Help Desk Support Technician Contract Job Trends in London

Help Desk Support Technician
England > London

As of 22 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Help Desk Support Technician daily rate in London.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Technician 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.011% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £225 - -

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 16,787 11,429 16,301
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 93.40% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,131 7,789 11,782
10th Percentile £353 £349 £325
25th Percentile £431 £430 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.43%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £756 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 149 315
10th Percentile £19.23 £20.24 £16.01
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% +25.93% -22.86%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £44.25
90th Percentile £76.58 £63.35 £65.61
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%

Help Desk Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Help Desk Support Technician job vacancy trend in London

Help Desk Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Help Desk Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Help Desk Support Technician Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Help Desk Support Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) X-Windows

Help Desk Support Technician 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory