Help Desk Administrator Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Help Desk Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 379 362
Rank change year-on-year -73 -17 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Administrator 29 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.038% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.043% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
UK median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 7
10th Percentile £12.71 - -
25th Percentile £13.00 £12.66 £12.13
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.11 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +6.98% -15.92%
75th Percentile - £13.55 £12.38
90th Percentile £14.50 - £14.73
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £14.13 £12.25
% change year-on-year -0.94% +15.37% -15.92%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 25,735 14,002 16,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 89.69% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,063 8,605 9,330
10th Percentile £300 £210 £220
25th Percentile £413 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
90th Percentile £688 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,400 1,313 1,349
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.50 £14.55
25th Percentile £19.34 £16.41 £19.59
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.65 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £74.77
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -3.37%

Help Desk Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Help Desk Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Administrator
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 Help Desk Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
East of England - 9 - - 2
South East - 6 - -
North of England -65 5 - - 3
West Midlands - 5 £450 - 1
Midlands - 5 £450 - 1
North West - 5 - - 3
Wales - 3 - -
South West - 1 - -
Help Desk Administrator
UK

Help Desk Administrator Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 September 2026, Help Desk Administrator 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 Help Desk Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
2 5 (17.24%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (13.79%) Logistics
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) CRM
4 3 (10.34%) Service Management
5 2 (6.90%) CAFM
6 1 (3.45%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.45%) SLA

Help Desk Administrator 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 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
General
1 9 (31.03%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Customer Service
2 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
3 4 (13.79%) Logistics
3 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) CRM
4 3 (10.34%) Service Management
5 2 (6.90%) CAFM
6 1 (3.45%) Customer Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft