Desktop Support Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 268 276
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 123 185 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.79% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.84% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 146 178
10th Percentile £126 £143 £125
25th Percentile £140 £170 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +18.03%
75th Percentile £218 £248 £202
90th Percentile £225 £280 £250
UK median daily rate £198 £200 £183
% change year-on-year -1.25% +9.59% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 32
10th Percentile £15.10 £14.20 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.02 £16.43
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.94 £18.28
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -7.36% +7.53%
75th Percentile £18.20 £26.25 £23.58
90th Percentile £22.46 £29.70 £24.90
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £23.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.02% +22.37% +10.14%

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 18,944 22,126 29,093
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,489 20,369
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,258 1,140 1,432
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.72 £17.86 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £43.07
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +22 47 £210 +2.94% 3
South West -3 20 £184 -8.00% 4
North of England +18 17 £153 -28.65% 1
East of England +1 13 £175 - 2
Scotland +27 12 £126 -50.59% 3
North West +15 11 £140 -32.53% 1
Midlands +30 6 £122 -15.86% 1
East Midlands +23 5 £122 -9.63% 1
Wales +15 5 £135 -
Yorkshire +12 4 £198 -21.00%
Northern Ireland +5 3 £140 -37.78% 1
North East +9 2 £195 -8.24%
West Midlands +18 1 £145 -
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 95 (77.24%) Windows
2 58 (47.15%) Windows 10
3 52 (42.28%) Social Skills
3 52 (42.28%) Microsoft
4 39 (31.71%) Security Cleared
5 38 (30.89%) SCCM
6 35 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
8 31 (25.20%) Active Directory
9 30 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (24.39%) Customer Service
10 28 (22.76%) Windows 7
11 26 (21.14%) ITIL
12 21 (17.07%) Telecoms
12 21 (17.07%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (17.07%) Public Sector
13 20 (16.26%) Finance
13 20 (16.26%) Manufacturing
13 20 (16.26%) SAP
13 20 (16.26%) DV Cleared
13 20 (16.26%) Marketing
14 19 (15.45%) HP
15 18 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (14.63%) Electronics
15 18 (14.63%) Programme Management
15 18 (14.63%) Digital Marketing
15 18 (14.63%) Driving Licence
16 17 (13.82%) Hardware Maintenance
16 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
17 16 (13.01%) NHS

Desktop Support 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 9 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.81%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (26.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.13%) Azure
3 2 (1.63%) BigCommerce
3 2 (1.63%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.50%) VPN
2 4 (3.25%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.44%) Internet
3 3 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.44%) Wireless
4 2 (1.63%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (1.63%) DNS
4 2 (1.63%) Firewall
4 2 (1.63%) LAN
5 1 (0.81%) DHCP
5 1 (0.81%) HTTP
5 1 (0.81%) Network Security
5 1 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.81%) VoIP
5 1 (0.81%) WebEx
5 1 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
General
1 52 (42.28%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.07%) Organisational Skills
2 21 (17.07%) Public Sector
2 21 (17.07%) Telecoms
3 20 (16.26%) Finance
3 20 (16.26%) Manufacturing
3 20 (16.26%) Marketing
4 18 (14.63%) Electronics
5 12 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.63%) Banking
7 2 (1.63%) Retail
8 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.63%) VML
2 1 (0.81%) CSS
2 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 16 (13.01%) NHS
3 8 (6.50%) CMDB
3 8 (6.50%) iPhone
4 7 (5.69%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.07%) iPad
5 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.63%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.63%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.81%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 95 (77.24%) Windows
2 58 (47.15%) Windows 10
3 28 (22.76%) Windows 7
4 6 (4.88%) Mac OS
4 6 (4.88%) Mac OS X
5 4 (3.25%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.25%) Windows Vista
6 3 (2.44%) Android
7 2 (1.63%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.81%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (24.39%) Customer Service
3 26 (21.14%) ITIL
4 18 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (14.63%) Digital Marketing
4 18 (14.63%) Programme Management
5 17 (13.82%) Hardware Maintenance
6 9 (7.32%) Time Management
7 8 (6.50%) Asset Management
7 8 (6.50%) Customer Experience
7 8 (6.50%) Decision-Making
7 8 (6.50%) Patch Management
8 7 (5.69%) Antivirus Management
8 7 (5.69%) Break/Fix
8 7 (5.69%) Service Management
9 6 (4.88%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (4.88%) Inventory Management
9 6 (4.88%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (4.88%) Software Deployment
10 5 (4.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.63%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 20 (16.26%) DV Cleared
3 17 (13.82%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.94%) Degree
5 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.63%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.63%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.81%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.81%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (25.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (30.89%) SCCM
2 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.81%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (42.28%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.26%) SAP
3 19 (15.45%) HP
4 13 (10.57%) Apple
5 3 (2.44%) Adobe
5 3 (2.44%) Cisco
5 3 (2.44%) McAfee
5 3 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.63%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.63%) Samsung
6 2 (1.63%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.63%) Sophos
7 1 (0.81%) Citrix
7 1 (0.81%) IBM
7 1 (0.81%) Ivanti
7 1 (0.81%) Remedy