Service Desk Technician Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Service Desk Technician
England > East Midlands

As of 6 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Technician daily rate in the East Midlands.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £175 - £181
% change year-on-year - - -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - +71.64%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 875 518 749
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 91.36% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 311 517
10th Percentile £185 £225 £166
25th Percentile £351 £340 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £538
90th Percentile £606 £600 £661
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 21 71
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.10 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.08
Median hourly rate £18.44 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +36.49% +2.70%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.99
90th Percentile £26.63 £33.75 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.78%

Service Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Service Desk Technician job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Service Desk Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands

Service Desk Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in the East Midlands

Service Desk Technician
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 1 - - 1
Service Desk Technician
England

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, Service Desk Technician 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 East Midlands region featuring Service Desk Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft