Desktop Support Contracts in the South East

Desktop Support
England > South East

The median Desktop Support daily rate in the South East is £205 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 122 134
Rank change year-on-year -31 +12 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support 48 91 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.85% 1.61% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.70% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 72 82
10th Percentile £182 £170 £123
25th Percentile £204 £179 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £201 £190
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.97% +8.57%
75th Percentile £218 £240 £228
90th Percentile £226 £255 £250
England median daily rate £200 £200 £190
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 21
10th Percentile £19.00 £15.21 £12.61
25th Percentile £23.50 £15.73 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £19.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.26% +5.56% -6.61%
75th Percentile £36.13 £26.25 £21.00
90th Percentile £44.45 £29.70 £24.00
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.50 £19.61
% change year-on-year -10.64% +19.85% +12.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 5,205 5,364 7,367
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.62% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,082 3,717 5,057
10th Percentile £234 £217 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £604 £590
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 524 238 311
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.18 £16.18
Median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Desktop Support in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +22 24 £215 +4.24%
Berkshire +3 18 £215 +30.30%
Kent +21 17 £205 +9.33% 3
Buckinghamshire +21 3 £225 +9.09%
Surrey +9 3 £216 +20.14% 1
Oxfordshire +4 3 £133 -59.85%
Hampshire -39 3 £130 -36.64% 1
West Sussex -4 1 - -
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 South East region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 40 (83.33%) Windows
2 32 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 25 (52.08%) Microsoft
4 21 (43.75%) SCCM
5 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
6 17 (35.42%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
8 15 (31.25%) ITIL
8 15 (31.25%) Customer Service
9 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
10 13 (27.08%) DV Cleared
10 13 (27.08%) Windows 7
10 13 (27.08%) Driving Licence
10 13 (27.08%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (27.08%) Hardware Maintenance
10 13 (27.08%) Telecoms
10 13 (27.08%) Manufacturing
10 13 (27.08%) HP
11 12 (25.00%) NHS
11 12 (25.00%) SAP
11 12 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (25.00%) Finance
11 12 (25.00%) Programme Management
11 12 (25.00%) Electronics
11 12 (25.00%) Marketing
11 12 (25.00%) Public Sector
11 12 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
11 12 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
13 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) VPN
1 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (8.33%) LAN
3 3 (6.25%) DHCP
3 3 (6.25%) DNS
3 3 (6.25%) VLAN
3 3 (6.25%) WAN
3 3 (6.25%) WebEx
4 2 (4.17%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Manufacturing
2 13 (27.08%) Organisational Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Telecoms
3 12 (25.00%) Electronics
3 12 (25.00%) Finance
3 12 (25.00%) Marketing
3 12 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.08%) Driving Licence
2 12 (25.00%) NHS
3 5 (10.42%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.08%) CMDB
4 1 (2.08%) iPhone
4 1 (2.08%) Life Science
4 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Smartcard
4 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (83.33%) Windows
2 32 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 13 (27.08%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.08%) Android
5 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (31.25%) Customer Service
2 15 (31.25%) ITIL
3 13 (27.08%) Hardware Maintenance
4 12 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
4 12 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 4 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (6.25%) Configuration Management
7 2 (4.17%) Computer Science
7 2 (4.17%) Incident Management
7 2 (4.17%) Information Governance
7 2 (4.17%) Operations Management
8 1 (2.08%) Break/Fix
8 1 (2.08%) Coaching
8 1 (2.08%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.08%) People Management
8 1 (2.08%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (2.08%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 13 (27.08%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) Degree
3 2 (4.17%) IBM Certification
4 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (43.75%) SCCM
2 3 (6.25%) AppManager
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 25 (52.08%) Microsoft
2 13 (27.08%) HP
3 12 (25.00%) SAP
4 4 (8.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco
5 3 (6.25%) Ivanti
5 3 (6.25%) VMware
6 2 (4.17%) Apple
6 2 (4.17%) IBM
7 1 (2.08%) Workday