Desktop Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Desktop Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 576 635
Rank change year-on-year +166 +59 +180
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 5 7 41
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.021% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.022% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 30
10th Percentile £34,550 - £22,000
25th Percentile £42,875 £26,500 £23,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £30,000 £32,972
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -9.01% -9.67%
75th Percentile £52,813 £32,500 £36,688
90th Percentile £53,375 £46,750 £40,250
UK median annual salary £41,000 £37,500 £32,972
% change year-on-year +9.33% +13.73% -1.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Desktop Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Desktop Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Desktop Analyst.

Desktop Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Desktop Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Desktop Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) SCCM
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
4 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP
4 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (40.00%) Adobe
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) Acrobat
4 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (20.00%) SLA
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (20.00%) Problem Management

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (20.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) LAN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Document Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Practice Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Adobe
4 1 (20.00%) DocuSign
4 1 (20.00%) iManage
4 1 (20.00%) Intapp