Desktop Support Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Desktop Support Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 340 471
Rank change year-on-year +39 +131 +145
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 3 5 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.033% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.035% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £265 £157 £225
25th Percentile £288 £175 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £195 £300
Median % change year-on-year +79.49% -35.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £400 £217 -
90th Percentile £415 £225 £345
UK median daily rate £250 £203 £238
% change year-on-year +23.46% -14.74% +18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Desktop Support Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Desktop Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Support Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Desktop Support Analyst.

Desktop Support Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Desktop Support Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Desktop Support Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Desktop Support Analyst.

Desktop Support Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) BYOD
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS X
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Azure

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) BYOD
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS X
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow