Desktop Support Analyst Contracts in London

Desktop Support Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Support Analyst daily rate in London is £313 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 466 586
Rank change year-on-year +93 +120 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 13 21 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.074% 0.081% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.085% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 24
10th Percentile £193 £206 £163
25th Percentile £206 £216 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £240 £225
Median % change year-on-year +30.21% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £431 £274 £275
90th Percentile £488 £300 £288
England median daily rate £205 £238 £225
% change year-on-year -13.68% +5.56% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £22.56 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.97 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £23.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £24.32 -
90th Percentile - £24.73 -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £23.65 £21.50
% change year-on-year -11.19% +9.98% +22.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,330 24,760 37,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 17,998 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +13.45%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Support Analyst in London

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Desktop Support 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 London region featuring Desktop Support Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (84.62%) Windows
3 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (46.15%) Azure
5 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
6 5 (38.46%) Firmware
6 5 (38.46%) Internet
6 5 (38.46%) WSUS
6 5 (38.46%) Wireless
6 5 (38.46%) Inventory Management
6 5 (38.46%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (30.77%) SCCM
7 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
7 4 (30.77%) Veeam
8 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
8 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
8 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
9 1 (7.69%) Break/Fix
9 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
9 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (7.69%) Trayport
9 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
9 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
9 1 (7.69%) Front Office
9 1 (7.69%) Finance
9 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
9 1 (7.69%) Incident Management

Desktop Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (46.15%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Internet
1 5 (38.46%) Wireless
General
1 5 (38.46%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Front Office
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Inventory Management
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.69%) Break/Fix
3 1 (7.69%) Change Management
3 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) Firmware
3 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) WSUS
2 4 (30.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) Bloomberg
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) Reuters
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Trayport