Senior Desktop Analyst Jobs

Senior Desktop Analyst
UK

The median Senior Desktop Analyst salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 703 - 972
Rank change year-on-year - - +258
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Desktop Analyst 2 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £50,850
25th Percentile £61,250 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +68.75%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,982 93,747 91,844
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.66% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 26,989 67,111 57,934
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £74,014 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Senior Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Desktop Analyst in the UK

Senior Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Desktop Analyst in the UK

Senior Desktop Analyst
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Desktop Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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 - 2 £62,500 - 3
London - 2 £62,500 - 3
Work from Home - 1 - -

Senior Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification

Senior 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft