Service Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in Crewe

Service Desk Engineer
Cheshire > Crewe

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Crewe is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 4.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £369 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £281 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Crewe

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Crewe. 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 Crewe with a recognized job title 19 19 8
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 76.00% 67.86% 72.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 8
10th Percentile £163 £291 -
25th Percentile £175 £457 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £608 £275
Median % change year-on-year -62.96% +120.91% -31.25%
75th Percentile £366 £650 £514
90th Percentile £538 £684 £566
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.20 - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.00 - -
75th Percentile £37.00 - -
90th Percentile £38.80 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £22.09 £33.00
% change year-on-year +3.44% -33.06% +53.49%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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 Crewe.

Service Desk Engineer job vacancy trend in Crewe

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, 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 Crewe region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
8 Service Desk Engineer jobs in the North West