Help Desk Analyst Contracts in England

Help Desk Analyst
UK > England

The median Help Desk Analyst daily rate in England is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 591 731
Rank change year-on-year +71 +140 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 19 54 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.052% 0.11% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.12% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 45 25
10th Percentile £125 £160 £108
25th Percentile £131 £213 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £675 £160
Median % change year-on-year -76.30% +321.88% +25.49%
75th Percentile £188 £823 £194
90th Percentile £219 - £230
UK median daily rate £150 £231 £160
% change year-on-year -35.17% +44.62% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.29 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.13 £16.74 £11.06
Median hourly rate £15.66 £17.99 £12.63
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% +42.44% -18.52%
75th Percentile £16.00 £23.24 £15.74
90th Percentile £16.72 £26.10 £18.76
UK median hourly rate £15.66 £15.12 £12.63
% change year-on-year +3.55% +19.73% -18.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,087 46,245 67,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,605 32,838 47,758
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £761 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,370 1,849
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.49 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Help Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk 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 Help Desk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +64 5 £160 -76.30% 2
Midlands +29 5 £148 -7.81% 2
South West +15 5 £175 -13.04%
East Midlands - 4 £148 - 2
South East +20 3 £125 - 6
North of England +30 1 - - 1
North West +15 1 - -
West Midlands +12 1 - -
Help Desk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Help 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 England region featuring Help Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (26.32%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
4 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Power BI
4 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Change Management
5 2 (10.53%) Information Security
5 2 (10.53%) Retail
5 2 (10.53%) SLA
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
5 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
6 1 (5.26%) Customer Experience
6 1 (5.26%) Health Technology
6 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (5.26%) Linux
6 1 (5.26%) CRM
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (5.26%) DHCP
6 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP

Help Desk 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 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DHCP
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
1 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.26%) VLAN
1 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Power BI
General
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Health Technology
3 1 (5.26%) Italian Language
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
2 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Change Management
3 2 (10.53%) Information Security
3 2 (10.53%) ITIL
4 1 (5.26%) CRM
4 1 (5.26%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.26%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.26%) Apple