Service Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Service Desk Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 1.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £195 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 - -
75th Percentile £235 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median daily rate £215 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 90 126 86
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 95.45% 98.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 71 75
10th Percentile £410 £420 £450
25th Percentile £438 £464 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -14.89% +37.59%
75th Percentile £555 £659 £630
90th Percentile £638 £672 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £470 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% +28.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 3
10th Percentile £27.14 £45.22 £26.65
25th Percentile £38.63 £48.60 £37.60
Median hourly rate £55.48 £62.32 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +11.58% +14.31%
75th Percentile £58.50 £69.83 £69.63
90th Percentile £70.29 £70.90 £77.89
Cumbria median hourly rate £50.00 £55.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.50% +0.45% +11.96%

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Service Desk Engineer 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 Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows