Service Desk Technician Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Service Desk Technician
North West > Cheshire

The median Service Desk Technician daily rate in Cheshire is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £175 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 - -

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 563 475 330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 93.14% 87.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 285 201
10th Percentile £269 £320 £225
25th Percentile £358 £382 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £465 £489
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% -4.91% +8.67%
75th Percentile £508 £575 £586
90th Percentile £638 £639 £625
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 29
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.80
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £22.00
Median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +14.60% +32.18%
75th Percentile £36.06 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.63 £47.13 £42.00
North West median hourly rate £24.62 £37.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -33.46% +8.82% +45.36%

Service Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Technician in Cheshire

Service Desk Technician
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in Cheshire

Service Desk Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in Cheshire

Service Desk Technician
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 Technician within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Warrington - 3 £175 - 2
Service Desk Technician
North West

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Service Desk Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 3 (100.00%) Proactive Management
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Low-Code
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence

Service Desk Technician 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (66.67%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ticket Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow