Service Desk Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Service Desk Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

As of 15 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Oxford.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate - - £200
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 61 34 88
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 97.14% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 24 70
10th Percentile £211 £220 £150
25th Percentile £252 £279 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +30.00% -14.77%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £484
90th Percentile £600 £659 £603
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +52.94%
75th Percentile £86.32 £37.00 -
90th Percentile £89.63 £43.30 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +52.94%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Service Desk Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

Service Desk Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Oxford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

Service Desk Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Oxford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Service Desk Engineer 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 Oxford region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow