Service Desk Manager Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Service Desk Manager
Kent > Maidstone

The median Service Desk Manager daily rate in Maidstone is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 3.57% - 16.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% - 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £481 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Maidstone

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Maidstone. 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 Maidstone with a recognized job title 28 28 46
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 8 31
10th Percentile £146 £181 £185
25th Percentile £174 £189 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £223 £365
Median % change year-on-year +49.44% -39.04% +33.94%
75th Percentile £475 £387 £373
90th Percentile £621 £563 £540
Kent median daily rate £375 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -21.05% +15.15% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Median hourly rate £20.40 - £55.00
Kent median hourly rate £14.00 £62.28 £54.37
% change year-on-year -77.52% +14.55% +28.49%

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone.

Service Desk Manager job vacancy trend in Maidstone

Service Desk Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in Maidstone.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in Maidstone

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, Service Desk Manager 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 Maidstone region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA