Service Desk Support Contracts with Work from Home Options

Service Desk Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Desk Support daily rate in Work from Home is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 447 574
Rank change year-on-year +120 +127 -121
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 10 20 51
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.082% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 31
10th Percentile £115 £137 £135
25th Percentile - £149 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £188 £160
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.19% -1.54%
75th Percentile £180 £212 £191
90th Percentile £214 £282 £238
UK median daily rate £190 £190 £155
% change year-on-year - +22.62% +3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile - - £14.38
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £17.01
90th Percentile - - £18.06
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £20.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.06% +2.10% +60.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Service Desk Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Service Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Desk Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Desk Support.

Service Desk Support daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Desk Support.

Service Desk Support hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Azure
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (40.00%) Windows
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (30.00%) Android
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Apple
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco
6 2 (20.00%) Progress
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (20.00%) iPhone
6 2 (20.00%) Mitel
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (20.00%) Marketing
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) French Language
6 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (70.00%) Azure
3 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) French Language
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Electronics
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Health Technology
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (10.00%) Swedish Language
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) iPhone
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (30.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Chat Support
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Network Management
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Apple
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Mitel
2 2 (20.00%) Progress
3 1 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow