Help Desk Technician Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Help Desk Technician
England > West Midlands

The median Help Desk Technician daily rate in the West Midlands is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Technician 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.032% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £190 £220 £213
% change year-on-year -13.64% +3.53% -4.49%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,946 1,258 1,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 90.70% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,838 824 1,178
10th Percentile £313 £200 £256
25th Percentile £405 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £476 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £645 £713
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.27% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 74 136
10th Percentile £14.96 £12.62 £12.08
25th Percentile £22.50 £14.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £18.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -17.59% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59.50 £26.13 £40.81
90th Percentile £68.60 £48.20 £55.63
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.23 £37.18
% change year-on-year +53.95% -21.38% -16.94%

Help Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Help Desk Technician job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Help Desk Technician
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Technician job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Technician job vacancies in the West Midlands

Help Desk Technician
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Technician job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Technician job vacancies in the West Midlands

Help Desk Technician
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Technician within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Coventry - 1 £225 - 1
Help Desk Technician
England

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Help Desk Technician 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 West Midlands region featuring Help Desk Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Canon
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Canon
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft