Help Desk Analyst Contracts in England

Help Desk Analyst
UK > England

The median Help Desk Analyst daily rate in England is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 587 764
Rank change year-on-year +63 +177 -159
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 18 52 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.11% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.12% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 43 22
10th Percentile £125 £161 £115
25th Percentile £133 £209 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £375 £175
Median % change year-on-year -57.33% +114.29% +29.63%
75th Percentile £188 £823 £199
90th Percentile £219 - £249
UK median daily rate £160 £231 £169
% change year-on-year -30.85% +37.12% +20.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile £13.81 £16.29 £10.66
25th Percentile £14.22 £16.74 £11.44
Median hourly rate £15.83 £17.99 £14.32
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +25.67% -7.65%
75th Percentile £16.00 £23.24 £18.08
90th Percentile £16.60 £26.10 £18.80
UK median hourly rate £15.83 £15.12 £14.32
% change year-on-year +4.68% +5.64% -7.65%

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 34,255 45,148 67,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 32,138 48,275
10th Percentile £285 £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% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,311 1,778
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Help Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Analyst in England

Help 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 Help Desk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +28 7 £148 -7.81% 1
East Midlands - 5 £160 - 1
South East +13 4 £125 - 2
South West +12 4 £175 -13.04% 2
London +66 2 £196 -74.35% 1
West Midlands +13 2 £110 -31.25%
North of England +24 1 - - 3
North West +13 1 - - 1
Help Desk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Help 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 Help Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Power BI
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (16.67%) Windows
3 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 2 (11.11%) SLA
4 2 (11.11%) Change Management
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security
5 1 (5.56%) Service Management
5 1 (5.56%) Apple
5 1 (5.56%) CRM
5 1 (5.56%) DHCP
5 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.56%) VPN
5 1 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) VLAN
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL

Help 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.56%) VLAN
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.11%) Change Management
3 2 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (5.56%) CRM
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.56%) Apple