Help Desk Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Help Desk Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 413 495
Rank change year-on-year +37 +82 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 24 25 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.11% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 18
10th Percentile £126 £121 £104
25th Percentile £134 £130 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £163 £129
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +26.21% -8.04%
75th Percentile £168 £188 £187
90th Percentile £188 £281 £250
UK median daily rate £160 £231 £169
% change year-on-year -30.85% +37.12% +20.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 6
10th Percentile £13.94 - £10.66
25th Percentile £14.41 £11.25 £11.44
Median hourly rate £15.83 £14.25 £14.32
Median % change year-on-year +11.09% -0.45% -7.65%
75th Percentile £16.25 £16.00 £18.08
90th Percentile £17.07 £23.20 £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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Help Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Help Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Scotland +39 8 £150 +15.38% 3
Midlands +26 7 £148 -7.81% 1
East Midlands - 5 £160 - 1
South East +14 4 £125 - 2
South West +8 4 £175 -13.04% 2
West Midlands +12 2 £110 -31.25%
North West +18 1 - - 1
North of England +18 1 - - 3
Help Desk Analyst
UK

Help Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 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 UK excluding London region featuring Help Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (54.17%) Customer Service
2 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Windows
4 4 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 3 (12.50%) Power BI
5 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
5 3 (12.50%) Retail
6 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 2 (8.33%) Degree
6 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (8.33%) Italian Language
6 2 (8.33%) Internet
6 2 (8.33%) Configuration Management
6 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
7 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
7 1 (4.17%) CRM
7 1 (4.17%) Service Management
7 1 (4.17%) DHCP
7 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.17%) VPN
7 1 (4.17%) DNS
7 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared

Help Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Internet
2 1 (4.17%) DHCP
2 1 (4.17%) DNS
2 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.17%) VLAN
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Retail
3 2 (8.33%) Italian Language
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Customer Service
2 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (8.33%) Configuration Management
4 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.17%) CRM
5 1 (4.17%) Customer Experience
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.17%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow