Service Desk Engineer Contracts in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Service Desk Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 77 94
Rank change year-on-year +12 +17 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.26% 0.11% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.12% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £186 - -
25th Percentile £186 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £175
75th Percentile £194 - -
90th Percentile £195 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £190 - £200
% change year-on-year - - +81.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 712 859 1,252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 96.63% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 567 905
10th Percentile £249 £263 £225
25th Percentile £336 £375 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 37 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.30 £12.72
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.70 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% +6.98%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.00 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £58.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.77 £20.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year -2.37% +15.71% +16.67%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Engineer in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Engineer in Birmingham

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Service Desk Engineer 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 Birmingham region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow