1st Line Service Desk Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 451 584
Rank change year-on-year +111 +133 -125
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 7 15 38
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.060% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.063% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 20
10th Percentile £131 - £119
25th Percentile - £107 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £119 £150
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -21.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile - £145 £153
90th Percentile £152 £211 £173
UK median daily rate £150 £145 £150
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.61% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.88
25th Percentile £15.50 - £18.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £19.50
75th Percentile £16.50 - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.71% -12.82% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,071 23,886 42,024
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.33% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,442 16,861 30,355
10th Percentile £325 £361 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 544 603
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.66 £13.38
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.81 £57.44
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.18 £68.16
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

1st Line Service Desk Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst.

1st Line Service Desk Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst.

1st Line Service Desk Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (42.86%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
4 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
4 3 (42.86%) Azure
5 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
5 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 1 (14.29%) Chat Support
6 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
6 1 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (14.29%) Network Management
6 1 (14.29%) Marketing
6 1 (14.29%) French Language
6 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
6 1 (14.29%) Swedish Language
6 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) French Language
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
3 1 (14.29%) Swedish Language
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Chat Support
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Network Management
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) SAP