Service Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £225 - £170
% change year-on-year - - +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 790 462 709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 89.36% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 338 500
10th Percentile £313 £182 £250
25th Percentile £411 £363 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £660 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.51% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 39
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.62 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.17 £13.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.26 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.00% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £26.10 £29.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £35.04 £68.58
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +43.41% -17.59% +15.79%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Service Desk Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 28 March 2026, Service Desk Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft