1st Line Service Desk Analyst Jobs

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 903 1096
Rank change year-on-year +55 +193 -231
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 63 58 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.060% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.065% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 62 48 115
10th Percentile £21,000 £22,000 £19,313
25th Percentile £22,750 £23,188 £20,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £23,793
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.07% +3.45%
75th Percentile £26,500 £26,500 £26,000
90th Percentile £30,450 £29,125 £28,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst.

Salary trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +55 58 £24,500 -2.00% 3
UK excluding London -12 56 £24,500 -2.00% 5
North of England +44 25 £24,500 -2.00% 1
Yorkshire +88 14 £24,500 +6.52% 1
North West +3 11 £21,000 -16.00%
Midlands -12 9 £24,000 +3.23% 1
South East -23 8 £26,000 - 1
London +101 7 £30,000 -12.37%
West Midlands +3 7 £24,000 +3.23%
East of England +3 6 £23,750 -5.94% 1
Work from Home +29 5 £27,750 +11.00% 2
South West -20 3 £23,500 -2.08%
East Midlands -25 2 £27,250 - 1
Wales - 2 £25,500 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 46 (73.02%) Windows
2 38 (60.32%) Active Directory
2 38 (60.32%) Social Skills
3 37 (58.73%) Microsoft
4 27 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (41.27%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (33.33%) ServiceNow
6 21 (33.33%) Customer Service
7 16 (25.40%) Microsoft Excel
7 16 (25.40%) SharePoint
8 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (20.63%) Incident Management
9 12 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 12 (19.05%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (17.46%) Management Information System
11 10 (15.87%) NetApp
11 10 (15.87%) Cisco
11 10 (15.87%) HP
11 10 (15.87%) Dell
11 10 (15.87%) Mimecast
11 10 (15.87%) Data Centre
12 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (14.29%) Telecoms
13 8 (12.70%) Windows 10
14 7 (11.11%) SLA
14 7 (11.11%) VoIP
14 7 (11.11%) DNS
15 6 (9.52%) ITSM
15 6 (9.52%) Line Management
15 6 (9.52%) Analytics

1st Line Service Desk Analyst 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 16 (25.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (25.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (19.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) assyst
2 1 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (41.27%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (15.87%) Mimecast
3 6 (9.52%) SaaS
4 5 (7.94%) Azure
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.11%) DNS
1 7 (11.11%) VoIP
2 3 (4.76%) DHCP
3 2 (3.17%) VPN
4 1 (1.59%) Intranet
4 1 (1.59%) LAN
4 1 (1.59%) WAN
4 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 38 (60.32%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (7.94%) Finance
6 4 (6.35%) Law
7 3 (4.76%) Legal
8 2 (3.17%) Banking
8 2 (3.17%) Electronics
8 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.17%) Marketing
8 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.59%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) Management Information System
2 10 (15.87%) Data Centre
3 9 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.17%) iPad
4 2 (3.17%) Mobile Computing
4 2 (3.17%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 46 (73.02%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) Windows 10
3 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 13 (20.63%) Incident Management
3 12 (19.05%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (9.52%) Analytics
4 6 (9.52%) Customer Experience
4 6 (9.52%) ITSM
4 6 (9.52%) Line Management
5 5 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (6.35%) Active Listening
6 4 (6.35%) Coaching
6 4 (6.35%) ITIL
6 4 (6.35%) Logistics
7 3 (4.76%) Service Management
8 2 (3.17%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.17%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (3.17%) ERP
8 2 (3.17%) Mentoring
8 2 (3.17%) Programme Management
8 2 (3.17%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.17%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 4 (6.35%) A+ Certification
2 3 (4.76%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.17%) MCSA
4 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.59%) MCP
4 1 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (60.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) SCCM
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (58.73%) Microsoft
2 21 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 10 (15.87%) Cisco
3 10 (15.87%) Dell
3 10 (15.87%) HP
3 10 (15.87%) NetApp
4 4 (6.35%) Google
5 3 (4.76%) Remedy
6 2 (3.17%) SAP
7 1 (1.59%) Citrix