Desktop Analyst Jobs in the City of London

Desktop Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Desktop Analyst salary in the City of London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 179 205
Rank change year-on-year +45 +26 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 7 1 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.35% 0.030% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.031% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 14
10th Percentile £39,750 - £32,375
25th Percentile £42,500 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -7.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £42,813
90th Percentile £55,625 - £44,275
Central London median annual salary £45,000 £39,750 £39,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% +1.92% -2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,884 3,204 4,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 96.07% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 2,534 3,707
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year - -1.69% +1.72%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in the City of London

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for Desktop Analyst in the City of London

Desktop Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Analyst in the City of London

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Desktop Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (71.43%) ITSM
3 5 (71.43%) Law
3 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
4 4 (57.14%) Legal
4 4 (57.14%) SLA
5 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
6 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
6 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (28.57%) SCCM
7 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
7 1 (14.29%) iPhone
7 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (14.29%) Azure
7 1 (14.29%) iPad
7 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
7 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
7 1 (14.29%) Degree
7 1 (14.29%) DNS
7 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (14.29%) DHCP
7 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) Firewall

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
General
1 5 (71.43%) Law
2 4 (57.14%) Legal
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) iPad
1 1 (14.29%) iPhone
1 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
1 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITSM
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix