1st Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts in London

First Line Service Desk Analyst
England > London

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in London is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 391 489
Rank change year-on-year +41 +98 +109
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 3 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.024% 0.022% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.024% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £147 £127 £174
25th Percentile £160 £142 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £155 £200
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% -22.50% +15.94%
75th Percentile £194 £165 £218
90th Percentile - £174 £225
England median daily rate £155 £150 £158
% change year-on-year +3.33% -4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,753 16,611 25,696
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.26% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,049 12,008 18,613
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £679 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 338 287
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.05 £20.02 £22.57
Median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.88 £64.67 £76.10
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South London - 1 £188 -
East London - 1 £188 -
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 1st Line 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 London region featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Break/Fix
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Apple

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Break/Fix
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple