Deskside Support Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Deskside Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £278, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 349 386
Rank change year-on-year -25 +37 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Deskside Support 25 13 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.077% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.084% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 13
10th Percentile - £164 £122
25th Percentile £160 £181 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £278 £210 £200
Median % change year-on-year +32.38% +5.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile - - £215
90th Percentile - £213 £246
UK median daily rate £259 £188 £203
% change year-on-year +38.13% -7.41% -13.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 3
10th Percentile - £36.80 £18.65
25th Percentile £27.80 £39.50 £18.88
Median hourly rate £30.80 £44.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.79% +128.21% +4.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £49.00 £19.88
90th Percentile - £51.40 £19.95
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £36.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -17.78% +87.01% +2.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,267 15,498 19,465
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 92.15% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,456 8,907 12,909
10th Percentile £206 £220 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,487 1,065 1,262
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.50 £18.30
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.32% +54.84%

Deskside Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Deskside Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Deskside Support job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deskside Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deskside Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deskside Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deskside Support job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Deskside Support
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deskside Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
South West +9 10 £278 +32.38% 2
North of England -25 10 - -
North West - 10 - -
South East +5 5 £160 +28.00% 5
Deskside Support
UK

Deskside Support Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Deskside Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring Deskside Support in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (96.00%) Customer Service
3 20 (80.00%) ITIL
3 20 (80.00%) ITSM
4 15 (60.00%) Service Management
5 9 (36.00%) Data Analysis
5 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
5 9 (36.00%) ServiceNow
5 9 (36.00%) Workflow
6 7 (28.00%) SLA
7 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
8 5 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (20.00%) Windows
9 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
11 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
11 1 (4.00%) Android
11 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
11 1 (4.00%) Azure
11 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
11 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (4.00%) Patch Management
11 1 (4.00%) SCCM
11 1 (4.00%) VPN
11 1 (4.00%) Windows 10

Deskside Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
1 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (52.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Android
2 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) Customer Service
2 20 (80.00%) ITIL
2 20 (80.00%) ITSM
3 15 (60.00%) Service Management
4 9 (36.00%) Data Analysis
4 9 (36.00%) Workflow
5 5 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.00%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) ServiceNow