Service Desk Specialist Contracts in England

Service Desk Specialist
UK > England

The median Service Desk Specialist daily rate in England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 644 770
Rank change year-on-year +103 +126 -139
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Specialist 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% 0.002% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.002% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £325
75th Percentile - - £345
90th Percentile - - £359
UK median daily rate £200 - £325
% change year-on-year - - +10.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
UK median hourly rate - - £22.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,916 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,507 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,425 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Service Desk Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Specialist in England

Service Desk Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Specialist in England

Service Desk Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Specialist in England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Specialist in England

Service Desk Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +88 1 £200 - 1
Service Desk Specialist
UK

Service Desk Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Service Desk Specialist 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 England region featuring Service Desk Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Service Desk Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree