The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Technician role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Desk Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Desk Technician
Rank 376 - 433
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £220
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £94
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £10.75 £13.00
% change year-on-year
+6.97% -17.30%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 620 684
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Service Desk Technician
England

Service Desk Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Service Desk Technician across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Service Desk Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Service Desk Technician
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Desk Technician across the London region.

London Service Desk Technician Daily Rate Trend

Service Desk Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Desk Technician across the London region.

London Service Desk Technician Hourly Rate Trend

Service Desk Technician
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Service Desk Technician in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Service Desk Technician in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Finance

Service Desk Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Service Desk Technician in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Service Desk Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft