Help Desk Support Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Help Desk Support
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Help Desk Support daily rate in Coventry is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 1.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £225 - £110
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 257 98 103
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.59% 98.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 68 79
10th Percentile £300 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £220 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £547 £625
90th Percentile £665 £635 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.11% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £14.50 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.00 - -
90th Percentile £38.75 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £21.53 £19.77
% change year-on-year +57.91% +8.88% -1.15%

Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Help Desk Support job vacancy trend in Coventry

Help Desk Support
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support job vacancies in Coventry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support job vacancies in Coventry

Help Desk Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support job vacancies in Coventry.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support job vacancies in Coventry

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 6 June 2026, Help Desk Support 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 Coventry region featuring Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Canon
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Windows

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Canon
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft