Help Desk Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Help Desk Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Help Desk Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £25,869 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 558 646
Rank change year-on-year +168 +88 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 7 34 27
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.10% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.10% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 7 29 22
10th Percentile £23,500 - £19,500
25th Percentile £24,067 £14,620 £21,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,869 £26,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -3.64% -3.51%
75th Percentile £31,125 £27,250 £31,875
90th Percentile £33,450 - £32,000
UK median annual salary £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +0.92%

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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
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 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Help Desk Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Help Desk Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Help Desk Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Help Desk Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Help Desk 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 Help Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
5 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (14.29%) WhatsApp
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (14.29%) IBM Notes
5 1 (14.29%) Citrix
5 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Lotus
5 1 (14.29%) Apple
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Advertising
5 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification

Help Desk 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 (14.29%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
4 1 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) XenApp
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Lotus
3 1 (14.29%) VMware