Service Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Service Desk Engineer
England > East of England

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.078% - 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% - 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £136
25th Percentile - - £137
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.38%
75th Percentile - - £161
90th Percentile - - £174
England median daily rate £200 £195 £180
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
England median hourly rate - £22.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,080 1,343 1,678
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.31% 88.65% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 545 993
10th Percentile £190 £200 £195
25th Percentile £363 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £625 £704
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 346 269
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.49 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.29 £21.28 £17.72
Median hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +6.74% +124.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.25 £67.75 £84.36
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Engineer in the East of England

Service Desk Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Service Desk Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Service Desk Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £200 - 5
Service Desk Engineer
England

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 22 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 East of England region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow