Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in England

Desktop Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in England is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 616 710
Rank change year-on-year +105 +94 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 30 52 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.10% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.11% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 44 48
10th Percentile £159 £168 £124
25th Percentile £191 £177 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £238 £223
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +6.74% +14.10%
75th Percentile £350 £271 £244
90th Percentile £440 £300 £275
UK median daily rate £204 £238 £200
% change year-on-year -14.21% +18.75% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £15.66 £21.30
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.23 £22.13
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.70 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% -7.35% +8.89%
75th Percentile £21.50 £26.00 £27.13
90th Percentile - £27.80 £28.10
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £22.70 £24.50
% change year-on-year -7.49% -7.35% +60.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,525 48,539 68,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,000 34,387 48,854
10th Percentile £275 £308 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,382 1,454 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.43 £61.73
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Desktop Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
London +110 22 £350 +46.60% 7
Midlands +36 4 £183 +25.86% 1
West Midlands +34 4 £183 +25.86%
North of England +33 2 £176 +18.90%
North West +19 1 £203 -
Yorkshire +16 1 £150 +1.19%
South West +16 1 £205 -25.45% 1
South East +10 1 £230 -4.56% 1
Desktop Support Analyst
UK

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Desktop Support Analyst 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 England region featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (83.33%) Windows
2 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
5 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (30.00%) ITIL
7 8 (26.67%) SCCM
7 8 (26.67%) Windows 10
7 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
8 7 (23.33%) Azure
8 7 (23.33%) Wireless
9 6 (20.00%) Inventory Management
10 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
10 5 (16.67%) Finance
10 5 (16.67%) WSUS
10 5 (16.67%) Android
10 5 (16.67%) Firmware
10 5 (16.67%) Internet
11 4 (13.33%) SLA
11 4 (13.33%) ITSM
11 4 (13.33%) Mac OS
11 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
11 4 (13.33%) Veeam
11 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
11 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
11 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
12 3 (10.00%) Entra ID

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (23.33%) Azure
3 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) Wireless
2 5 (16.67%) Internet
3 2 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (3.33%) VoIP
General
1 5 (16.67%) Finance
1 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Banking
3 2 (6.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.33%) Back Office
4 1 (3.33%) Front Office
4 1 (3.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.33%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.67%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.33%) iPad
2 1 (3.33%) iPhone
2 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 25 (83.33%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (16.67%) Android
3 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
4 4 (13.33%) Mac OS
4 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) ITIL
2 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 6 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.33%) ITSM
6 3 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (10.00%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.67%) Investment Management
7 2 (6.67%) Software Deployment
8 1 (3.33%) Break/Fix
8 1 (3.33%) Business Analysis
8 1 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
8 1 (3.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (3.33%) Organisational Awareness
8 1 (3.33%) Performance Management
8 1 (3.33%) Problem Management
8 1 (3.33%) Process Improvement
8 1 (3.33%) Ticket Management
8 1 (3.33%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Firmware
3 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) SCCM
2 5 (16.67%) WSUS
3 2 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 4 (13.33%) Veeam
3 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) Apple
4 1 (3.33%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.33%) Cognizant
4 1 (3.33%) Dell
4 1 (3.33%) Reuters
4 1 (3.33%) Trayport