Desktop Analyst Jobs

Desktop Analyst
UK

The median Desktop Analyst salary in the UK is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 880 847 1073
Rank change year-on-year -33 +226 -212
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 27 100 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 23 75 152
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,300 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £26,750 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,000 £33,125
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +2.64% +3.52%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £41,250
90th Percentile £50,200 £57,500 £48,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -11.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst.

Salary trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -34 27 £37,500 +8.70% 7
London +66 15 £45,000 +12.50% 4
UK excluding London -54 12 £30,000 +5.26% 3
Work from Home +29 5 £30,000 -14.29% 1
South East -9 4 £32,000 +33.33%
Midlands -15 3 £29,500 +3.51%
South West -29 3 £42,500 +38.21%
North of England +25 2 £30,000 +20.00% 3
North West -8 2 £30,000 +20.00% 3
East Midlands -19 2 £29,500 +3.51%
West Midlands -15 1 £27,000 -4.42%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Desktop Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
3 15 (55.56%) Windows
4 14 (51.85%) Customer Service
5 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
6 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 9 (33.33%) ITIL
8 8 (29.63%) Azure
8 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
9 7 (25.93%) ITSM
9 7 (25.93%) Finance
10 6 (22.22%) Windows 10
10 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (18.52%) SCCM
11 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (18.52%) Legal
11 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
12 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
12 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
12 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
12 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
12 4 (14.81%) Degree
12 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
12 4 (14.81%) Mac OS
13 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
13 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
13 3 (11.11%) Front Office
13 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
13 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel

Desktop 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (29.63%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
4 2 (7.41%) PaaS
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.41%) DNS
2 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
2 2 (7.41%) WAN
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.70%) DHCP
3 1 (3.70%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.70%) VoIP
3 1 (3.70%) VPN
3 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Legal
4 3 (11.11%) Front Office
5 2 (7.41%) Local Government
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Law
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.41%) Hedge funds
2 2 (7.41%) iPad
2 2 (7.41%) iPhone
3 1 (3.70%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (55.56%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (14.81%) Mac OS
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 2 (7.41%) Android
5 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.70%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Customer Service
2 9 (33.33%) ITIL
3 7 (25.93%) ITSM
4 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
5 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Agile
6 2 (7.41%) Break/Fix
6 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.41%) Investment Management
6 2 (7.41%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (7.41%) Service Management
6 2 (7.41%) Software Asset Management
7 1 (3.70%) Case Management
7 1 (3.70%) Fintech
7 1 (3.70%) Hardware Maintenance
7 1 (3.70%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (3.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) HP APS
2 2 (7.41%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.70%) vSphere
3 1 (3.70%) XenApp
3 1 (3.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (18.52%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.70%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (3.70%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.70%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.70%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (3.70%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Bloomberg
2 2 (7.41%) Citrix
2 2 (7.41%) HP
2 2 (7.41%) Meraki
2 2 (7.41%) ProCurve
2 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.41%) Sophos
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Adobe
3 1 (3.70%) Altiris
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Ivanti
3 1 (3.70%) McAfee
3 1 (3.70%) Reuters
3 1 (3.70%) RightFax
3 1 (3.70%) Sage
3 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.70%) Symantec