Service Desk Support Contracts in Milton Keynes

Service Desk Support
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in Milton Keynes is £185, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 63
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.85% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - +58.54%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £185 - £325
% change year-on-year - - +58.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.87 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.87 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 224 280 651
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 92.72% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 204 525
10th Percentile £213 £250 £264
25th Percentile £350 £362 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £585
90th Percentile £644 £634 £658
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £20.56 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £26.29 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year -41.04% +96.63% +15.06%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.19 £13.57
90th Percentile £25.15 £37.12 £16.16
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £14.99
% change year-on-year -38.00% +66.83% +15.27%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support in Milton Keynes

Service Desk Support
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Service Desk Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 21 August 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow