Service Desk Engineer
North West > Cumbria
The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Cumbria is £215, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria | 0.88% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.91% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £195 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £215 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £235 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £208 | £155 | £180 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.87% | -13.89% | +2.86% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title | 110 | 173 | 153 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 96.49% | 89.64% | 92.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 55 | 91 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £228 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £453 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.00% | -9.09% | +28.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | £638 | £627 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £670 | £671 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.16% | -2.00% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 29 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.34 | £23.25 | £38.49 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.14 | £45.22 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £55.25 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.50% | +0.45% | +11.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.42 | £66.61 | £60.43 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.49 | £70.90 | £72.36 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £37.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.03% | +5.71% | +50.21% |
Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
Service Desk Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria
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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 19 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 |
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| Barrow-in-Furness | - | 1 | £215 | - | |
| Service Desk Engineer North West |
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Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria
For the 6 months to 19 September 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 Cumbria region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.
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Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:
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