Desktop Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 411 446
Rank change year-on-year +38 +35 -58
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 17 48 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 56
10th Percentile £136 £122 £114
25th Percentile £144 £144 £119
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £200 £149
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +34.45% -15.00%
75th Percentile £200 £244 £200
90th Percentile £223 £294 £250
UK median daily rate £191 £225 £160
% change year-on-year -15.00% +40.63% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - £15.04 £20.25
25th Percentile - £15.50 £20.44
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - -20.93% +65.38%
75th Percentile - £21.80 £25.50
90th Percentile - £25.33 £27.45
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £17.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +23.53% -20.93% +44.01%

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 19,251 22,726 29,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.14% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,918 20,742
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £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 2,230 1,187 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Scotland +35 8 £150 +25.31%
West Midlands +30 3 £165 +13.79%
Midlands +26 3 £165 +13.79%
North of England +18 2 £199 +34.75%
Wales +17 2 - -
South West +21 1 £205 -25.45% 1
Yorkshire +19 1 £150 +1.19%
North West +12 1 £248 +67.80%
South East +11 1 £230 -5.15% 1
Desktop Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Public Sector
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 8 (47.06%) ITIL
3 8 (47.06%) MCP
3 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
4 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (41.18%) Driving Licence
5 6 (35.29%) ITSM
6 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (17.65%) Service Management
7 3 (17.65%) HP
7 3 (17.65%) Dell
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (11.76%) SLA
8 2 (11.76%) Citrix
8 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (11.76%) Digital Economy
8 2 (11.76%) Firewall
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
8 2 (11.76%) Azure
8 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (11.76%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (5.88%) iPad
9 1 (5.88%) Hedge funds

Desktop 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) VPN
2 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 9 (52.94%) Public Sector
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Digital Economy
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Hedge funds
2 1 (5.88%) iPad
2 1 (5.88%) iPhone
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
2 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) ITSM
3 3 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
5 1 (5.88%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) MCP
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Dell
2 3 (17.65%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
4 1 (5.88%) Apple
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow