Desktop Analyst Jobs in London

Desktop Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Analyst salary in London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 489 548
Rank change year-on-year +136 +59 +236
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 33 15 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.064% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.067% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26 15 48
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,479 £30,561
25th Percentile £37,125 £36,625 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £53,438 £49,375 £46,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £52,350 £60,000
England median annual salary £41,750 £38,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.74% +19.23% -4.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,479 22,260 31,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 94.24% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,949 16,595 23,518
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,419
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London +46 9 £45,000 +21.62%
Desktop Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 London region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (90.91%) Windows
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 22 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 22 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (57.58%) Windows 10
4 13 (39.39%) ITIL
5 12 (36.36%) SCCM
6 11 (33.33%) Citrix
6 11 (33.33%) ITSM
7 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
8 8 (24.24%) DNS
8 8 (24.24%) SLA
8 8 (24.24%) DHCP
9 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (21.21%) Finance
10 6 (18.18%) Law
10 6 (18.18%) Banking
10 6 (18.18%) Degree
10 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
10 6 (18.18%) Change Management
10 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
10 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
10 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
11 5 (15.15%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (15.15%) Inventory Management
11 5 (15.15%) Entra ID
11 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
11 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (6.06%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.03%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (3.03%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 22 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (15.15%) Entra ID
3 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.06%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) DHCP
1 8 (24.24%) DNS
2 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (9.09%) LAN
3 3 (9.09%) VLAN
3 3 (9.09%) WAN
4 2 (6.06%) Ethernet
4 2 (6.06%) Firewall
4 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.06%) Softphone
5 1 (3.03%) VoIP
5 1 (3.03%) VPN
5 1 (3.03%) WebEx
5 1 (3.03%) Wireless
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Banking
3 6 (18.18%) Law
4 5 (15.15%) Investment Banking
4 5 (15.15%) Legal
5 4 (12.12%) Front Office
6 3 (9.09%) Retail
7 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Blackberry
1 5 (15.15%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (12.12%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.09%) CCTV
3 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 3 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (6.06%) Handset
4 2 (6.06%) Smartphone
5 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
5 1 (3.03%) iPad
5 1 (3.03%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 30 (90.91%) Windows
2 19 (57.58%) Windows 10
3 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 4 (12.12%) Apple iOS
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (9.09%) Mac OS X
6 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
7 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) ITIL
2 11 (33.33%) ITSM
3 6 (18.18%) Change Management
3 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
4 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
4 5 (15.15%) Inventory Management
5 4 (12.12%) Internal Audit
5 4 (12.12%) Time Management
6 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.06%) Customer Experience
7 2 (6.06%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.06%) Patch Management
7 2 (6.06%) Security Patching
7 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.06%) Software Deployment
7 2 (6.06%) Ticket Management
7 2 (6.06%) User Experience
8 1 (3.03%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (36.36%) SCCM
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 11 (33.33%) Citrix
3 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
4 5 (15.15%) Remedy
5 3 (9.09%) Cisco
5 3 (9.09%) MobileIron
5 3 (9.09%) Riverbed
5 3 (9.09%) SAP
5 3 (9.09%) Trend Micro
6 2 (6.06%) Adobe
6 2 (6.06%) Qualys
7 1 (3.03%) Bloomberg
7 1 (3.03%) DocuSign
7 1 (3.03%) iManage
7 1 (3.03%) Intapp
7 1 (3.03%) Mitel