The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Desk Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Desk Engineer
Rank 116 118 105
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.051% 0.165% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.174% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £180 £105 £200
% change year-on-year
+71.42% -47.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 £8.80 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.04% -23.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £12.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +13.63%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1840 2296 1790
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.46% 94.72% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 956 1218 884
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 136 123
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £10.30 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.60 £31.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Service Desk Engineer
England

Service Desk Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Service Desk Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Service Desk Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Service Desk Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Service Desk Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Service Desk Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Service Desk Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire 0 1 - -
South Yorkshire - - - - 2
Service Desk Engineer
England

Service Desk Engineer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Service Desk Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7

Service Desk Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Service Desk Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
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