Help Desk Support Engineer Contracts in England

Help Desk Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Help Desk Support Engineer daily rate in England is £185 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 618 765
Rank change year-on-year +92 +147 -139
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Engineer 5 28 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.014% 0.058% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.061% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 24 6
10th Percentile £95 - £103
25th Percentile £128 £638 £114
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £765 £148
Median % change year-on-year -75.82% +418.64% +13.46%
75th Percentile £188 £823 £199
90th Percentile - - £203
UK median daily rate £185 £765 £175
% change year-on-year -75.82% +337.14% +37.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £18.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - +81.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,767 45,838 67,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.60% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,422 32,556 48,342
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,340 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.05 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Help Desk Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Help Desk Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Support Engineer in England

Help Desk Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Support Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Support Engineer in England

Help Desk Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Support Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Support Engineer in England

Help Desk Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
London +77 3 £185 -75.82%
South East - 2 - - 4
Help Desk Support Engineer
UK

Help Desk Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Help Desk Support 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 England region featuring Help Desk Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) A+ Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills

Help Desk Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) A+ Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) HP