Service Desk Assistant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Assistant daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 396 446
Rank change year-on-year +60 +50 -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Assistant 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.014% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.016% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £12.18 - -
75th Percentile £13.02 - -
90th Percentile £13.52 - -
UK median hourly rate £12.18 - -

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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Service Desk Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Service Desk Assistant
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 Assistant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
South East +44 1 - -
Service Desk Assistant
UK

Service Desk Assistant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Service Desk Assistant 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 Assistant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Intranet
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel

Service Desk Assistant 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Intranet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow