Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 397 455
Rank change year-on-year +5 +58 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 9 33 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.15% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 37
10th Percentile £143 £149 £119
25th Percentile £150 £170 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 £182
Median % change year-on-year - +9.89% -2.93%
75th Percentile £214 £242 £238
90th Percentile £234 £245 £261
UK median daily rate £204 £224 £210
% change year-on-year -8.94% +6.55% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £15.46 £20.32
25th Percentile - £17.72 £20.60
Median hourly rate - £21.83 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year - -1.89% +42.77%
75th Percentile - £25.59 £25.56
90th Percentile - £27.64 £27.48
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £23.65 £22.25
% change year-on-year -11.19% +6.27% +31.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
West Midlands +17 3 £165 -9.59%
Midlands +16 3 £165 -9.59%
North of England +12 3 £203 +14.89% 2
North West +12 2 £225 +12.50% 2
Scotland +49 1 £135 -32.50%
Yorkshire +12 1 £150 -1.38%
South East +3 1 £230 +8.69%
South West +1 1 £205 +34.43%
Desktop Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) SCCM
5 2 (22.22%) Apple
5 2 (22.22%) Citrix
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (22.22%) SLA
5 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (22.22%) Android
5 2 (22.22%) iPhone
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 1 (11.11%) iPad
6 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
6 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Samsung
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector

Desktop Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) iPhone
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
2 1 (11.11%) iPad
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 10
3 2 (22.22%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Apple
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Samsung
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow