Service Desk Support Analyst Jobs

Service Desk Support Analyst
UK

The median Service Desk Support Analyst salary in the UK is £26,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 911 1062
Rank change year-on-year +67 +151 -229
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support Analyst 50 78 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.074% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.081% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 48 72 115
10th Percentile £22,000 £24,000 £19,313
25th Percentile £23,750 £25,938 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £32,250 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +29.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £31,688 £35,813 £30,000
90th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £34,586
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,500 £27,500 £24,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% +14.58% +1.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Service Desk Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Support Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Support Analyst.

Salary trend for Service Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Support Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Support Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +80 43 £26,000 -20.00% 4
UK excluding London -8 36 £25,500 -7.27% 6
North of England +52 15 £24,500 -20.97% 1
South East +7 11 £26,000 -5.45% 2
Yorkshire - 11 £24,500 -
London +108 10 £35,000 -
Work from Home +69 8 £25,750 -18.90% 2
East of England +24 4 £27,548 +18.48% 1
North West +13 4 £21,000 -34.38% 1
Northern Ireland +22 2 £31,500 +8.62% 1
West Midlands +19 2 £26,250 +2.94%
Midlands +7 2 £26,250 +2.94%
South West -24 1 £35,000 +12.90% 1
Scotland -60 1 - -

Service Desk Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Service Desk Support Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Service Desk Support Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (72.00%) Windows
2 33 (66.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (58.00%) Social Skills
4 25 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
5 24 (48.00%) Active Directory
6 23 (46.00%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (46.00%) Customer Service
7 20 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (36.00%) Windows 10
9 14 (28.00%) ITSM
10 12 (24.00%) Cisco
10 12 (24.00%) SharePoint
10 12 (24.00%) Incident Management
10 12 (24.00%) ServiceNow
11 11 (22.00%) Windows Server
11 11 (22.00%) Mimecast
12 10 (20.00%) Dell
12 10 (20.00%) Management Information System
12 10 (20.00%) VMware
13 9 (18.00%) Telecoms
13 9 (18.00%) NetApp
13 9 (18.00%) HP
13 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Excel
13 9 (18.00%) Data Centre
13 9 (18.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 9 (18.00%) Proactive Monitoring
14 8 (16.00%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (16.00%) SLA
15 7 (14.00%) VoIP
15 7 (14.00%) SaaS

Service Desk Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.00%) Confluence
4 1 (2.00%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) assyst
2 1 (2.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (22.00%) Mimecast
3 7 (14.00%) SaaS
4 2 (4.00%) Azure
5 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (14.00%) VoIP
3 6 (12.00%) DHCP
3 6 (12.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.00%) VPN
4 4 (8.00%) DNS
4 4 (8.00%) Firewall
5 2 (4.00%) LAN
5 2 (4.00%) WAN
5 2 (4.00%) Wireless
6 1 (2.00%) ADSL
6 1 (2.00%) Broadband
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 29 (58.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (18.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Law
5 2 (4.00%) Banking
5 2 (4.00%) Electronics
5 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.00%) Legal
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.00%) Back Office
6 1 (2.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (18.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 36 (72.00%) Windows
2 18 (36.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (22.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.00%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.00%) Android
7 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) Customer Service
2 14 (28.00%) ITSM
3 12 (24.00%) Incident Management
4 9 (18.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (12.00%) Analytics
6 4 (8.00%) ITIL
7 2 (4.00%) Active Listening
7 2 (4.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (4.00%) Break/Fix
7 2 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.00%) Coaching
7 2 (4.00%) Customer Experience
7 2 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (4.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (4.00%) Service Management
8 1 (2.00%) Fintech
8 1 (2.00%) Problem Management
8 1 (2.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) MCITP
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.00%) CCNA
2 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (48.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.00%) Terminal Services
4 2 (4.00%) vSphere
5 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (66.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (24.00%) Cisco
2 12 (24.00%) ServiceNow
3 10 (20.00%) Dell
3 10 (20.00%) VMware
4 9 (18.00%) HP
4 9 (18.00%) NetApp
5 5 (10.00%) Citrix
6 4 (8.00%) NEC
7 2 (4.00%) Commvault
7 2 (4.00%) ConnectWise
7 2 (4.00%) N-able
7 2 (4.00%) SAP
7 2 (4.00%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.00%) Sophos
8 1 (2.00%) Adobe
8 1 (2.00%) Apple
8 1 (2.00%) iManage
8 1 (2.00%) Intapp
8 1 (2.00%) Sun