Service Desk Agent Contracts in the North West

Service Desk Agent
England > North West

As of 29 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Agent daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 135 156
Rank change year-on-year +32 +21 -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Agent 31 23 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.12% 0.72% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.76% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £205
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £9.50
75th Percentile - - £9.70
90th Percentile - - £9.82
England median hourly rate £14.00 - £13.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,621 3,029 3,905
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 94.86% 96.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,712 2,171 2,863
10th Percentile £276 £300 £208
25th Percentile £390 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 133 174
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +50.37% +12.47%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.50 £43.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

Service Desk Agent
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Service Desk Agent in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Agent in the North West

Service Desk Agent
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Agent in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Agent in the North West

Service Desk Agent
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Agent within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Manchester +23 29 - -
Cheshire - 2 - -
Service Desk Agent
England

Service Desk Agent Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Service Desk Agent 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 North West region featuring Service Desk Agent in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 31 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 29 (93.55%) Social Skills
2 29 (93.55%) SLA
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Lotus
3 2 (6.45%) Service Delivery
3 2 (6.45%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.45%) ITIL
3 2 (6.45%) Windows
3 2 (6.45%) IBM Notes

Service Desk Agent Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.45%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
General
1 29 (93.55%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 31 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (6.45%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (6.45%) ITIL
2 2 (6.45%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (93.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Lotus
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft