Help Desk Coordinator Contract Job Trends

Help Desk Coordinator
UK

The median Help Desk Coordinator daily rate in the UK is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 - 574
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Coordinator 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.47 - £13.85
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £14.76 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.47 - £13.85

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 44,842 26,406 39,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.30% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,414 17,194 25,665
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.82%
75th Percentile £617 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,942 1,004 2,685
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.36 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.59 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.31% -23.38% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.44 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.04% -33.75% -5.88%

Help Desk Coordinator
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Coordinator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Help Desk Coordinator job vacancy trend in the UK

Help Desk Coordinator
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Coordinator job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Coordinator job vacancies in the UK

Help Desk Coordinator
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Coordinator job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Coordinator job vacancies in the UK

Help Desk Coordinator
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Coordinator within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2026. 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
England - 7 £155 - 4
UK excluding London - 5 - - 2
North of England - 5 - - 1
North West - 5 - - 1
London - 2 £155 - 4

Help Desk Coordinator Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Help Desk Coordinator 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 featuring Help Desk Coordinator in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) CAFM
1 6 (85.71%) Facilities Management
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) BCP
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Intranet
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Okta
2 1 (14.29%) Order Management
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (14.29%) Windows

Help Desk Coordinator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intranet
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) CAFM
1 6 (85.71%) Facilities Management
2 1 (14.29%) BCP
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Order Management
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Okta
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow