Service Desk Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Service Desk Manager
England > South East

The median Service Desk Manager daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 - 205
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.018% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £450 £454 £588
% change year-on-year -0.88% -22.72% +60.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.60
England median hourly rate - - £17.60
% change year-on-year - - +151.43%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,224 2,768 5,197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.36% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,265 1,823 3,123
10th Percentile £300 £244 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £712 £663 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 485 155 475
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £21.00 £20.21 £18.32
Median hourly rate £49.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.77% -31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.30 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Service Desk Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Service Desk Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in the South East

Service Desk Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in the South East

Service Desk Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex - 1 £450 -
Service Desk Manager
England

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 South East region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow