2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts

Second Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the UK is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 689 834
Rank change year-on-year +110 +145 -155
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst 12 29 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.049% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.052% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 15
10th Percentile £149 £178 £124
25th Percentile £152 £180 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £200 £165
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +21.21% +3.13%
75th Percentile £200 - £188
90th Percentile £205 £275 £225
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £185 £160
% change year-on-year +5.41% +15.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £13.70 -
25th Percentile - £15.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £14.27 £16.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% -13.51% -2.63%
75th Percentile - £18.36 £22.50
90th Percentile - - £24.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 £16.86 £18.50
% change year-on-year -15.35% -8.88% -2.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +97 12 £195 +7.73%
UK excluding London +56 10 £195 +5.41%
Midlands +28 7 £195 +8.33%
West Midlands +21 4 £195 +8.33%
East Midlands - 3 £175 -
London +97 2 £191 +6.25%
North of England +24 2 £183 -8.75%
South West +21 1 - -
North West +16 1 £200 -
Yorkshire - 1 £165 -

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 2nd 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 featuring 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (25.00%) DHCP
5 3 (25.00%) VPN
5 3 (25.00%) DNS
6 2 (16.67%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) VMware
6 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
6 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
7 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
7 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
7 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) DHCP
1 3 (25.00%) DNS
1 3 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL
2 1 (8.33%) ITSM
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (8.33%) Software Asset Management
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Terminal Services
2 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Citrix
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow