Service Desk Support Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £195, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 394 399
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 20 36 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.16% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.17% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 57
10th Percentile £150 £140 £130
25th Percentile £156 £173 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £180 £157
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.72% +4.60%
75th Percentile £200 £220 £205
90th Percentile £210 £450 £246
UK median daily rate £190 £186 £170
% change year-on-year +2.01% +9.56% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 16
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.56 £16.38
25th Percentile £14.39 £14.79 £19.69
Median hourly rate £15.42 £15.37 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% -23.18% +56.99%
75th Percentile £16.69 £15.74 -
90th Percentile £16.99 £15.83 -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £18.21 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.83% -8.95% +55.40%

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 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Service Desk Support
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 Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Midlands +19 9 £190 -13.64% 1
West Midlands +22 8 £190 -3.80% 1
North of England +13 5 - - 1
North West +13 3 - -
Wales +22 2 £200 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire +12 2 - - 1
Scotland +46 1 £175 -61.11% 1
South East +12 1 £225 +12.50% 3
East Midlands +6 1 £110 -
South West -4 1 £203 +7.28% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Service Desk Support
UK

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 June 2024, Service Desk Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (65.00%) Windows
3 12 (60.00%) Customer Service
4 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (55.00%) Windows 10
5 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
6 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
7 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (25.00%) VMware
9 5 (25.00%) ITIL
10 4 (20.00%) Azure
10 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
10 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
11 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
11 3 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
11 3 (15.00%) VPN
12 2 (10.00%) DNS
12 2 (10.00%) SLA
12 2 (10.00%) Cisco
12 2 (10.00%) CCNA
12 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (10.00%) DHCP
12 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
12 2 (10.00%) Terminal Services

Service Desk Support 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 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (15.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) DHCP
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Electronics
3 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.00%) Hedge funds
1 1 (5.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (25.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (10.00%) ITSM
3 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.00%) Coaching
4 1 (5.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Health Informatics
4 1 (5.00%) Informatics
4 1 (5.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.00%) Security Patching
4 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) CCNA
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.00%) MCP
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) SAP