Service Desk Support Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Service Desk Support
South East > Hampshire

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in Hampshire is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 88 93
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.21% 0.073% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.079% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £213 £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £123
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +83.67% -20.97%
75th Percentile - £238 £124
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £158 £170 £165
% change year-on-year -7.35% +3.03% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.63 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £14.75 - £30.00
75th Percentile £14.88 - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £16.00 - £16.17
% change year-on-year - - -19.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 877 1,268 1,209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 93.10% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 802 688
10th Percentile £213 £360 £263
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £650 £700 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 118 105
10th Percentile £16.87 £22.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £51.06 £21.05
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +4.27% +61.67%
75th Percentile £57.81 £71.04 £66.25
90th Percentile £71.00 £77.43 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.20% +14.85% +108.33%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings that featured Service Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support in Hampshire

Service Desk Support
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Hampshire

Service Desk Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Hampshire

Service Desk Support
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Support within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Havant - 1 - - 1
Portsmouth - 1 £200 -
Service Desk Support
South East

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Service Desk Support 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 Hampshire region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Chat Support
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Chat Support
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA