Service Desk Support Contracts in West Sussex

Service Desk Support
South East > West Sussex

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in West Sussex is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 1.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £225 £200
% change year-on-year +122.22% +12.50% +26.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £16.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 130 236 289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.25% 95.55% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 179 231
10th Percentile £220 £210 £181
25th Percentile £325 £386 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £414
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -17.20%
75th Percentile £525 £508 £587
90th Percentile £613 £588 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 7
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.69 £17.60
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% +23.11%
75th Percentile £24.66 £27.81 £22.64
90th Percentile £72.45 £29.00 £24.55
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -31.15% -4.00% +150.00%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings that featured Service Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support in West Sussex

Service Desk Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Support in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Support in West Sussex

Service Desk Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Support in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Support in West Sussex

Service Desk Support
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Support within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Burgess Hill - 1 - - 2
Worthing - 1 £200 - 1
Service Desk Support
South East

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 1 June 2025, Service Desk Support 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 across the West Sussex region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Nexthink
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) iPad
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) MobileIron

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) iPad
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) MobileIron
2 1 (50.00%) Nexthink