Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in London

Desktop Support Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in London is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 476 575
Rank change year-on-year +107 +99 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 22 23 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.084% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.088% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 23
10th Percentile £207 £213 £133
25th Percentile £225 £214 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £239 £225
Median % change year-on-year +46.60% +6.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £438 £272 £259
90th Percentile £460 £300 £285
England median daily rate £228 £238 £220
% change year-on-year -4.21% +7.95% +10.00%
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 £22.70 £24.50
% change year-on-year -7.49% -7.35% +8.89%

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 16,618 26,148 37,443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.28% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,014 18,877 27,349
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £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 342 297 456
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £22.08
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £44.50 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.95 £76.95 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support 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 Support Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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 +38 2 £344 +44.74% 1
Desktop Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
3 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
5 7 (31.82%) Azure
5 7 (31.82%) SCCM
6 6 (27.27%) Inventory Management
7 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
7 5 (22.73%) WSUS
7 5 (22.73%) Firmware
7 5 (22.73%) Internet
7 5 (22.73%) Wireless
8 4 (18.18%) ITIL
8 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
8 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
8 4 (18.18%) Veeam
8 4 (18.18%) Android
8 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
9 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
9 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
9 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
9 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
9 3 (13.64%) Finance
10 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (9.09%) Investment Management
10 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow

Desktop Support 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Internet
1 5 (22.73%) Wireless
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
General
1 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Back Office
4 1 (4.55%) Front Office
4 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
4 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (4.55%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Android
2 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
3 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Inventory Management
2 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
3 4 (18.18%) ITIL
4 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Investment Management
5 2 (9.09%) Software Deployment
6 1 (4.55%) Break/Fix
6 1 (4.55%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.55%) Change Management
6 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.55%) CRM
6 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (4.55%) Performance Management
6 1 (4.55%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.55%) Service Management
6 1 (4.55%) Ticket Management
6 1 (4.55%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.55%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.55%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) Firmware
3 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) SCCM
2 5 (22.73%) WSUS
3 2 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Veeam
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Apple
4 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg
4 1 (4.55%) Citrix
4 1 (4.55%) Cognizant
4 1 (4.55%) Dell
4 1 (4.55%) Reuters
4 1 (4.55%) Trayport