Help Desk Support Analyst Jobs

Help Desk Support Analyst
UK

The median Help Desk Support Analyst salary in the UK is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 968 1197
Rank change year-on-year +108 +229 -339
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Analyst 47 27 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.027% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.029% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 37 27 38
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,900 £22,750
25th Percentile £21,250 £22,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £26,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +5.66%
75th Percentile £25,000 £33,750 £29,500
90th Percentile £33,250 £35,250 £33,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,000 £25,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £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%

Help Desk Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Help Desk Support Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Support Analyst.

Salary trend for Help Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Help Desk Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Support Analyst over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Help Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Help Desk Support 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 Help Desk Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +106 43 £24,000 -7.69% 5
UK excluding London +10 42 £24,000 -4.00% 4
South East +42 29 £24,000 - 2
North of England +53 10 £21,000 -23.64% 2
North West - 7 £21,000 - 1
Work from Home +76 6 £22,000 -12.00%
Yorkshire - 3 £21,000 - 1
West Midlands +15 2 £22,500 -30.77%
Midlands 0 2 £22,500 -30.77%
London +118 1 £45,000 +28.57% 1
South West -30 1 £22,000 -32.31%

Help Desk Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Help Desk Support 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 Help Desk Support Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (70.21%) Microsoft
1 33 (70.21%) Customer Service
2 32 (68.09%) Active Directory
3 30 (63.83%) Windows
4 28 (59.57%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (48.94%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (44.68%) Firewall
6 21 (44.68%) DHCP
6 21 (44.68%) DNS
6 21 (44.68%) Social Skills
7 19 (40.43%) Microsoft Office
8 17 (36.17%) Security Cleared
9 15 (31.91%) SLA
10 13 (27.66%) SharePoint
10 13 (27.66%) Windows 10
11 12 (25.53%) WatchGuard
11 12 (25.53%) Azure
12 11 (23.40%) Entra ID
13 10 (21.28%) OneDrive
13 10 (21.28%) Citrix
14 9 (19.15%) Adobe
14 9 (19.15%) Avaya
14 9 (19.15%) Service Delivery
14 9 (19.15%) AWS
14 9 (19.15%) Apple iOS
14 9 (19.15%) Mobile Device Management
14 9 (19.15%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (19.15%) AWS Certification
14 9 (19.15%) VLAN
14 9 (19.15%) Windows Server

Help Desk Support 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 13 (27.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (40.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 23 (48.94%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (25.53%) Azure
3 11 (23.40%) Entra ID
4 10 (21.28%) OneDrive
5 9 (19.15%) AWS
6 1 (2.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 21 (44.68%) DHCP
1 21 (44.68%) DNS
1 21 (44.68%) Firewall
2 9 (19.15%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (19.15%) VLAN
3 2 (4.26%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (4.26%) VoIP
3 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
General
1 21 (44.68%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Law
3 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.13%) iPad
2 1 (2.13%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 30 (63.83%) Windows
2 13 (27.66%) Windows 10
3 9 (19.15%) Apple iOS
3 9 (19.15%) Windows Server
3 9 (19.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (70.21%) Customer Service
2 28 (59.57%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (19.15%) Data Loss Prevention
3 9 (19.15%) Gamification
3 9 (19.15%) Mobile Device Management
3 9 (19.15%) Service Delivery
4 6 (12.77%) ITIL
5 5 (10.64%) Change Management
6 2 (4.26%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.26%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.13%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) AWS Certification
3 5 (10.64%) DV Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) NVQ Level 3
4 4 (8.51%) Degree
5 2 (4.26%) A+ Certification
5 2 (4.26%) MCP
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) SLA
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (68.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (19.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.13%) XenApp
3 1 (2.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (70.21%) Microsoft
2 12 (25.53%) WatchGuard
3 10 (21.28%) Citrix
4 9 (19.15%) Adobe
4 9 (19.15%) Avaya
5 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.13%) Ivanti