshire -2 4 £198 -1.25% 3
Northern Ireland +4 3 £140 -30.43% 2
North East +8 2 £195 +21.88%
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 122 (73.49%) Windows
2 80 (48.19%) Windows 10
3 77 (46.39%) Microsoft
4 62 (37.35%) Social Skills
5 55 (33.13%) SCCM
5 55 (33.13%) Security Cleared
6 53 (31.93%) Active Directory
7 46 (27.71%) Microsoft Office
8 44 (26.51%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (21.69%) Customer Service
11 34 (20.48%) Windows 7
11 34 (20.48%) SC Cleared
12 31 (18.67%) ITIL
13 24 (14.46%) Public Sector
14 23 (13.86%) VPN
15 19 (11.45%) DNS
15 19 (11.45%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (11.45%) Break/Fix
16 18 (10.84%) Driving Licence
16 18 (10.84%) HP
16 18 (10.84%) DV Cleared
16 18 (10.84%) Finance
17 17 (10.24%) Telecoms
18 16 (9.64%) Azure
19 15 (9.04%) Marketing
19 15 (9.04%) Degree
19 15 (9.04%) Cisco
19 15 (9.04%) SAP
19 15 (9.04%) Service Delivery

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (7.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (27.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 44 (26.51%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (9.64%) Azure
3 12 (7.23%) OneDrive
4 5 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.20%) BigCommerce
5 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.86%) VPN
2 19 (11.45%) DNS
3 13 (7.83%) DHCP
4 5 (3.01%) Internet
4 5 (3.01%) NetScaler
4 5 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.41%) LAN
5 4 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.20%) Firewall
6 2 (1.20%) Network Security
6 2 (1.20%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.20%) WAN
6 2 (1.20%) Wireless
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.60%) HTTP
7 1 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.60%) VoIP
7 1 (0.60%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
General
1 62 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.46%) Public Sector
3 19 (11.45%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (10.84%) Finance
5 17 (10.24%) Telecoms
6 15 (9.04%) Marketing
7 14 (8.43%) Manufacturing
8 13 (7.83%) Electronics
9 12 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Banking
11 2 (1.20%) Retail
12 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) VML
2 1 (0.60%) CSS
2 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.84%) Driving Licence
2 12 (7.23%) iPhone
2 12 (7.23%) NHS
3 8 (4.82%) CMDB
4 7 (4.22%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.22%) iPad
5 6 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.60%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.60%) Handset
8 1 (0.60%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 122 (73.49%) Windows
2 80 (48.19%) Windows 10
3 34 (20.48%) Windows 7
4 8 (4.82%) Mac OS
4 8 (4.82%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.01%) Mac OS X
6 4 (2.41%) Windows Vista
7 3 (1.81%) Android
7 3 (1.81%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.20%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (21.69%) Customer Service
3 31 (18.67%) ITIL
4 19 (11.45%) Break/Fix
5 15 (9.04%) Service Delivery
6 14 (8.43%) Hardware Maintenance
7 13 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (7.83%) Digital Marketing
7 13 (7.83%) Patch Management
7 13 (7.83%) Programme Management
7 13 (7.83%) Time Management
8 10 (6.02%) Asset Management
8 10 (6.02%) Migration
9 9 (5.42%) Decision-Making
10 8 (4.82%) Application Packaging
11 7 (4.22%) Antivirus Management
11 7 (4.22%) Customer Experience
11 7 (4.22%) Mobile Device Management
11 7 (4.22%) Service Management
12 6 (3.61%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.20%) Python
3 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 55 (33.13%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.48%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.84%) DV Cleared
4 15 (9.04%) Degree
5 11 (6.63%) A+ Certification
6 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.81%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.20%) IBM Certification
9 2 (1.20%) MCDST
9 2 (1.20%) MCSE
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.23%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (31.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (3.01%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 5 (3.01%) XenApp
3 5 (3.01%) XenDesktop
4 2 (1.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 55 (33.13%) SCCM
2 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 77 (46.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.84%) HP
3 15 (9.04%) Cisco
3 15 (9.04%) SAP
4 14 (8.43%) Apple
5 7 (4.22%) Citrix
6 5 (3.01%) NetApp
7 4 (2.41%) Samsung
7 4 (2.41%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.81%) Adobe
8 3 (1.81%) McAfee
8 3 (1.81%) Wyse
9 2 (1.20%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.20%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.20%) Dell
9 2 (1.20%) IBM
9 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.20%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.20%) Sophos
10 1 (0.60%) Ivanti