Service Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in Kensington

Service Desk Engineer
Kensington and Chelsea > Kensington

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Kensington is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £150 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kensington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kensington. 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 Kensington with a recognized job title 15 5 5
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile £170 - £202
25th Percentile £369 £425 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £290
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +55.17% +45.00%
75th Percentile £675 £475 £345
90th Percentile £900 - £378
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £513 £450 £290
% change year-on-year +13.89% +55.17% +45.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £23.40 - £27.20
25th Percentile £24.00 £29.07 £28.17
Median hourly rate £25.00 £31.78 £29.78
Median % change year-on-year -21.32% +6.70% -
75th Percentile £26.00 £34.48 £31.39
90th Percentile £26.60 - £32.36
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate £25.00 £31.78 £29.78
% change year-on-year -21.32% +6.70% -

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington

For the 6 months to 29 July 2026, Service Desk Engineer 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 Kensington region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
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