Service Desk Administrator Contracts

Service Desk Administrator
UK

The median Service Desk Administrator daily rate in the UK is £115 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 683 832
Rank change year-on-year +107 +149 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Administrator 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.002% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £108 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £115 £145 £200
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% -27.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £123 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £115 £145 -
% change year-on-year -20.69% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £13.23 - £12.25
25th Percentile £14.69 - £12.63
Median hourly rate £17.25 - £13.50
75th Percentile £19.69 - £13.75
90th Percentile £21.08 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.50 - £13.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Service Desk Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Administrator in the UK

Service Desk Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Administrator in the UK

Service Desk Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Administrator in the UK

Service Desk Administrator
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +99 3 £115 -20.69% 3
UK excluding London +50 2 £115 -20.69% 4
Midlands +25 1 £115 -20.69% 2
West Midlands +15 1 £115 -20.69% 1
East of England - 1 - -
London - 1 - -

Service Desk Administrator Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Service Desk Administrator 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 featuring Service Desk Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Facebook
2 1 (33.33%) Google Apps Script
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Slack
2 1 (33.33%) Zapier
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Okta
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management

Service Desk Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Slack
1 1 (33.33%) Zapier
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Google Apps Script
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Facebook
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Okta