1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Jobs

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 884 923 1179
Rank change year-on-year +39 +256 -282
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst 14 57 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.056% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.062% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 14 54 19
10th Percentile £26,250 £21,250 £24,300
25th Percentile £29,250 £23,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -12.07% +19.59%
75th Percentile £38,375 £33,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £47,050 £37,000 £43,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +13.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +52 10 £33,750 +29.81%
London +90 7 £39,000 +20.00%
UK excluding London -31 3 £27,500 +10.00%
South West - 2 £27,500 -
Yorkshire +87 1 £30,000 +14.29%
Work from Home +54 1 £39,000 +20.00%
North of England +47 1 £30,000 +14.29%

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 1st/2nd 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 featuring 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Customer Service
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) ITSM
2 10 (71.43%) Windows 10
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
6 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (42.86%) Law
7 5 (35.71%) VPN
8 4 (28.57%) DNS
8 4 (28.57%) Terminal Services
8 4 (28.57%) DHCP
8 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
8 4 (28.57%) SLA
8 4 (28.57%) Firewall
8 4 (28.57%) NEC
8 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (28.57%) VMware
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
9 3 (21.43%) Service Management
9 3 (21.43%) ITIL
10 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing

1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 4 (28.57%) DHCP
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) Internet
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (42.86%) Law
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Back Office
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
1 10 (71.43%) Windows 10
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Customer Service
2 10 (71.43%) ITSM
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 1 (7.14%) Active Listening
4 1 (7.14%) B2B
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) A+ Certification
1 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (7.14%) MCSA
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) Terminal Services
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) NEC
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Citrix
4 1 (7.14%) iManage