1st Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 409 419
Rank change year-on-year +79 +10 -46
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 56 47 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.21% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 46
10th Percentile £145 - £122
25th Percentile - £107 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £140 £150
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £178 £179 £173
90th Percentile £196 £193 £220
UK median daily rate £150 £145 £150
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.61% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 27 26
10th Percentile £11.01 £13.25 £9.28
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £11.50
Median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +52.94%
75th Percentile £20.39 £20.56 £20.25
90th Percentile £21.46 - £20.56
UK median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,847 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,464 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,241 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
East of England +9 29 £190 -8.43% 2
North of England +30 12 - - 3
North West +30 11 - - 1
South West +17 7 £150 -16.67%
Midlands +30 5 £150 +36.99% 1
West Midlands +27 3 £150 -14.29%
South East +20 2 £145 -21.62% 1
East Midlands +15 2 £200 +82.65% 1
Yorkshire +24 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £175 - 1
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (66.07%) Customer Service
2 31 (55.36%) Microsoft
3 27 (48.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 26 (46.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (39.29%) SC Cleared
5 22 (39.29%) Security Cleared
5 22 (39.29%) Active Directory
6 17 (30.36%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (28.57%) ITIL
8 15 (26.79%) Windows
8 15 (26.79%) Incident Management
8 15 (26.79%) ServiceNow
9 14 (25.00%) Service Delivery
9 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
10 13 (23.21%) A+ Certification
10 13 (23.21%) Citrix
10 13 (23.21%) MCSA
10 13 (23.21%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (23.21%) Mathematics
10 13 (23.21%) Windows 10
11 12 (21.43%) Sun
12 11 (19.64%) SLA
13 10 (17.86%) Time Management
14 9 (16.07%) Disclosure Scotland
14 9 (16.07%) Decision-Making
14 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
15 5 (8.93%) WhatsApp
16 3 (5.36%) Azure

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 27 (48.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (46.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.93%) WhatsApp
3 3 (5.36%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (23.21%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
General
1 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (3.57%) Retail
3 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.79%) Windows
2 13 (23.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (66.07%) Customer Service
2 26 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (28.57%) ITIL
4 15 (26.79%) Incident Management
5 14 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 13 (23.21%) Mathematics
7 10 (17.86%) Time Management
8 9 (16.07%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.36%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (3.57%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 2 (3.57%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (3.57%) Service Management
11 1 (1.79%) Customer Requirements
11 1 (1.79%) Health Informatics
11 1 (1.79%) Informatics
11 1 (1.79%) ITSM
11 1 (1.79%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 22 (39.29%) SC Cleared
1 22 (39.29%) Security Cleared
2 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (23.21%) A+ Certification
3 13 (23.21%) MCSA
4 3 (5.36%) MCP
5 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.64%) SLA
2 9 (16.07%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 22 (39.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (55.36%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.79%) ServiceNow
3 13 (23.21%) Citrix
4 12 (21.43%) Sun