Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 470 551
Rank change year-on-year +80 +81 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 644 643 956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.63% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.69% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 532 515 753
10th Percentile £21,500 £21,600 £19,800
25th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £26,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £30,270 £33,688 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £33,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,000 £25,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +4.08% +4.26%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Service Desk Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Analyst over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Analyst
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +70 586 £26,500 - 79
UK excluding London +24 523 £25,000 -1.96% 77
North of England +99 194 £24,250 -1.02% 27
Work from Home 0 128 £27,500 +3.77% 21
London +64 99 £32,500 -2.99% 9
North West +30 95 £23,500 -6.00% 15
South East -52 91 £26,000 - 11
Midlands +26 85 £27,500 -1.79% 15
Yorkshire +117 77 £24,500 +6.52% 10
East of England +30 58 £26,500 +10.42% 10
South West +4 58 £27,500 +4.76% 8
West Midlands +21 54 £25,000 -12.28% 10
East Midlands 0 31 £28,165 +9.38% 5
North East +8 22 £24,500 - 3
Scotland -77 21 £27,750 +11.00% 4
Wales +9 14 £25,500 +2.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Service Desk 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 Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 355 (55.12%) Microsoft
2 315 (48.91%) Windows
3 301 (46.74%) Social Skills
4 297 (46.12%) Active Directory
5 295 (45.81%) Microsoft 365
6 274 (42.55%) Customer Service
7 200 (31.06%) ITIL
8 158 (24.53%) Microsoft Office
9 153 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
10 130 (20.19%) SLA
11 117 (18.17%) Windows 10
12 108 (16.77%) ITSM
13 106 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
14 78 (12.11%) Microsoft Exchange
15 76 (11.80%) Azure
16 70 (10.87%) Service Management
17 69 (10.71%) Incident Management
17 69 (10.71%) Windows Server
18 64 (9.94%) ServiceNow
19 62 (9.63%) Finance
20 60 (9.32%) LAN
21 53 (8.23%) VPN
22 52 (8.07%) SharePoint
23 50 (7.76%) Law
24 49 (7.61%) TCP/IP
24 49 (7.61%) DNS
25 48 (7.45%) Retail
26 41 (6.37%) Firewall
27 40 (6.21%) Android
28 39 (6.06%) Degree

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:

Application Platforms
1 78 (12.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (8.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (0.47%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.31%) Confluence
4 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 158 (24.53%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) assyst
1 3 (0.47%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 295 (45.81%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (11.80%) Azure
3 25 (3.88%) SaaS
4 23 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 21 (3.26%) Mimecast
5 21 (3.26%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.09%) Power Automate
7 4 (0.62%) AWS
7 4 (0.62%) PaaS
8 3 (0.47%) GCP
9 2 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.31%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.31%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.31%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.16%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.16%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 60 (9.32%) LAN
2 53 (8.23%) VPN
3 49 (7.61%) DNS
3 49 (7.61%) TCP/IP
4 41 (6.37%) Firewall
5 39 (6.06%) WAN
6 35 (5.43%) VoIP
7 33 (5.12%) DHCP
8 24 (3.73%) Wireless
9 20 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
10 16 (2.48%) Internet
11 11 (1.71%) Broadband
12 10 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (0.47%) VLAN
15 2 (0.31%) Intranet
15 2 (0.31%) SAN
15 2 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
16 1 (0.16%) IP Telephony
16 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.16%) MySQL
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (3.42%) JIRA
General
1 301 (46.74%) Social Skills
2 106 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (9.63%) Finance
4 50 (7.76%) Law
5 48 (7.45%) Retail
6 35 (5.43%) Telecoms
7 23 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (3.42%) Legal
9 20 (3.11%) Digital Economy
10 17 (2.64%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.24%) French Language
12 8 (1.24%) German Language
13 7 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.93%) Italian Language
14 6 (0.93%) Portuguese Language
14 6 (0.93%) Spanish Language
14 6 (0.93%) Swedish Language
14 6 (0.93%) Turkish Language
15 5 (0.78%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.48%) OLE
2 2 (0.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.75%) Smartphone
2 32 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.11%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 10 (1.55%) iPad
8 9 (1.40%) iPhone
8 9 (1.40%) Life Science
9 8 (1.24%) Replication
10 7 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.47%) CCTV
11 3 (0.47%) EPoS
11 3 (0.47%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.47%) Mobile Computing
11 3 (0.47%) Smart City
12 2 (0.31%) Housing Association
12 2 (0.31%) NHS
12 2 (0.31%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.16%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 315 (48.91%) Windows
2 117 (18.17%) Windows 10
3 69 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 40 (6.21%) Android
5 19 (2.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (2.64%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.02%) Windows 7
9 11 (1.71%) Mac OS
9 11 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.93%) Unix
12 4 (0.62%) Linux
12 4 (0.62%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (42.55%) Customer Service
2 200 (31.06%) ITIL
3 153 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (16.77%) ITSM
5 70 (10.87%) Service Management
6 69 (10.71%) Incident Management
7 38 (5.90%) Time Management
8 32 (4.97%) Service Delivery
9 26 (4.04%) Customer Experience
10 24 (3.73%) Root Cause Analysis
11 23 (3.57%) Change Management
12 22 (3.42%) Problem Management
13 19 (2.95%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (2.95%) Statistics
13 19 (2.95%) Ticket Management
14 17 (2.64%) Asset Management
14 17 (2.64%) Document Management
15 15 (2.33%) CRM
16 13 (2.02%) Decision-Making
16 13 (2.02%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.48%) R
2 14 (2.17%) SQL
3 6 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (6.06%) Degree
2 28 (4.35%) A+ Certification
2 28 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
4 17 (2.64%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.55%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (1.09%) NVQ Level 3
6 7 (1.09%) SC Cleared
7 6 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.93%) MCP
8 5 (0.78%) MCITP
8 5 (0.78%) MCSA
9 4 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.31%) CIPD
10 2 (0.31%) ECDL
10 2 (0.31%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) MCDST
11 1 (0.16%) MCSE
11 1 (0.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (20.19%) SLA
2 17 (2.64%) GDPR
3 4 (0.62%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.47%) ISO 14001
4 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.31%) ITGC
5 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 297 (46.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (2.17%) XenApp
2 14 (2.17%) XenDesktop
3 9 (1.40%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.40%) vSphere
4 5 (0.78%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.80%) SCCM
3 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.16%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.16%) Icinga
4 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 355 (55.12%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.94%) ServiceNow
3 37 (5.75%) Citrix
4 27 (4.19%) VMware
5 21 (3.26%) Cisco
6 19 (2.95%) iManage
7 16 (2.48%) Apple
8 14 (2.17%) Dell
9 11 (1.71%) HP
9 11 (1.71%) Virgin Media
10 10 (1.55%) NetApp
11 8 (1.24%) Aderant
11 8 (1.24%) Ivanti
11 8 (1.24%) Remedy
11 8 (1.24%) Veeam
12 7 (1.09%) Google
13 5 (0.78%) Sophos
13 5 (0.78%) Splunk
14 4 (0.62%) NEC
14 4 (0.62%) SolarWinds