2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Job Trends

Second Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2026.

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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 687 624 857
Rank change year-on-year -63 +233 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst 26 22 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.029% 0.050% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.056% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 17 20 27
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,750 £25,950
25th Percentile £25,250 £26,625 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £29,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -9.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £35,000 £34,875 £36,250
90th Percentile - £38,250 £43,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,750 £27,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year +17.59% -15.63% +16.36%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 84,643 39,171 91,241
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 89.53% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,266 23,359 67,069
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Service Desk Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst job vacancies in the UK

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

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

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England -28 25 £31,500 +6.78%
UK excluding London -44 25 £31,750 +17.59%
South East -20 8 - -
North of England -46 7 £25,500 -8.93%
South West -48 7 £35,000 +37.25%
Yorkshire - 6 £25,500 -
Work from Home +12 2 £33,500 +15.52%
Midlands -15 2 £27,000 -12.90%
West Midlands -26 2 £27,000 -12.90%
North West +3 1 - -
London -12 1 £33,000 +4.76%
Wales - 1 £34,000 -

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, 2nd Line Service 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 featuring 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
3 16 (61.54%) Windows
4 15 (57.69%) Active Directory
5 13 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (50.00%) SCCM
6 11 (42.31%) Customer Service
7 10 (38.46%) SLA
8 9 (34.62%) ITIL
8 9 (34.62%) ITSM
8 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (34.62%) ServiceNow
9 8 (30.77%) Application Packaging
9 8 (30.77%) Asset Management
9 8 (30.77%) Change Management
9 8 (30.77%) Degree
9 8 (30.77%) Incident Management
9 8 (30.77%) Knowledge Management
9 8 (30.77%) Palo Alto
9 8 (30.77%) Power Platform
9 8 (30.77%) PowerApps
9 8 (30.77%) Problem Management
9 8 (30.77%) Project Management
9 8 (30.77%) Qualys
9 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (26.92%) Windows 10
11 2 (7.69%) Azure
11 2 (7.69%) Firewall
11 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP

2nd Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) IIS
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 22 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (30.77%) Power Platform
2 8 (30.77%) PowerApps
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
1 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DKIM
2 1 (3.85%) DMARC
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
2 1 (3.85%) Wireless
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Advertising
3 1 (3.85%) Law
3 1 (3.85%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.85%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Customer Service
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL
2 9 (34.62%) ITSM
3 8 (30.77%) Application Packaging
3 8 (30.77%) Asset Management
3 8 (30.77%) Change Management
3 8 (30.77%) Incident Management
3 8 (30.77%) Knowledge Management
3 8 (30.77%) Problem Management
3 8 (30.77%) Project Management
3 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (3.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Mathematics
4 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.85%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.85%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (3.85%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (57.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) SCCM
2 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) ServiceNow
3 8 (30.77%) Palo Alto
3 8 (30.77%) Qualys
4 1 (3.85%) Adobe
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) iManage
4 1 (3.85%) Intapp
4 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.85%) VMware