Help Desk Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Help Desk Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 484 544 519
Rank change year-on-year +60 -25 +167
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 26 15 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.062% 0.042% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.045% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 33
10th Percentile £25,300 £24,000 £20,650
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,192 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £26,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% +10.42% -2.04%
75th Percentile £32,750 £29,500 £25,000
90th Percentile £33,000 - £33,500
UK median annual salary £28,500 £29,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year -1.72% +20.83% -4.95%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Help Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Help Desk Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Help 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 Help Desk Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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 - 20 £28,500 -
West Midlands - 14 £30,000 -
East Midlands - 6 £26,500 -
South East +32 3 £30,000 +14.57% 2
North of England +18 3 £26,500 - 1
North West - 2 £26,500 - 1
Yorkshire -19 1 - -
Help Desk Analyst
UK

Help Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Help Desk Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Help Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (65.38%) Customer Service
2 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Break/Fix
3 6 (23.08%) CCNA
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 6 (23.08%) Meraki
4 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
4 5 (19.23%) DHCP
4 5 (19.23%) DNS
4 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
5 4 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (15.38%) ERP
5 4 (15.38%) HNC
5 4 (15.38%) ITIL
5 4 (15.38%) LabVIEW
5 4 (15.38%) MCP
5 4 (15.38%) MCSA
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (15.38%) RFID
5 4 (15.38%) Server Building
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
5 4 (15.38%) Veeam
5 4 (15.38%) VMware
6 3 (11.54%) Contract Management
7 2 (7.69%) Agile

Help Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) HCL Notes
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (19.23%) DHCP
3 5 (19.23%) DNS
4 4 (15.38%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (30.77%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Customer Service
2 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Break/Fix
3 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 4 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (15.38%) ERP
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL
4 4 (15.38%) Server Building
5 3 (11.54%) Contract Management
6 2 (7.69%) Agile
6 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.85%) Gamification
7 1 (3.85%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) CCNA
1 6 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (15.38%) HNC
2 4 (15.38%) MCP
2 4 (15.38%) MCSA
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Cisco
1 6 (23.08%) Meraki
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) Veeam
3 4 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) Lotus
4 1 (3.85%) WatchGuard