1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 454 511
Rank change year-on-year +69 +57 -81
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst 6 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.013% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.013% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 10
10th Percentile £164 - £129
25th Percentile £185 £178 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £181 £160
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% +13.13% -
75th Percentile - £184 £173
90th Percentile - - £184
UK median daily rate £200 £180 £165
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £12.93 -
25th Percentile - £13.31 £17.75
Median hourly rate - £14.39 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -22.20% -2.63%
75th Percentile - £15.28 £19.25
90th Percentile - £15.55 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.49 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -16.27% -2.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +32 4 £195 -
West Midlands +28 4 £195 -
North of England +26 1 £200 -
South West +23 1 - -
North West +19 1 £200 -
1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 1st/2nd Line Service Desk 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 3 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (33.33%) Terminal Services
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Citrix
5 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (16.67%) Security Hardening

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DHCP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (16.67%) Security Hardening
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Terminal Services
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow