Desktop Analyst Contracts in England

Desktop Analyst
UK > England

The median Desktop Analyst daily rate in England is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 524 571
Rank change year-on-year +49 +47 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 19 21 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.056% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.060% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 51
10th Percentile £182 £149 £150
25th Percentile £205 £165 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £203 £220
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -7.95% -2.22%
75th Percentile £275 £249 £246
90th Percentile £289 £425 £275
UK median daily rate £250 £201 £200
% change year-on-year +24.22% +0.63% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile - - £16.87
25th Percentile £32.50 £20.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £37.50 £21.50 £25.00
90th Percentile - - £27.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -6.67% -2.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 23,008 35,045 44,426
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 92.84% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,118 22,820 31,550
10th Percentile £295 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,036 2,710 1,326
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.59 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.88 £39.55 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.99% -12.11% +87.30%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.40 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.93% -16.67% +80.00%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Desktop Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in England

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Analyst in England

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Analyst in England

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Analyst in England

Desktop Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
London +44 7 £250 -44.44% 32
South West +42 6 £210 +2.44% 3
North of England +16 5 £210 +3.70% 5
North West +11 4 £210 -6.67% 5
South East - 4 £274 - 4
Yorkshire +6 1 - -
Desktop Analyst
UK

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 June 2025, Desktop 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 England region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (68.42%) Windows
3 8 (42.11%) ITIL
3 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
3 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
4 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
4 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (31.58%) ITSM
5 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
6 5 (26.32%) Finance
6 5 (26.32%) Asset Management
6 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Workflow
7 4 (21.05%) Service Management
8 3 (15.79%) iPhone
8 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
8 3 (15.79%) Apple iOS
9 2 (10.53%) Degree
9 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
9 2 (10.53%) Wealth Management
9 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
9 2 (10.53%) SCCM
9 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (10.53%) Life Science
9 2 (10.53%) HP
9 2 (10.53%) Citrix
9 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) iPhone
2 2 (10.53%) Life Science
3 1 (5.26%) CMDB
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) Fixed Income
3 1 (5.26%) iPad
3 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
3 3 (15.79%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.26%) Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
1 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 6 (31.58%) ITSM
3 5 (26.32%) Asset Management
4 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Service Management
4 4 (21.05%) Workflow
5 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) User Experience
5 2 (10.53%) Wealth Management
6 1 (5.26%) Break/Fix
6 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.26%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (5.26%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.26%) Order Management
6 1 (5.26%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (5.26%) Security Patching
6 1 (5.26%) Server Management
6 1 (5.26%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
1 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) BitLocker
2 1 (5.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.53%) Citrix
3 2 (10.53%) HP
4 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) FactSet
4 1 (5.26%) McAfee
4 1 (5.26%) Sage
4 1 (5.26%) Tradeweb