Help Desk Support Technician Contract Job Trends in England

Help Desk Support Technician
UK > England

The median Help Desk Support Technician daily rate in England is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Technician 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £225 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 38,122 22,159 33,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.41% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,649 14,727 22,390
10th Percentile £320 £293 £282
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £642
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,628 898 2,440
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.63% -22.88% -18.89%

Help Desk Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Help Desk Support Technician job vacancy trend in England

Help Desk Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Help Desk Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Help Desk Support Technician
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Support Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
London - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 1 £225 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £225 - 2
Help Desk Support Technician
UK

Help Desk Support Technician Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Help Desk Support 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 England region featuring Help Desk Support Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
2 2 (66.67%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) X-Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Canon
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) VPN

Help Desk Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Canon
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft