Service Desk Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Service Desk Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Service Desk Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 97 92
Rank change year-on-year +29 -5 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 5 15 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.61% 1.16% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.22% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 25
10th Percentile £132 £127 £127
25th Percentile £134 £130 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £155 £160
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -3.13% +33.33%
75th Percentile £244 £171 £173
90th Percentile £296 £174 £180
Scotland median daily rate £170 £161 £160
% change year-on-year +5.43% +0.78% +42.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.34
Median hourly rate - - £11.59
75th Percentile - - £11.83
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - £15.50 £11.59
% change year-on-year - +33.79% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 784 1,233 1,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 95.58% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 882 1,278
10th Percentile £203 £250 £230
25th Percentile £407 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £458
% change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 14 23
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.53 £11.98
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -1.12% -62.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.60 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
% change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in Edinburgh

Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Service Desk Analyst in Edinburgh

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Desk Analyst in Edinburgh

Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Desk Analyst in Edinburgh

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Mitel
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Mitel