Service Desk Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South West

Service Desk Specialist
England > South West

As of 27 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Specialist daily rate in the South West.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.035% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £300 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,566 1,669 2,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 93.50% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,393 1,054 1,852
10th Percentile £258 £208 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 111 380
10th Percentile £17.87 £20.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £26.01 £49.38 £29.19
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.86
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +33.03% -22.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £74.44 £77.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%

Service Desk Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Service Desk Specialist job vacancy trend in the South West

Service Desk Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Service Desk Specialist
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 Specialist within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Bristol - 1 - - 1
Service Desk Specialist
England

Service Desk Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Service Desk Specialist 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 West region featuring Service Desk Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Service Desk Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware