Freshdesk Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Freshdesk
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Freshdesk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freshdesk over the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Freshdesk, Inc.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 - 416
Rank change year-on-year - - +102
Contract jobs citing Freshdesk 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% - 0.005%
As % of the Vendors category 0.036% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £156 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 - -
75th Percentile £169 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £163 £225 £190
% change year-on-year -27.78% +18.42% -40.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.50 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £20.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Freshdesk falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,381 7,496 9,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 47.70% 44.85% 47.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,383 4,320 6,258
10th Percentile £222 £220 £210
25th Percentile £368 £390 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £674 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 668 439 534
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.67 £16.24 £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.85% -38.20% +97.78%
75th Percentile £42.69 £62.53 £61.04
90th Percentile £74.26 £74.00 £74.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.41 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.31% -31.66% +73.08%

Freshdesk
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Freshdesk relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Freshdesk job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Freshdesk
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Freshdesk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Freshdesk

Freshdesk
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Freshdesk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Freshdesk

Freshdesk
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 Freshdesk within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Wales - 3 £163 -
Freshdesk
UK

Freshdesk
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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow