Service Desk Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Desk Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 745 832
Rank change year-on-year +8 +87 -162
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Specialist 14 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.014% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.016% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile £31,250 - £21,875
25th Percentile £32,500 - £26,064
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £30,448
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.32%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £31,641
90th Percentile £40,000 - £32,820
UK median annual salary £38,750 £45,000 £30,448
% change year-on-year -13.89% +47.79% +35.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,104 55,639 67,661
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.29% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,008 31,467 43,049
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,307
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,639 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Service Desk Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Specialist in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Service Desk Specialist in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Specialist
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 Service Desk Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +30 11 £37,500 -
East Midlands - 7 £37,500 -
West Midlands +33 4 £32,500 -
South East - 3 £40,000 -
Service Desk Specialist
UK

Service Desk Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Service Desk Specialist 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 Service Desk Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (50.00%) Service Desk Management
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Citrix
2 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) Banking
2 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 4 (28.57%) Financial Institution
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Fintech
3 3 (21.43%) ChatGPT

Service Desk Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) ChatGPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Financial Institution
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 7 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 7 (50.00%) Service Desk Management
2 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Fintech
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Citrix
2 4 (28.57%) VMware