Service Desk Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Service Desk Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £288 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 116 122
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.10% 0.056% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.059% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £281 - £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 - £135
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.90%
75th Percentile £294 - £143
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £275 £180 £145
% change year-on-year +52.78% +24.14% -6.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,830 1,703 2,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.93% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,097 1,470
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £381 £419 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 55 41
10th Percentile £18.65 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.80 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.59 £79.83 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Engineer in Berkshire

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in Berkshire

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in Berkshire

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Service Desk 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 Berkshire region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters
1 2 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) WebEx
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters