Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 387 415
Rank change year-on-year +63 +28 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 15 12 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.058% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.062% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 24
10th Percentile £194 £137 £145
25th Percentile £206 £146 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £158 £200
Median % change year-on-year +32.70% -20.88% +33.33%
75th Percentile £227 £209 £245
90th Percentile £261 £232 £296
UK median daily rate £250 £203 £238
% change year-on-year +23.46% -14.74% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £30.09 - £15.09
25th Percentile £30.23 - £16.80
Median hourly rate £30.45 - £20.40
75th Percentile £37.50 - £25.08
90th Percentile - - £27.43
UK median hourly rate £30.45 £21.00 £22.70
% change year-on-year +45.00% -7.49% +5.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,790 19,217 22,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.60% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,554 11,733 15,842
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,245 1,162
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
Median % change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support 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 Support Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Midlands +21 5 £211 +28.03% 1
South East +49 4 £250 +8.70% 2
North of England +25 4 £208 +4.40%
West Midlands +16 4 £210 +27.27% 1
North West +16 3 £208 -16.16%
South West +44 2 - -
Yorkshire +7 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £213 -
Desktop Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Windows
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) ServiceNow
2 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Customer Service
3 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 5 (33.33%) ITSM
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
6 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
6 4 (26.67%) Driving Licence
7 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (20.00%) Workflow
7 3 (20.00%) Service Management
7 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
8 2 (13.33%) Degree
8 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
8 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
8 2 (13.33%) iPhone
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (6.67%) Break/Fix
9 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
9 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
9 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management

Desktop Support 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Intranet
1 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (6.67%) WebEx
General
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (13.33%) iPhone
3 1 (6.67%) Blog
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Customer Service
1 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 5 (33.33%) ITSM
3 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
4 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Service Management
4 3 (20.00%) Workflow
5 1 (6.67%) Break/Fix
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Coaching
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.67%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) Sage