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The table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Analyst role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Desk Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Service Desk Analyst
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank150163
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads5734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.034 %
As % of the category below0.782 %0.518 %
Daily rates quoted165
Average minimum daily rate£201£176
Average daily rate£216£176
% change on same period last year+22.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£232£176
UK excluding London average daily rate£103£117
% change on same period last year-11.33 %
Hourly rates quoted319
Average minimum hourly rate£18.19£17.33
Average hourly rate£19.08£18.06
% change on same period last year+5.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.97£18.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.33£12.25
% change on same period last year+8.79 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads72886569
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.18 %6.600 %
Daily rates quoted39592701
Average minimum daily rate£409£441
Average daily rate£445£470
% change on same period last year-5.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£498
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted312239
Average minimum hourly rate£22.72£22.83
Average hourly rate£24.56£24.12
% change on same period last year+1.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.40£25.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Service Desk Analyst LondonService Desk Analyst
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Service Desk Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Desk Analyst across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Service Desk Analyst Demand Trend

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Desk Analyst across the City of London region.

City of London Service Desk Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

City of London Service Desk Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Service Desk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Desk Analyst across the City of London region.

City of London Service Desk Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Service Desk Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

City of London Service Desk Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Service Desk Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Service Desk Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Service Desk Analyst in their job title.

154 (52.43 %)Windows
240 (38.83 %)MS Office
336 (34.95 %)Blackberry
336 (34.95 %)Banking
434 (33.01 %)Finance
532 (31.07 %)Microsoft
630 (29.13 %)MS Excel
729 (28.16 %)ITIL
828 (27.18 %)Remedy
924 (23.30 %)Windows 2000
1022 (21.36 %)Law
1121 (20.39 %)Windows XP
1220 (19.42 %)Citrix
1220 (19.42 %)MS Exchange
1220 (19.42 %)Microsoft Certification
1318 (17.48 %)Active Directory
1417 (16.50 %)Investment Banking
1516 (15.53 %)Document Management
1516 (15.53 %)Windows Server 2003
1614 (13.59 %)MCSE
1614 (13.59 %)MS PowerPoint
1711 (10.68 %)Lotus
1810 (9.709 %)Reuters
1810 (9.709 %)Bloomberg
1810 (9.709 %)Legal
199 (8.738 %)Lotus Notes
199 (8.738 %)MCP
199 (8.738 %)Derivative
199 (8.738 %)Fixed Income
208 (7.767 %)Hummingbird

Service Desk Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Service Desk Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Service Desk Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (4.854 %)Application Packaging
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (19.42 %)MS Exchange
29 (8.738 %)Lotus Notes
32 (1.942 %)Documentum
41 (0.971 %)CMS
41 (0.971 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.971 %)IIS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (38.83 %)MS Office
230 (29.13 %)MS Excel
314 (13.59 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.942 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.942 %)assyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.825 %)LAN
16 (5.825 %)WAN
24 (3.883 %)SMTP
33 (2.913 %)IP Telephony
42 (1.942 %)Cisco IPT
42 (1.942 %)VPN
42 (1.942 %)DNS
51 (0.971 %)SSL
51 (0.971 %)DHCP
51 (0.971 %)HTTP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (34.95 %)Banking
234 (33.01 %)Finance
322 (21.36 %)Law
417 (16.50 %)Investment Banking
510 (9.709 %)Legal
64 (3.883 %)Financial Institution
72 (1.942 %)Front Office
72 (1.942 %)Insurance
81 (0.971 %)Back Office
81 (0.971 %)Education
81 (0.971 %)Retail
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
136 (34.95 %)Blackberry
29 (8.738 %)Fixed Income
29 (8.738 %)Derivative
36 (5.825 %)Italian Language
45 (4.854 %)Spanish Language
53 (2.913 %)Japanese Language
61 (0.971 %)German Language
61 (0.971 %)Management Information System
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
154 (52.43 %)Windows
224 (23.30 %)Windows 2000
321 (20.39 %)Windows XP
416 (15.53 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (5.825 %)UNIX
56 (5.825 %)Windows NT
64 (3.883 %)Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (28.16 %)ITIL
216 (15.53 %)Document Management
35 (4.854 %)Asset Management
43 (2.913 %)Investment Management
52 (1.942 %)Time Management
52 (1.942 %)Project Management
61 (0.971 %)Service Management
61 (0.971 %)Change Management
61 (0.971 %)CRM
61 (0.971 %)Content Management
61 (0.971 %)Incident Management
61 (0.971 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.971 %)DV Cleared
61 (0.971 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (19.42 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (13.59 %)MCSE
39 (8.738 %)MCP
45 (4.854 %)ITIL Certification
53 (2.913 %)Degree
53 (2.913 %)MCSA
53 (2.913 %)CCNA
53 (2.913 %)Cisco Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.913 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (17.48 %)Active Directory
26 (5.825 %)Terminal Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (6.796 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (31.07 %)Microsoft
228 (27.18 %)Remedy
320 (19.42 %)Citrix
411 (10.68 %)Lotus
510 (9.709 %)Reuters
510 (9.709 %)Bloomberg
68 (7.767 %)Hummingbird
75 (4.854 %)Cisco
75 (4.854 %)Interwoven
84 (3.883 %)Novell
92 (1.942 %)Apple
101 (0.971 %)SAP
101 (0.971 %)Fujitsu
101 (0.971 %)Peregrine
101 (0.971 %)Adobe
101 (0.971 %)HP
101 (0.971 %)Dell