Service Desk Analyst Jobs in England

Service Desk Analyst
UK > England

The median Service Desk Analyst salary in England is £28,149 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 382 462
Rank change year-on-year -117 +80 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 194 581 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.68% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.72% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 165 475 471
10th Percentile £24,000 £21,750 £21,750
25th Percentile £25,500 £23,500 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,149 £26,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% - +4.95%
75th Percentile £34,250 £30,250 £33,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
UK median annual salary £28,500 £26,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year +7.55% - +6.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in England

Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Service Desk Analyst in England

Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Analyst in England

Service Desk Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +76 69 £34,000 +4.62% 13
Midlands +29 45 £26,000 -5.45% 9
North of England -92 37 £27,500 +13.87% 21
East Midlands +43 34 £26,000 -7.69% 8
North West -74 22 £28,000 +19.15% 14
South West +75 16 £27,500 - 12
East of England 0 16 £26,000 -1.89% 16
South East +22 14 £27,750 +6.73% 22
Yorkshire +1 13 £25,250 +3.06% 6
West Midlands +14 11 £32,500 +30.00% 1
North East +21 2 £28,000 +14.29% 1
Service Desk Analyst
UK

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Service Desk 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 England region featuring Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 109 (56.19%) Microsoft 365
2 108 (55.67%) Windows
3 100 (51.55%) Active Directory
4 97 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 96 (49.48%) Social Skills
6 89 (45.88%) ITIL
7 87 (44.85%) Customer Service
8 62 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (24.74%) Azure
9 48 (24.74%) ITSM
10 47 (24.23%) Microsoft Office
11 42 (21.65%) Windows 10
12 40 (20.62%) SharePoint
13 34 (17.53%) Microsoft Intune
14 33 (17.01%) ServiceNow
15 31 (15.98%) Microsoft Exchange
16 29 (14.95%) Service Management
17 24 (12.37%) Windows Server
17 24 (12.37%) SLA
18 22 (11.34%) Law
19 21 (10.82%) VMware
20 20 (10.31%) Entra ID
20 20 (10.31%) Change Management
20 20 (10.31%) Finance
21 17 (8.76%) Service Delivery
22 16 (8.25%) Citrix
22 16 (8.25%) LAN
22 16 (8.25%) OneDrive
22 16 (8.25%) Degree
23 15 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 40 (20.62%) SharePoint
2 31 (15.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.03%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (24.23%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.52%) assyst
2 1 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (56.19%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (24.74%) Azure
3 20 (10.31%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.25%) OneDrive
5 13 (6.70%) Mimecast
6 6 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.55%) AWS
8 2 (1.03%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.52%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.25%) LAN
2 15 (7.73%) TCP/IP
3 13 (6.70%) DNS
3 13 (6.70%) Wireless
4 12 (6.19%) DHCP
4 12 (6.19%) VPN
5 11 (5.67%) WAN
6 8 (4.12%) Firewall
7 6 (3.09%) WebEx
8 4 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (2.06%) VLAN
8 4 (2.06%) VoIP
9 3 (1.55%) SAN
10 2 (1.03%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (1.03%) Internet
10 2 (1.03%) IP Telephony
10 2 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.52%) Network Security
11 1 (0.52%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.03%) Power BI
2 2 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.06%) JIRA
General
1 96 (49.48%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.34%) Law
3 20 (10.31%) Finance
4 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.64%) Retail
7 6 (3.09%) Legal
7 6 (3.09%) Local Government
7 6 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.58%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.03%) Automotive
9 2 (1.03%) Banking
9 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.52%) Back Office
10 1 (0.52%) Electronics
10 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.52%) Front Office
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.06%) EDI
2 1 (0.52%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.19%) Onboarding
1 12 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (5.67%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (3.61%) iPhone
3 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.09%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.06%) Fat Client
5 4 (2.06%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.55%) Blackberry
6 3 (1.55%) CMDB
6 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.03%) iPad
7 2 (1.03%) Replication
7 2 (1.03%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.52%) Derivative
8 1 (0.52%) EPoS
8 1 (0.52%) Handset
8 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.52%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 108 (55.67%) Windows
2 42 (21.65%) Windows 10
3 24 (12.37%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.15%) Android
4 10 (5.15%) Apple iOS
5 6 (3.09%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.06%) Linux
7 3 (1.55%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.03%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.52%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (45.88%) ITIL
2 87 (44.85%) Customer Service
3 62 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (24.74%) ITSM
5 29 (14.95%) Service Management
6 20 (10.31%) Change Management
7 17 (8.76%) Service Delivery
8 15 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (7.22%) Incident Management
10 10 (5.15%) Mentoring
11 8 (4.12%) Problem Management
12 7 (3.61%) Time Management
12 7 (3.61%) Workflow
13 6 (3.09%) Agile
13 6 (3.09%) Chat Support
13 6 (3.09%) Content Management
14 5 (2.58%) Coaching
14 5 (2.58%) Creative Thinking
14 5 (2.58%) Customer Experience
14 5 (2.58%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.64%) SQL
2 4 (2.06%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (8.25%) Degree
2 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.12%) DBS Check
4 6 (3.09%) A+ Certification
4 6 (3.09%) MOS
5 4 (2.06%) CIPD
5 4 (2.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (2.06%) MCSA
6 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.55%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.03%) CCNP
7 2 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.03%) MCDST
7 2 (1.03%) MCP
8 1 (0.52%) CCNA
8 1 (0.52%) MCSE
8 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.37%) SLA
2 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 100 (51.55%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (3.09%) XenApp
4 4 (2.06%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (17.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.64%) SCCM
3 1 (0.52%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.52%) DameWare
3 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.52%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 97 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.01%) ServiceNow
3 21 (10.82%) VMware
4 16 (8.25%) Citrix
5 15 (7.73%) Cisco
6 8 (4.12%) HP
7 7 (3.61%) Apple
7 7 (3.61%) Meraki
7 7 (3.61%) Sophos
8 4 (2.06%) iManage
9 2 (1.03%) Dell
9 2 (1.03%) Freshdesk
9 2 (1.03%) Intapp
9 2 (1.03%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.03%) Lotus
9 2 (1.03%) NetApp
9 2 (1.03%) Okta
9 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.03%) Veeam
9 2 (1.03%) Zscaler