1st Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in the UK is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 659 745
Rank change year-on-year +121 +86 -122
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 60 60 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.10% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 28 59
10th Percentile £125 £107 £121
25th Percentile - £116 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £166 £150
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +10.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £173 £200 £174
90th Percentile £191 £211 £196
UK excluding London median daily rate £150 £142 £150
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 29 30
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.25 £8.37
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £11.22
Median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +50.00%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £20.25
90th Percentile - - £20.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +52.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +128 60 £150 -9.77% 6
UK excluding London +69 56 £150 +5.88% 6
East of England +19 28 £190 -8.43% 4
North of England +37 12 - - 1
North West +23 11 - - 1
South West +23 8 £140 -22.22%
Work from Home +123 7 £150 +28.48%
Midlands +20 5 £150 +36.99% 1
London +97 4 £155 -22.50% 1
West Midlands +32 3 £150 -14.29%
South East +26 3 £165 -3.65% 1
East Midlands +13 2 £200 +82.65% 1
Yorkshire +17 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (65.00%) Customer Service
2 33 (55.00%) Microsoft
3 26 (43.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (40.00%) Active Directory
6 22 (36.67%) SC Cleared
6 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
7 17 (28.33%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (28.33%) ServiceNow
7 17 (28.33%) Windows
7 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Office
7 17 (28.33%) ITIL
8 14 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (23.33%) Incident Management
9 13 (21.67%) A+ Certification
9 13 (21.67%) Citrix
9 13 (21.67%) Service Delivery
9 13 (21.67%) Windows 10
10 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
10 12 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (20.00%) Sun
10 12 (20.00%) MCSA
10 12 (20.00%) SLA
10 12 (20.00%) Mathematics
11 10 (16.67%) Time Management
12 9 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
12 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
13 5 (8.33%) WhatsApp
14 4 (6.67%) Azure

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (43.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) assyst
2 1 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.33%) WhatsApp
3 4 (6.67%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.33%) Legal
3 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.33%) Retail
3 2 (3.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.67%) Electronics
4 1 (1.67%) Finance
4 1 (1.67%) French Language
4 1 (1.67%) Marketing
4 1 (1.67%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.67%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (28.33%) Windows
2 13 (21.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (65.00%) Customer Service
2 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (28.33%) ITIL
4 14 (23.33%) Incident Management
5 13 (21.67%) Service Delivery
6 12 (20.00%) Mathematics
7 10 (16.67%) Time Management
8 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 3 (5.00%) Customer-Centricity
9 3 (5.00%) ITSM
9 3 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (5.00%) Service Management
10 1 (1.67%) Business Continuity
10 1 (1.67%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.67%) Data Protection
10 1 (1.67%) Digital Marketing
10 1 (1.67%) Health Informatics
10 1 (1.67%) Informatics
10 1 (1.67%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 22 (36.67%) SC Cleared
1 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (21.67%) A+ Certification
4 12 (20.00%) MCSA
5 3 (5.00%) MCP
6 2 (3.33%) Degree
7 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.00%) SLA
2 9 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 24 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (28.33%) ServiceNow
3 13 (21.67%) Citrix
4 12 (20.00%) Sun
5 1 (1.67%) Remedy
5 1 (1.67%) SAP