Help Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Help Desk Engineer
England > London

The median Help Desk Engineer daily rate in London is £181, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £156 - -
25th Percentile £164 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £181 - -
75th Percentile £202 - -
90th Percentile £212 - -
England median daily rate £186 - £200
% change year-on-year - - -73.86%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 18,802 12,610 15,273
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 92.99% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,272 8,525 10,790
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 204 199
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -9.28% -11.81%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.13 £54.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.54% -42.22% +4.65%

Help Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Help Desk Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Help Desk Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Engineer job vacancies in London

Help Desk Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Engineer job vacancies in London

Help Desk Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Central London - 1 £150 -
Help Desk Engineer
England

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 August 2026, Help 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 London region featuring Help Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft