Service Desk Analyst Contracts in Cheshire

Service Desk Analyst
North West > Cheshire

The median Service Desk Analyst daily rate in Cheshire is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 53 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 12 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.41% 0.38% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 0.39% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £149 - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £220 £200
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £165 £200 £175
% change year-on-year -17.50% +14.29% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.41
North West median hourly rate £14.25 £13.43 £16.85
% change year-on-year +6.13% -20.31% -6.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 456 511 462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.60% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 341 312
10th Percentile £308 £276 £276
25th Percentile £358 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £586
90th Percentile £649 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £460 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -5.64% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 40 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.13
25th Percentile £15.91 £16.25 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.40 £30.83 £25.57
Median % change year-on-year +8.34% +20.59% +11.15%
75th Percentile £67.63 £39.44 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £45.00
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £32.95 £29.65
% change year-on-year -11.95% +11.12% +21.02%

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire

Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire

Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Analyst in Cheshire

Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 6 June 2025. 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
Warrington +5 9 £220 - 1
Chester - 1 - -
Service Desk Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (66.67%) SLA
2 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (50.00%) Degree
4 6 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (50.00%) ITIL
4 6 (50.00%) ITSM
5 4 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (33.33%) Skype
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (25.00%) Skype for Business
6 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) CRM
6 3 (25.00%) VPN
7 2 (16.67%) DNS
7 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
7 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
7 2 (16.67%) Remedy
7 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 3 (25.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Skype
2 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 11 (91.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) ITIL
1 6 (50.00%) ITSM
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
3 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) Chat Support
5 1 (8.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Remedy
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Citrix