Service Desk Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Service Desk Manager
England > South West

The median Service Desk Manager daily rate in the South West is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 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
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 - 156
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.31% - 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £409 - -
90th Percentile £447 - -
England median daily rate £375 £413 £375
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -16.67%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,710 2,511 3,161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.97% 92.49% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 1,581 2,185
10th Percentile £224 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +0.96%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £719
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 288 277
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.69 £18.05
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +10.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £70.66
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +68.27%

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Service Desk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Manager in the South West

Service Desk Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Service Desk Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Desk Manager in the South West

Service Desk Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Service Desk Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 September 2025. 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £375 - 1
Wiltshire - 3 £465 -
Service Desk Manager
England

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 2 September 2025, Service Desk Manager 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 South West region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
3 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
4 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Change Management
4 3 (50.00%) ITSM
4 3 (50.00%) Remedy
4 3 (50.00%) Service Management
5 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
5 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) assyst
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) OPNET
5 2 (33.33%) Military
5 2 (33.33%) Information Security
5 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
5 2 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (33.33%) IFS
5 2 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Coaching

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) assyst
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Military
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
3 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Change Management
4 3 (50.00%) ITSM
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Service Management
5 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Coaching
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (33.33%) Information Security
5 2 (33.33%) Major Incident Management
5 2 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
5 2 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy
2 2 (33.33%) IFS