Service Desk Technician Contracts in the Midlands

Service Desk Technician
England > Midlands

The median Service Desk Technician daily rate in the Midlands is £213 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.073% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £181 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - -
75th Percentile £244 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £181 £180 £135
% change year-on-year +0.69% +33.33% +59.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,519 3,341 4,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 94.30% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,708 2,345 3,662
10th Percentile £206 £220 £205
25th Percentile £327 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £645
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 137 178
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £13.59
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +17.65% +9.85%
75th Percentile £30.37 £27.13 £22.00
90th Percentile £52.34 £58.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

Service Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Technician in the Midlands

Service Desk Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Technician in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Technician in the Midlands

Service Desk Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Technician in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Technician in the Midlands

Service Desk Technician
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Technician within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
West Midlands - 2 £213 - 1
Service Desk Technician
England

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 3 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Service Desk Technician 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 Midlands region featuring Service Desk Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft