Help Desk Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Help Desk Support Engineer
England > London

As of 16 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Help Desk Support Engineer daily rate in London.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 - 423
Rank change year-on-year - - +149
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £73
Median % change year-on-year - - -89.19%
England median daily rate - - £170
% change year-on-year - - -74.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,898 14,766 19,057
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 93.92% 93.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,553 9,559 13,828
10th Percentile £335 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £794
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 156 232
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.02
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% - +18.11%
75th Percentile £49.13 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.15 £80.75 £73.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Help Desk Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Help Desk Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Help Desk Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Help Desk Support 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 Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
East London - 2 - - 2
Help Desk Support Engineer
England

Help Desk Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Help Desk Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) DMZ
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) ION Trading
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) WSUS

Help Desk Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DMZ
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Bloomberg
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) ION Trading
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters