Desktop Analyst
UK

The median Desktop Analyst salary in the UK is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 860 1044
Rank change year-on-year -5 +184 -215
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 29 133 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 25 101 140
10th Percentile £27,800 £24,000 £24,975
25th Percentile £32,000 £26,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £41,500
90th Percentile £50,150 £50,000 £48,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +0.88% -9.52%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst.

Salary trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 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
England +23 29 £37,500 +15.38% 9
London +91 16 £45,000 +12.50% 7
UK excluding London -53 13 £30,000 +4.35% 3
Work from Home +51 8 £30,000 -7.69% 1
South East +19 4 £32,000 +39.13% 1
Midlands -1 4 £28,250 -5.83%
South West -30 3 £42,500 +30.77% 1
North of England +30 2 £30,000 +20.00%
West Midlands +25 2 £27,000 -4.42%
North West -3 2 £30,000 +20.00%
East Midlands -23 2 £29,500 -1.67%

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
3 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (34.48%) ITIL
3 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (31.03%) Finance
5 8 (27.59%) Azure
5 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
6 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
6 7 (24.14%) ITSM
7 6 (20.69%) SCCM
7 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
8 5 (17.24%) Mac OS
8 5 (17.24%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
8 5 (17.24%) Legal
8 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
8 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
9 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
9 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
10 3 (10.34%) iPhone
10 3 (10.34%) Degree
10 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
10 3 (10.34%) OneDrive

Desktop 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (27.59%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) PaaS
4 2 (6.90%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.34%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) WAN
3 2 (6.90%) DNS
3 2 (6.90%) Firewall
3 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (6.90%) SD-WAN
3 2 (6.90%) VPN
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.45%) Internet
4 1 (3.45%) VoIP
4 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Legal
4 3 (10.34%) Front Office
5 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.90%) Law
5 2 (6.90%) Local Government
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (10.34%) iPhone
3 2 (6.90%) Hedge funds
3 2 (6.90%) iPad
3 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (3.45%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (17.24%) Mac OS
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.90%) Android
5 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
5 2 (6.90%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.45%) Windows NT
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
2 10 (34.48%) ITIL
3 7 (24.14%) ITSM
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
6 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (6.90%) Agile
7 2 (6.90%) Break/Fix
7 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.90%) Hardware Maintenance
7 2 (6.90%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.90%) Inventory Management
7 2 (6.90%) Investment Management
7 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.90%) Service Management
7 2 (6.90%) Software Asset Management
7 2 (6.90%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
3 2 (6.90%) A+ Certification
3 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) HP APS
3 2 (6.90%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (3.45%) MCP
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.45%) vSphere
3 1 (3.45%) XenApp
3 1 (3.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (20.69%) SCCM
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.45%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (3.45%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.45%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.45%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (3.45%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) HP
2 3 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) Bloomberg
3 2 (6.90%) Citrix
3 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 2 (6.90%) ProCurve
3 2 (6.90%) Sophos
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Altiris
4 1 (3.45%) Apple
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Ivanti
4 1 (3.45%) McAfee
4 1 (3.45%) Reuters
4 1 (3.45%) RightFax
4 1 (3.45%) Sage
4 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.45%) Symantec