1st Line Service Desk Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £26,000 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 553 710 682
Rank change year-on-year +157 -28 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 22 53 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.056% 0.075% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.079% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 21 53 43
10th Percentile £23,500 £21,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £22,750 £23,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £24,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,500
90th Percentile £29,500 £27,100 £28,750
UK median annual salary £26,000 £24,500 £25,053
% change year-on-year +6.12% -2.21% +5.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,759 67,300 52,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.85% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18,598 47,582 30,032
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Midlands +65 9 £26,000 +8.33% 1
North of England +32 6 £27,000 +10.20% 2
South East +97 5 £27,500 +5.77% 2
East Midlands +36 5 £26,000 +4.00% 1
North West 0 5 £26,500 +26.19% 1
West Midlands +54 4 £24,500 +2.08%
South West +107 1 - -
Yorkshire +55 1 £27,500 +12.24% 1
East of England +39 1 £26,000 +8.33%
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 1st Line 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (40.91%) ITSM
3 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (36.36%) Customer Service
4 8 (36.36%) ITIL
5 7 (31.82%) Law
5 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (31.82%) Windows 10
6 6 (27.27%) SLA
7 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
7 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (22.73%) Azure
7 5 (22.73%) Change Management
8 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow
8 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
9 3 (13.64%) Meraki
9 3 (13.64%) Finance
9 3 (13.64%) Cisco
10 2 (9.09%) Lotus
10 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
10 2 (9.09%) IBM Notes
10 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Management
10 2 (9.09%) Legal
10 2 (9.09%) AWS
10 2 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (9.09%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Law
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) ITSM
2 8 (36.36%) Customer Service
2 8 (36.36%) ITIL
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (22.73%) Change Management
3 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (4.55%) Chat Support
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
3 3 (13.64%) Meraki
4 2 (9.09%) Lotus
4 2 (9.09%) Salesforce