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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 635 737
Rank change year-on-year +120 +102 -67
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 60 47 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.084% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.089% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 55
10th Percentile £125 £107 £127
25th Percentile £150 £115 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £148 £150
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £169 £185 £181
90th Percentile £195 £220 £220
UK excluding London median daily rate £150 £145 £150
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.61% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 24 30
10th Percentile £11.02 £13.25 £10.19
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £11.63
Median hourly rate £14.50 £18.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% -7.69% +44.44%
75th Percentile £19.33 £20.56 £20.56
90th Percentile £21.46 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.50 £18.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -19.44% -7.69% +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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 14 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 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +98 59 £150 +1.69% 1
UK excluding London +50 56 £150 +3.75% 2
East of England +14 30 £190 -8.43%
North of England +29 12 - -
North West +29 11 - -
Work from Home +108 7 £150 +28.48% 1
South West +7 7 £150 -16.67%
Midlands +19 5 £150 +28.48% 1
London +95 4 £150 -33.56%
West Midlands +15 3 £150 -24.05%
East Midlands +7 2 £200 +78.17% 1
Yorkshire +16 1 - -
South East +10 1 £125 -32.43%
Scotland - 1 £175 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 41 (68.33%) Customer Service
2 32 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 28 (46.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (45.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (38.33%) Active Directory
7 22 (36.67%) SC Cleared
7 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
8 19 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (31.67%) ITIL
9 17 (28.33%) ServiceNow
10 16 (26.67%) Service Delivery
11 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
11 15 (25.00%) Windows
11 15 (25.00%) Citrix
11 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (25.00%) Incident Management
12 14 (23.33%) Windows 10
13 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
13 13 (21.67%) Mathematics
13 13 (21.67%) A+ Certification
13 13 (21.67%) MCSA
13 13 (21.67%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (20.00%) Sun
15 10 (16.67%) SLA
15 10 (16.67%) Time Management
16 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
16 9 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
17 5 (8.33%) WhatsApp
18 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 28 (46.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (45.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (31.67%) 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 13 (21.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
General
1 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
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 15 (25.00%) Windows
2 14 (23.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (68.33%) Customer Service
2 26 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (31.67%) ITIL
4 16 (26.67%) Service Delivery
5 15 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 13 (21.67%) Mathematics
7 10 (16.67%) Time Management
8 9 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (5.00%) Service Management
10 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 2 (3.33%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (3.33%) ITSM
11 1 (1.67%) Business Continuity
11 1 (1.67%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (1.67%) Chat Support
11 1 (1.67%) Customer Requirements
11 1 (1.67%) Digital Marketing
11 1 (1.67%) Informatics
11 1 (1.67%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 22 (36.67%) SC Cleared
1 22 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (21.67%) A+ Certification
3 13 (21.67%) MCSA
4 3 (5.00%) MCP
5 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.67%) Degree
5 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) SLA
2 9 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 23 (38.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (28.33%) ServiceNow
3 15 (25.00%) Citrix
4 12 (20.00%) Sun
5 1 (1.67%) SAP