Service Desk Engineer Contracts in Cheshire

Service Desk Engineer
North West > Cheshire

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 394 472 477
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.75% 93.65% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 324 329
10th Percentile £313 £275 £263
25th Percentile £358 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £640 £629 £651
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 20
10th Percentile £19.00 £14.00 £14.23
25th Percentile £26.71 £16.47 £19.71
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
Median % change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%
75th Percentile £86.00 £38.00 £35.00
90th Percentile - £43.75 £42.58
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Engineer in Cheshire

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in Cheshire

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in Cheshire

Service Desk Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Chester - 3 - -
Service Desk Engineer
North West

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Cheshire region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Chat Support
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Skype
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Chat Support
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy