Service Desk Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £288 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 138 157
Rank change year-on-year -4 +19 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 4 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.27% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.29% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £236 £173 £123
25th Percentile £253 £175 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £213 £138
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% +54.55% -11.29%
75th Percentile £294 £303 £261
90th Percentile - £321 £300
South East median daily rate £275 £190 £145
% change year-on-year +44.74% +31.03% -6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.88 - -
Median hourly rate £16.75 - -
75th Percentile £17.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £16.75 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,756 3,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 94.32% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,908 2,284
10th Percentile £212 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.28% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 75 103
10th Percentile £15.78 £17.27 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.29 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.33 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Engineer in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire +25 2 £225 -29.91% 2
Berkshire -13 2 £288 +15.00% 1
Service Desk Engineer
South East

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Service Desk Engineer 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 Thames Valley region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Confluence
3 2 (50.00%) WebEx
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Reuters
3 2 (50.00%) Bloomberg
3 2 (50.00%) ITSM
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Apple
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) WebEx
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Bloomberg
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Reuters
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft