Service Desk Support Analyst Jobs

Service Desk Support Analyst
UK

The median Service Desk Support Analyst salary in the UK is £26,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 904 1092
Rank change year-on-year +61 +188 -226
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support Analyst 52 73 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.073% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.080% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 50 66 120
10th Percentile £21,000 £23,500 £19,313
25th Percentile £23,750 £25,000 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £32,250 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +26.47% +6.25%
75th Percentile £30,875 £36,375 £30,000
90th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £34,586
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,000 £25,250 £24,250
% change year-on-year +2.97% +4.12% +5.43%

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 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Service Desk Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Service Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Support Analyst over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Support Analyst in the UK

Service Desk Support Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +45 44 £26,000 -20.00% 3
UK excluding London -40 39 £26,000 +2.97% 5
North of England +55 18 £24,500 -20.97%
Yorkshire - 11 £24,500 -
South East -4 10 £26,000 -5.45% 2
London +106 9 £35,000 -1.41%
North West +8 7 £21,000 -34.38%
Work from Home +35 5 £29,000 -10.77% 2
East of England -4 4 £27,548 +14.78% 1
West Midlands +17 2 £26,250 +11.70%
Midlands -7 2 £26,250 +11.70% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1
Wales +9 1 £28,750 +15.00% 1
South West -29 1 £35,000 +12.90%
Scotland -54 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Service Desk Support 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 35 (67.31%) Windows
2 33 (63.46%) Social Skills
3 32 (61.54%) Microsoft
4 25 (48.08%) Customer Service
5 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
6 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Office
7 21 (40.38%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (28.85%) Windows 10
9 14 (26.92%) ITSM
10 13 (25.00%) SharePoint
10 13 (25.00%) Windows Server
10 13 (25.00%) Incident Management
11 12 (23.08%) ServiceNow
11 12 (23.08%) Cisco
12 11 (21.15%) Dell
12 11 (21.15%) Management Information System
13 10 (19.23%) Proactive Monitoring
13 10 (19.23%) Mimecast
13 10 (19.23%) Data Centre
13 10 (19.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 10 (19.23%) Telecoms
13 10 (19.23%) HP
13 10 (19.23%) NetApp
13 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
14 9 (17.31%) VoIP
14 9 (17.31%) SaaS
15 8 (15.38%) Analytics
15 8 (15.38%) VMware
16 7 (13.46%) VPN

Service Desk Support 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 13 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.85%) Confluence
4 1 (1.92%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (19.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) assyst
2 1 (1.92%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 21 (40.38%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (19.23%) Mimecast
3 9 (17.31%) SaaS
4 2 (3.85%) Azure
5 1 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.31%) VoIP
2 7 (13.46%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (13.46%) VPN
3 5 (9.62%) DHCP
3 5 (9.62%) DNS
4 4 (7.69%) Firewall
4 4 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.92%) LAN
5 1 (1.92%) WAN
5 1 (1.92%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 33 (63.46%) Social Skills
2 21 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.23%) Telecoms
4 6 (11.54%) Finance
5 5 (9.62%) Law
6 2 (3.85%) Banking
6 2 (3.85%) Electronics
6 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.85%) Marketing
6 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.92%) Back Office
7 1 (1.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.92%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Management Information System
2 10 (19.23%) Data Centre
3 5 (9.62%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.92%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 35 (67.31%) Windows
2 15 (28.85%) Windows 10
3 13 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.85%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.92%) Android
7 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) Customer Service
2 14 (26.92%) ITSM
3 13 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 10 (19.23%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (15.38%) Analytics
6 4 (7.69%) ITIL
7 3 (5.77%) Coaching
8 2 (3.85%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (3.85%) Break/Fix
8 2 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (3.85%) Customer Experience
8 2 (3.85%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (3.85%) Mentoring
8 2 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (3.85%) Programme Management
8 2 (3.85%) Service Management
9 1 (1.92%) Change Management
9 1 (1.92%) Identity Management
9 1 (1.92%) Practice Management
9 1 (1.92%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
1 1 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.69%) Terminal Services
2 4 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.85%) vSphere
4 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.08%) Cisco
2 12 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 11 (21.15%) Dell
4 10 (19.23%) HP
4 10 (19.23%) NetApp
5 8 (15.38%) VMware
6 4 (7.69%) Citrix
6 4 (7.69%) NEC
7 2 (3.85%) Commvault
7 2 (3.85%) SAP
8 1 (1.92%) Adobe
8 1 (1.92%) Apple
8 1 (1.92%) iManage
8 1 (1.92%) Intapp
8 1 (1.92%) Sun