Service Desk Engineer
UK
The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in the UK is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 496 | 531 | 649 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +118 | +117 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 24 | 51 | 69 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.082% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.089% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 38 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £163 | £143 |
| 25th Percentile | £160 | £181 | £151 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £208 | £210 | £185 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.19% | +13.51% | +5.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £238 | £279 | £248 |
| 90th Percentile | £264 | £345 | £411 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £210 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +10.53% | +18.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £17.11 | £15.18 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £18.97 | £15.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £20.00 | £17.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +17.65% | -22.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.53 | £20.50 | £18.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.21 | £21.40 | £19.49 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.00 | £16.75 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.34% | -1.47% | -32.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
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 1 May 2025.
Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer.
Service Desk Engineer
Top 10 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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +52 | 17 | £200 | -4.76% | 35 |
| England | +31 | 17 | £218 | -1.14% | 40 |
| Scotland | +18 | 7 | £150 | -28.57% | |
| London | +23 | 6 | £225 | +5.88% | 8 |
| North of England | +20 | 5 | £300 | +9.09% | 13 |
| South West | +42 | 4 | £200 | -9.09% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +34 | 4 | £210 | -10.64% | 16 |
| North West | +19 | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| North East | - | 1 | £300 | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | £215 | - | 4 |
Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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: