Help Desk Engineer Contracts in London

Help Desk Engineer
England > London

The median Help Desk Engineer daily rate in London is £129 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 459 617
Rank change year-on-year +68 +158 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer 4 29 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.023% 0.11% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.12% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 25 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73 £638 £93
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £129 £765 £95
Median % change year-on-year -83.14% +705.26% -52.50%
75th Percentile £188 £823 £98
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £170 £765 £159
% change year-on-year -77.78% +381.89% +67.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,469 25,124 36,818
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.22% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,901 18,241 26,939
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 285 443
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.30
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.75 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

Help Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Help Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Engineer in London

Help Desk Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Engineer in London

Help Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Engineer in London

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Help 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 London region featuring Help Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Ticket Management
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Dell
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) A+ Certification

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Dell
1 2 (50.00%) HP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft