Service Desk Support Contracts in Portsmouth

Service Desk Support
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in Portsmouth is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 0.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £200 £225 £123
% change year-on-year -11.11% +83.67% -19.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 194 200 259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.48% 95.69% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 90 153
10th Percentile £200 £400 £273
25th Percentile £213 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £688 £575
90th Percentile £625 £850 £671
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 78 19
10th Percentile £24.66 £52.70 £19.84
25th Percentile £32.94 £53.40 £45.53
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +4.27% +14.49%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £68.65
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.86 £70.26
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £51.25
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.90% +76.06%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support in Portsmouth

Service Desk Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Support in Portsmouth

Service Desk Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Support in Portsmouth

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 3 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 14 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 Portsmouth region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10