Desktop Analyst Contracts in London

Desktop Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Analyst daily rate in London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 393 452
Rank change year-on-year +46 +59 +114
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 7 14 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.080% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.085% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 17
10th Percentile £171 £408 £190
25th Percentile £225 £419 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £450 £238
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +89.47% +4.17%
75th Percentile £283 £494 £273
90th Percentile £324 £513 £300
England median daily rate £250 £203 £220
% change year-on-year +23.46% -7.95% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £22.56
25th Percentile - £20.50 £22.97
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £23.65
Median % change year-on-year - -11.19% -
75th Percentile - £21.50 £24.32
90th Percentile - - £24.73
England median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -6.67% -2.17%

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 11,717 16,504 23,806
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 93.77% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,942 11,846 17,365
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 324 274
10th Percentile £19.25 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.17 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -24.37% +5.06%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.49 £63.94
90th Percentile £64.75 £66.85 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.88 £39.53 £44.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -10.17% +80.66%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London +6 1 £275 - 5
Desktop Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 London region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
4 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Life Science
5 2 (28.57%) User Experience
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
5 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
5 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) Server Management
6 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 1 (14.29%) SCCM
6 1 (14.29%) Electronic Trading
6 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
6 1 (14.29%) Time Management
6 1 (14.29%) Tradeweb
6 1 (14.29%) iPhone
6 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (14.29%) Azure
6 1 (14.29%) iPad

Desktop 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Life Science
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
2 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
2 1 (14.29%) iPad
2 1 (14.29%) iPhone
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Break/Fix
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITSM
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Order Management
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Ticket Management
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
2 1 (14.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Bloomberg
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) FactSet
2 1 (14.29%) Tradeweb