Service Desk Agent Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Agent
UK > UK excluding London

As of 3 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Agent daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 393 415
Rank change year-on-year +60 +22 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Agent 70 64 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.27% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.28% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £205
75th Percentile - - £223
90th Percentile - - £232
UK median daily rate - - £205
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 57
10th Percentile - - £9.90
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £13.00
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - £13.91
UK median hourly rate £14.00 - £13.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Service Desk Agent
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Service Desk Agent
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 Agent within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
North of England +36 70 - - 3
Yorkshire +18 39 - - 3
North West +26 31 - -
Service Desk Agent
UK

Service Desk Agent Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Service Desk Agent 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 Agent in the job title.

1 69 (98.57%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (75.71%) Customer Service
3 51 (72.86%) Social Skills
3 51 (72.86%) SLA
4 19 (27.14%) Microsoft
4 19 (27.14%) Service Delivery
5 2 (2.86%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.86%) Lotus
5 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (2.86%) ITIL
5 2 (2.86%) Windows
5 2 (2.86%) IBM Notes

Service Desk Agent 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.86%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
General
1 51 (72.86%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (98.57%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (75.71%) Customer Service
3 19 (27.14%) Service Delivery
4 2 (2.86%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (2.86%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (72.86%) SLA
Vendors
1 19 (27.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.86%) Lotus