Help Desk Technician Contracts in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Technician
UK > UK excluding London

The median Help Desk Technician daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 - 494
Rank change year-on-year - - -52
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Technician 5 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.025% - 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £100
25th Percentile - - £102
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £145
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.54%
75th Percentile - - £176
90th Percentile - - £201
UK median daily rate £213 £223 £160
% change year-on-year -4.49% +39.06% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.38 - -
Median hourly rate £25.77 - -
75th Percentile £26.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.77 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,796 21,663 29,128
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.29% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,116 20,427
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,107 1,446
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.02 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.92
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Help Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Help Desk Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Technician in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Technician in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Technician in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Technician in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Technician in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Technician
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Technician within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
East Midlands - 4 - -
Midlands - 4 - -
North of England - 1 £200 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £200 -
Help Desk Technician
UK

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Help Desk Technician 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 UK excluding London region featuring Help Desk Technician in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) PSTN
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Measurement
1 4 (80.00%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) PSTN
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) WhatsUp Gold