Service Desk Manager Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Service Desk Manager
South East > West Sussex

The median Service Desk Manager daily rate in West Sussex is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 249 128 243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.25% 89.51% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 84 182
10th Percentile £278 £243 £213
25th Percentile £367 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% +3.39% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £517
90th Percentile £698 £629 £588
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 14
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.39 £14.69
25th Percentile £13.26 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £37.12 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.24% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £36.25 £27.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £81.15 £36.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £41.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year +14.33% -7.68% -

Service Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Service Desk Manager job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Service Desk Manager
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Manager job vacancies in West Sussex

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 31 March 2026, Service Desk Manager 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 Sussex region featuring Service Desk Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow

Service Desk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow