Service Desk Team Leader Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Team Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Desk Team Lead daily rate in the UK excluding London is £285, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 - 409
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Team Leader 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £268 - £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.92%
75th Percentile £303 - £233
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £285 £250 £225
% change year-on-year +14.00% +11.11% -10.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £38.94 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.94 - -

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 14,510 15,667 19,940
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.58% 92.10% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,936 8,916 13,288
10th Percentile £210 £220 £219
25th Percentile £363 £373 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,372 1,153 1,256
10th Percentile £13.55 £14.73 £14.21
25th Percentile £16.48 £19.50 £17.95
Median hourly rate £24.42 £40.33 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -39.44% -8.14% +95.11%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +67.17%

Service Desk Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Service Desk Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Team Leader job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Team Leader job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Team Leader job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Team Leader job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Team Leader
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 Team Leader within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
North West - 1 £285 - 3
South West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 £285 - 4
Service Desk Team Leader
UK

Service Desk Team Leader Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Service Desk Team Leader 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 Service Desk Team Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Computacenter
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) MOS
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Service Desk Team Leader 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MOS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Computacenter