1st Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts in England

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > England

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in England is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 595 681
Rank change year-on-year +103 +86 -67
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 59 47 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.098% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 54
10th Percentile £124 £107 £127
25th Percentile £150 £115 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £148 £150
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £158 £185 £184
90th Percentile £196 £220 £220
UK median daily rate £150 £148 £150
% change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 24 31
10th Percentile £11.02 £13.25 £10.19
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £11.75
Median hourly rate £14.50 £18.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% -7.69% +52.94%
75th Percentile £19.33 £20.56 £20.56
90th Percentile £21.46 - -
UK median hourly rate £14.50 £18.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -19.44% -7.69% +44.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,083 45,136 67,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,425 32,131 48,554
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,578 1,311 1,787
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.57
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +15 30 £190 -8.43%
North of England +33 12 - -
North West +18 11 - -
South West +10 7 £150 -16.67%
Midlands +20 5 £150 +28.48% 1
London +99 4 £150 -33.56%
West Midlands +17 3 £150 -24.05%
East Midlands +5 2 £200 +78.17% 1
Yorkshire +13 1 - -
South East +13 1 £125 -32.43%
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, 1st Line Service Desk Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (69.49%) Customer Service
2 32 (54.24%) Microsoft
3 28 (47.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (45.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (42.37%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (37.29%) SC Cleared
6 22 (37.29%) Security Cleared
6 22 (37.29%) Active Directory
7 19 (32.20%) ITIL
8 18 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (28.81%) ServiceNow
10 16 (27.12%) Service Delivery
11 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Office
11 15 (25.42%) Citrix
11 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (25.42%) Incident Management
12 14 (23.73%) Windows
13 13 (22.03%) A+ Certification
13 13 (22.03%) MCSA
13 13 (22.03%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (22.03%) Mathematics
13 13 (22.03%) Windows 10
14 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
14 12 (20.34%) Sun
15 10 (16.95%) SLA
15 10 (16.95%) Time Management
16 9 (15.25%) Decision-Making
16 9 (15.25%) Disclosure Scotland
17 5 (8.47%) WhatsApp
18 4 (6.78%) Azure

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 28 (47.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (45.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (30.51%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.47%) WhatsApp
3 4 (6.78%) Azure
3 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.03%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.39%) Retail
3 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.69%) Electronics
4 1 (1.69%) Finance
4 1 (1.69%) French Language
4 1 (1.69%) Marketing
4 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.69%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Windows
2 13 (22.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (69.49%) Customer Service
2 25 (42.37%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (32.20%) ITIL
4 16 (27.12%) Service Delivery
5 15 (25.42%) Incident Management
6 13 (22.03%) Mathematics
7 10 (16.95%) Time Management
8 9 (15.25%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.08%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (5.08%) Service Management
10 2 (3.39%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 2 (3.39%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (3.39%) ITSM
11 1 (1.69%) Chat Support
11 1 (1.69%) Customer Requirements
11 1 (1.69%) Digital Marketing
11 1 (1.69%) Health Informatics
11 1 (1.69%) Informatics
11 1 (1.69%) Network Management
11 1 (1.69%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) SC Cleared
1 22 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (22.03%) A+ Certification
3 13 (22.03%) MCSA
4 3 (5.08%) MCP
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.95%) SLA
2 9 (15.25%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 22 (37.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (54.24%) Microsoft
2 17 (28.81%) ServiceNow
3 15 (25.42%) Citrix
4 12 (20.34%) Sun
5 1 (1.69%) SAP