Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in England

Desktop Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in England is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 519 602
Rank change year-on-year +59 +83 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 25 23 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.062% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.067% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 43
10th Percentile £198 £153 £167
25th Percentile £207 £185 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £225 £238
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £284 £278 £271
90th Percentile £323 £390 £300
UK median daily rate £250 £203 £238
% change year-on-year +23.46% -14.74% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £30.09 - £15.66
25th Percentile £30.23 £20.50 £18.23
Median hourly rate £30.45 £21.00 £22.70
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -7.49% +5.58%
75th Percentile £37.50 £21.50 £26.00
90th Percentile - - £27.80
UK median hourly rate £30.45 £21.00 £22.70
% change year-on-year +45.00% -7.49% +5.58%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in England

Desktop Support 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 Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +31 9 £250 -20.00% 10
Midlands +24 5 £211 +28.03% 1
South East +49 4 £250 +8.70% 2
North of England +21 4 £208 +4.40%
West Midlands +15 4 £210 +27.27% 1
North West +19 3 £208 -16.16%
South West +47 2 - -
Yorkshire +8 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £213 -
Desktop Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Desktop Support 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (68.00%) Windows
3 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (48.00%) Windows 10
5 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
5 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
6 10 (40.00%) Asset Management
7 9 (36.00%) ServiceNow
7 9 (36.00%) ITIL
8 8 (32.00%) Apple iOS
8 8 (32.00%) ITSM
9 7 (28.00%) Finance
10 5 (20.00%) Service Management
10 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (20.00%) User Experience
10 5 (20.00%) Life Science
11 4 (16.00%) Wealth Management
11 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
11 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (16.00%) Workflow
11 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
11 4 (16.00%) Driving Licence
12 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
12 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
12 3 (12.00%) iPhone
12 3 (12.00%) Azure
12 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
12 3 (12.00%) Degree
13 2 (8.00%) SCCM

Desktop Support 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 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DHCP
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) Intranet
1 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
1 1 (4.00%) WebEx
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Life Science
2 4 (16.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (12.00%) iPhone
4 2 (8.00%) Smartphone
5 1 (4.00%) Blog
5 1 (4.00%) BYOD
5 1 (4.00%) CMDB
5 1 (4.00%) iPad
5 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (68.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (32.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.00%) Android
4 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
2 10 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 9 (36.00%) ITIL
4 8 (32.00%) ITSM
5 5 (20.00%) Service Management
5 5 (20.00%) User Experience
6 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Wealth Management
6 4 (16.00%) Workflow
7 1 (4.00%) Change Management
7 1 (4.00%) Coaching
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.00%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (4.00%) Performance Management
7 1 (4.00%) Process Improvement
7 1 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Citrix
3 1 (4.00%) HP
3 1 (4.00%) Sage