Desktop Support Contracts in the Midlands

Desktop Support
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the Midlands is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 127 135
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 13 15 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.49% 0.54% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.57% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 56
10th Percentile £149 £174 £147
25th Percentile £174 £198 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £210 £198
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% +6.33% +19.70%
75th Percentile £210 £233 £223
90th Percentile £257 £248 £250
England median daily rate £215 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +19.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £30.05 - -
25th Percentile £30.11 - £16.54
Median hourly rate £30.45 £13.15 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +131.56% -29.87% +17.19%
75th Percentile £30.68 - £22.83
90th Percentile - - £24.50
England median hourly rate £30.23 £19.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +59.08% -2.56% +11.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,467 2,619 4,543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.21% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,830 3,207
10th Percentile £230 £213 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 120 132
10th Percentile £12.69 £13.93 £11.81
25th Percentile £15.10 £16.63 £14.50
Median hourly rate £23.82 £20.00 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +13.90% +15.79%
75th Percentile £32.60 £34.50 £20.80
90th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £41.29
England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% +50.00% +50.00%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the Midlands

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
West Midlands -2 8 £175 -12.75% 2
East Midlands +4 5 £275 +27.91%
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 November 2024, Desktop Support 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 Midlands region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Windows
1 9 (69.23%) Windows 10
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
2 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
3 5 (38.46%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (30.77%) Automotive
4 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Marketing
4 4 (30.77%) DHCP
4 4 (30.77%) DNS
4 4 (30.77%) Internet
4 4 (30.77%) Configuration Management
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (23.08%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) ITSM
5 3 (23.08%) Workflow
5 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
5 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) WhatsApp
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
6 2 (15.38%) CRM

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.69%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DHCP
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
1 4 (30.77%) Internet
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Automotive
2 4 (30.77%) Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
1 9 (69.23%) Windows 10
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS X
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Configuration Management
3 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Workflow
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
6 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 1 (7.69%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) HP
3 1 (7.69%) Ivanti