Desktop Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Desktop Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 752 700
Rank change year-on-year +173 -52 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 9 12 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.017% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.018% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 41
10th Percentile £28,450 £26,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.26% +3.64%
75th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £33,750
90th Percentile - £43,750 £35,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +1.25% +14.29% +4.48%

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 36,224 67,834 52,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 94.85% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,759 47,939 30,034
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
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% -

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK excluding London

Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South West +109 3 £31,000 -27.06% 1
South East +90 3 £37,500 +10.29% 5
Midlands +62 2 £31,500 +11.50% 1
West Midlands +47 1 £33,000 +22.22% 1
East Midlands +22 1 £30,000 +1.69%
East of England - 1 £27,500 - 1
Desktop Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
5 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
6 4 (44.44%) DNS
6 4 (44.44%) DHCP
6 4 (44.44%) ITIL
6 4 (44.44%) ITSM
6 4 (44.44%) SCCM
6 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
6 4 (44.44%) MobileIron
7 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
7 3 (33.33%) Games
7 3 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (33.33%) Riverbed
7 3 (33.33%) Trend Micro
7 3 (33.33%) Driving Licence
7 3 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
7 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (33.33%) Inventory Management
7 3 (33.33%) Time Management
7 3 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (33.33%) CCTV
7 3 (33.33%) VLAN
7 3 (33.33%) Degree

Desktop 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:

Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) DHCP
1 4 (44.44%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) Intranet
3 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Games
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) CCTV
1 3 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 3 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (11.11%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 3 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Line Management
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Server Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) BitLocker
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) MobileIron
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Riverbed
3 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (33.33%) Trend Micro
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) McAfee
4 1 (11.11%) Remedy