1st Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the UK is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 642 768
Rank change year-on-year +116 +126 -134
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 60 56 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.096% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.10% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 54
10th Percentile £127 £107 £123
25th Percentile £150 £116 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £148 £150
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% +8.11%
75th Percentile £164 £200 £180
90th Percentile £193 £215 £214
UK excluding London median daily rate £150 £140 £150
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 27 28
10th Percentile £11.02 £13.25 £9.67
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £11.50
Median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +50.00%
75th Percentile £19.33 £20.56 £20.33
90th Percentile £21.46 - £20.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +56.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,893 55,060 83,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,957 38,445 58,715
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,534 2,047
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +112 59 £150 +1.69% 5
UK excluding London +71 56 £150 +7.14% 6
East of England +14 30 £190 -8.43% 2
North of England +28 12 - - 2
North West +28 11 - -
Work from Home +106 7 £150 +26.58% 2
South West +14 7 £150 -16.67%
Midlands +25 5 £150 +30.43% 1
London +91 4 £150 -26.95% 1
West Midlands +18 3 £150 -24.05%
East Midlands +16 2 £200 +82.65% 1
Yorkshire +19 1 - - 2
South East +18 1 £125 -32.43% 1
Scotland - 1 £175 - 1

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 1st 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 featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (68.33%) Customer Service
2 32 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 28 (46.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (45.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (38.33%) Active Directory
6 22 (36.67%) SC Cleared
6 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
7 19 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (31.67%) ITIL
8 16 (26.67%) ServiceNow
9 15 (25.00%) Incident Management
9 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
9 15 (25.00%) Windows
9 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (25.00%) Service Delivery
10 14 (23.33%) Citrix
10 14 (23.33%) A+ Certification
10 14 (23.33%) Windows 10
11 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
11 13 (21.67%) MCSA
11 13 (21.67%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (21.67%) Mathematics
12 12 (20.00%) Sun
13 10 (16.67%) SLA
13 10 (16.67%) Time Management
14 9 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
14 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
15 5 (8.33%) WhatsApp
16 4 (6.67%) Azure

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (46.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (45.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.33%) WhatsApp
3 4 (6.67%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
General
1 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.33%) Retail
3 2 (3.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.67%) Electronics
4 1 (1.67%) Finance
4 1 (1.67%) French Language
4 1 (1.67%) Legal
4 1 (1.67%) Marketing
4 1 (1.67%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.67%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.00%) Windows
2 14 (23.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (68.33%) Customer Service
2 27 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (31.67%) ITIL
4 15 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 15 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 13 (21.67%) Mathematics
6 10 (16.67%) Time Management
7 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (5.00%) Service Management
9 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (3.33%) ITSM
10 1 (1.67%) Business Continuity
10 1 (1.67%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.67%) Chat Support
10 1 (1.67%) Customer Requirements
10 1 (1.67%) Digital Marketing
10 1 (1.67%) Informatics
10 1 (1.67%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 22 (36.67%) SC Cleared
1 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (23.33%) A+ Certification
4 13 (21.67%) MCSA
5 3 (5.00%) MCP
6 2 (3.33%) Degree
7 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) SLA
2 9 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 23 (38.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (26.67%) ServiceNow
3 14 (23.33%) Citrix
4 12 (20.00%) Sun
5 1 (1.67%) SAP