Service Desk Analyst Contracts in the East Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
England > East Midlands

The median Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the East Midlands is £132, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 55 55
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 7 9 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.90% 1.18% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.24% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £131 £126 -
25th Percentile £131 £145 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £132 £160 £122
Median % change year-on-year -17.29% +31.15% -2.40%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £176 £129
England median daily rate £200 £195 £180
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.18% +12.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £15.92 £15.41 -
25th Percentile £17.18 £15.87 £13.25
Median hourly rate £18.32 £16.71 £14.01
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% +19.27% -28.76%
75th Percentile £19.57 £17.64 £14.64
90th Percentile £20.33 £18.14 £14.86
England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.81
% change year-on-year - +3.10% +2.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 689 727 855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.02% 95.03% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 478 645
10th Percentile £200 £204 £213
25th Percentile £325 £351 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.28% -5.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £503 £550 £600
90th Percentile £623 £621 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 63 39
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.47 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.14 £15.13
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.73 £21.52
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% +1.00% +7.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £46.33 £59.50
90th Percentile £30.30 £51.91 £73.75
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in the East Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Analyst in the East Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Analyst in the East Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Leicestershire +1 3 £132 +5.44% 2
Lincolnshire +2 2 - -
Nottinghamshire - 2 - - 1
Service Desk Analyst
England

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 East Midlands region featuring Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Coaching
5 1 (14.29%) Police
5 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (14.29%) Broadband
5 1 (14.29%) SLA
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Local Government
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Ivanti
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
General
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
1 1 (14.29%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Ivanti