Service Desk Support Contracts in Manchester

Service Desk Support
North West > Manchester

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in Manchester is £173, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 93 116
Rank change year-on-year +17 +23 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.21% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £164 - £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £173 - £110
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £183 - £115
90th Percentile £186 - -
North West median daily rate £170 - £110
% change year-on-year - - -32.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.66 -
North West median hourly rate - £15.66 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Service Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support in Manchester

Service Desk Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Support in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Support in Manchester

Service Desk Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Support in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Support in Manchester

Service Desk Support
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Support within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bolton - 2 £173 -
Service Desk Support
North West

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Desk Support 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 Manchester region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle