Help Desk Technician Contracts in London

Help Desk Technician
England > London

The median Help Desk Technician daily rate in London is £238 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 497 597
Rank change year-on-year +112 +100 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Technician 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.022% 0.011% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.012% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £216 £170 £160
25th Percentile £217 £185 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £220 £190
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile £249 £234 £195
90th Percentile £253 £236 £209
England median daily rate £228 £220 £160
% change year-on-year +3.41% +37.50% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,601 25,897 37,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,001 18,738 27,022
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 299 448
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.02
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.60 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Help Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Help Desk Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Technician in London

Help Desk Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Technician in London.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Technician in London

Help Desk Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Technician in London.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Technician in London

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Help Desk Technician 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 London region featuring Help Desk Technician in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Sun
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Avaya
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Arabic Language
1 4 (100.00%) French Language
1 4 (100.00%) German Language
1 4 (100.00%) Spanish Language
1 4 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Two-Factor Authentication

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Arabic Language
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) French Language
1 4 (100.00%) German Language
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Spanish Language
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 4 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
1 4 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Avaya
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) Sun