Desktop Analyst Contracts in London

Desktop Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Analyst daily rate in London is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 468 559
Rank change year-on-year +98 +91 -108
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 24 27 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.099% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.10% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 23
10th Percentile £207 £204 £133
25th Percentile £225 £213 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £239 £225
Median % change year-on-year +46.60% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £438 £276 £259
90th Percentile £460 £300 £285
England median daily rate £230 £238 £200
% change year-on-year -3.16% +18.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £17.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year +23.53% -30.61% +22.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,640 26,016 37,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.31% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,027 18,790 27,160
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 295 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.45 £77.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

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 April 2024.

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 April 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
Central London +34 4 £344 +44.74% 1
Desktop Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 20 (83.33%) Windows
2 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
3 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
5 7 (29.17%) Azure
5 7 (29.17%) SCCM
6 6 (25.00%) Inventory Management
7 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
7 5 (20.83%) Windows 10
7 5 (20.83%) WSUS
7 5 (20.83%) Firmware
7 5 (20.83%) Internet
7 5 (20.83%) Wireless
8 4 (16.67%) ITIL
8 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (16.67%) Android
8 4 (16.67%) Mac OS
8 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
8 4 (16.67%) Veeam
8 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
9 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
9 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
9 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
9 3 (12.50%) Finance
10 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (8.33%) Investment Management
10 2 (8.33%) Banking

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 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (29.17%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Internet
1 5 (20.83%) Wireless
2 1 (4.17%) VoIP
General
1 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Back Office
4 1 (4.17%) Front Office
4 1 (4.17%) Health Technology
4 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (4.17%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 20 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows 10
3 4 (16.67%) Android
3 4 (16.67%) Mac OS
3 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Investment Management
5 2 (8.33%) Software Deployment
6 1 (4.17%) Break/Fix
6 1 (4.17%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.17%) Change Management
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.17%) CRM
6 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (4.17%) Performance Management
6 1 (4.17%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.17%) Service Management
6 1 (4.17%) Ticket Management
6 1 (4.17%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.17%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.83%) Firmware
3 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) SCCM
2 5 (20.83%) WSUS
3 2 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Veeam
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.17%) Apple
4 1 (4.17%) Bloomberg
4 1 (4.17%) Citrix
4 1 (4.17%) Cognizant
4 1 (4.17%) Dell
4 1 (4.17%) Reuters
4 1 (4.17%) Trayport