Service Desk Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 93 93
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 12 20 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.66% 1.05% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.13% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 19
10th Percentile £151 £170 £131
25th Percentile £208 £185 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £190 £180
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +5.56% +19.21%
75th Percentile £269 - £229
90th Percentile £288 £199 £238
England median daily rate £180 £190 £190
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +17.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £15.55 -
25th Percentile £22.53 £15.63 -
Median hourly rate £23.05 £16.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.70% +32.00% -15.25%
75th Percentile £23.58 £17.88 £13.45
90th Percentile - £18.25 £14.02
England median hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +3.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,619 1,770 1,967
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.25% 93.35% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 1,136 1,344
10th Percentile £233 £250 £229
25th Percentile £375 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £600
90th Percentile £660 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 61 61
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.59 £14.54
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.59 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% -2.31% +22.78%
75th Percentile £40.07 £33.93 £31.04
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Desk Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Desk Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Birmingham -8 7 £250 +31.58% 1
Warwickshire - 4 - -
Service Desk Analyst
England

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, 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 West Midlands region featuring Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Lotus
4 4 (33.33%) HCL Notes
4 4 (33.33%) ITSM
4 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (25.00%) VoIP
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
6 2 (16.67%) Service Management
7 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
7 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
7 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
7 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (33.33%) HCL Notes
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) VoIP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) ITSM
4 4 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
6 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Lotus
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow