Service Desk Engineer
UK
The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in the UK is £210 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 547 | 650 | 760 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +103 | +110 | -145 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 51 | 69 | 89 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.12% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 46 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £143 | £113 |
| 25th Percentile | £181 | £151 | £128 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £210 | £185 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.51% | +5.71% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £279 | £248 | £200 |
| 90th Percentile | £345 | £411 | £276 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £210 | £190 | £160 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.53% | +18.75% | +4.92% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.11 | £15.18 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.97 | £15.44 | £17.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.00 | £17.00 | £19.86 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -14.38% | +4.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £20.50 | £18.56 | £23.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £21.40 | £19.49 | £24.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.75 | £17.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.47% | -32.00% | +31.58% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer.
Service Desk Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer.
Service Desk Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 |
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| England | +108 | 43 | £220 | +22.22% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +47 | 28 | £210 | +10.53% | 39 |
| London | +102 | 21 | £213 | -8.16% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 11 | £235 | +23.68% | 13 |
| South West | +23 | 8 | £220 | +22.22% | 9 |
| South East | +20 | 6 | £275 | +44.74% | 7 |
| North of England | +36 | 4 | £275 | +37.50% | 12 |
| Midlands | +25 | 4 | £180 | -5.26% | 3 |
| Scotland | +33 | 2 | £210 | +3.70% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +31 | 2 | £180 | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 2 | £275 | +37.50% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 2 | £175 | -7.89% | 1 |
| Wales | +16 | 2 | £200 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | +9 | 2 | £210 | - | 2 |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Service Desk Engineer 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 featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.
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Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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