Desktop Engineer Contracts in Wokingham

Desktop Engineer
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Desktop Engineer daily rate in Wokingham is £245, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 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
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 6.84% - 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.08% - 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £239 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 - £130
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.57%
75th Percentile £350 - -
90th Percentile £437 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £245 £215 £213
% change year-on-year +13.95% +1.18% +46.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 113 68 66
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.58% 98.55% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 35 35
10th Percentile £245 £355 £145
25th Percentile £350 £438 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £439
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +8.20% -21.61%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £630
90th Percentile £600 £818 £718
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £52.13
25th Percentile - - £55.31
Median hourly rate - - £61.25
75th Percentile - - £67.81
90th Percentile - - £71.38
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.28 £61.79 £41.20
% change year-on-year -0.83% +49.99% -11.88%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Wokingham

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Wokingham.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Wokingham

Desktop Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Wokingham over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Engineer in Wokingham

Desktop Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Wokingham.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Engineer in Wokingham

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Wokingham region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (37.50%) Terraform
3 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
3 3 (37.50%) SCCM
3 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Publishing
3 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (37.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (25.00%) MSI
4 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (12.50%) Security Patching
5 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Storage
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Publishing
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
1 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (12.50%) Batch Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Runbook
3 1 (12.50%) Security Patching
3 1 (12.50%) Server Management
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Desktop
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
1 3 (37.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft