Service Desk Manager Contract Job Trends in Preston

Service Desk Manager
Lancashire > Preston

As of 26 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Manager daily rate in Preston.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 91 75 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.85% 94.94% 65.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 48 27
10th Percentile £305 £146 £200
25th Percentile £509 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £664 £463 £575
Median % change year-on-year +43.46% -19.57% +26.37%
75th Percentile £950 £600 £648
90th Percentile - £645 £855
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £485 £497
% change year-on-year +18.56% -2.32% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 6
10th Percentile £26.26 - £24.48
25th Percentile £37.25 £26.88 £25.98
Median hourly rate £69.00 £40.83 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.01% +7.43% -10.59%
75th Percentile £71.50 £64.40 £50.91
90th Percentile £76.56 £74.10 £59.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £51.62 £37.29 £40.33
% change year-on-year +38.44% -7.53% -5.12%

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Service Desk Manager job vacancy trend in Preston

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, Service Desk Manager 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 Preston region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SLA

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow