Service Desk Technician Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Service Desk Technician
Hampshire > Portsmouth

As of 5 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Technician daily rate in Portsmouth.

 6 months to
5 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 236 113 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 99.16% 93.39% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 112
10th Percentile £313 £200 £400
25th Percentile £416 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -9.03% +13.00%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £675
90th Percentile £625 £626 £848
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £537 £575
% change year-on-year +2.37% -6.57% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 23 104
10th Percentile £20.50 £25.73 £51.06
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.50 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £59.44
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.26% -0.02%
75th Percentile £60.90 £62.50 £65.51
90th Percentile £68.55 £65.00 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.29 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -17.65% -4.10% +9.24%

Service Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Service Desk Technician job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Service Desk Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Technician job vacancies in Portsmouth

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, Service Desk Technician 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 Portsmouth region featuring Service Desk Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Logistics
1 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
Service Desk Technician jobs