Service Desk Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

As of 9 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 392 447
Rank change year-on-year +57 +55 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Administrator 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.005% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £145
UK median daily rate - - £145
% change year-on-year - - -27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.85 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.06% - -
UK median hourly rate £13.85 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year -30.75% - -

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 11,786 18,942 22,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.49% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,534 11,550 15,489
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 2,258 1,140
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.72 £17.86
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -5.73% +115.78%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%

Service Desk Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Service Desk Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Administrator in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Administrator in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Administrator in the UK excluding London

Service 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 Service Desk Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 East - 1 - - 1
Service Desk Administrator
UK

Service Desk Administrator Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Service Desk Administrator 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Desk Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Service Desk Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow