Help Desk Support Contracts in South Yorkshire

Help Desk Support
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Help Desk Support daily rate in South Yorkshire is £217, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 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
18 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.18% - 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £208 - -
25th Percentile £209 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £217 - £120
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.04%
75th Percentile £225 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £185 £150 £145
% change year-on-year +23.33% +3.45% +5.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 369 355 586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.03% 90.79% 92.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 229 430
10th Percentile £210 £294 £300
25th Percentile £423 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £502
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +9.51% +18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £720 £676
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 14
10th Percentile £13.14 £14.77 £9.50
25th Percentile £15.22 £18.50 £11.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +35.71%
75th Percentile £21.50 £31.25 £20.54
90th Percentile - £42.50 £28.35
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.18 £21.66 £20.89
% change year-on-year +11.66% +3.66% +30.56%

Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Support in South Yorkshire

Help Desk Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Support in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Support in South Yorkshire

Help Desk Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Support in South Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Support in South Yorkshire

Help Desk Support
Contract Job Locations in South 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 within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 November 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
Sheffield - 5 £217 -
Help Desk Support
Yorkshire

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 18 November 2024, Help 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 job ads across the South Yorkshire region featuring Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) NHS
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 5 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Server Monitoring

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Server Monitoring
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory