Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in London

Desktop Support Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in London is £313 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 479 567
Rank change year-on-year +100 +88 -118
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 16 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.090% 0.085% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.090% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 22 23
10th Percentile £199 £213 £133
25th Percentile £228 £214 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £239 £225
Median % change year-on-year +30.89% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £388 £274 £259
90th Percentile £463 £300 £285
England median daily rate £225 £238 £220
% change year-on-year -5.26% +7.95% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £22.70 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.49% +5.58% +22.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,599 25,655 37,115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 95.29% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,001 18,582 27,076
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £677
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 289 450
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.48
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 London region featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
6 7 (43.75%) Azure
7 6 (37.50%) SCCM
8 5 (31.25%) WSUS
8 5 (31.25%) Wireless
8 5 (31.25%) Firmware
8 5 (31.25%) Internet
8 5 (31.25%) Inventory Management
8 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
9 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
9 4 (25.00%) Veeam
9 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
10 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
10 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
10 3 (18.75%) Mac OS
10 3 (18.75%) ITIL
11 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (12.50%) Android
11 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
12 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (6.25%) Software Deployment
12 1 (6.25%) Trayport
12 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
12 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (43.75%) Azure
3 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Internet
1 5 (31.25%) Wireless
General
1 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Front Office
2 1 (6.25%) Health Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (18.75%) Mac OS
3 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
4 2 (12.50%) Android
4 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Inventory Management
2 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.25%) Break/Fix
3 1 (6.25%) Change Management
3 1 (6.25%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) Investment Management
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.25%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) Firmware
3 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) SCCM
2 5 (31.25%) WSUS
3 1 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Veeam
3 1 (6.25%) Apple
3 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Reuters
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Trayport