Help Desk Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Help Desk Support Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Help Desk Support Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.094% - 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - £225
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £160 - £225

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,009 488 961
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 95.87% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 323 583
10th Percentile £298 £258 £268
25th Percentile £406 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £635 £638 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +3.78% - -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 26
10th Percentile £13.24 £19.61 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.32
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.82 £15.20
Median % change year-on-year -23.45% +63.29% -53.23%
75th Percentile £46.25 £55.29 £22.55
90th Percentile £74.00 £100.28 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.50
% change year-on-year +100.09% +46.48% -37.63%

Help Desk Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Help Desk Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Help Desk Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Help Desk Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Support Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
Leeds - 1 £160 -
Help Desk Support Engineer
Yorkshire

Help Desk Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 9 April 2026, Help Desk Support Engineer 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 Yorkshire region featuring Help Desk Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

Help Desk Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory