Service Desk Analyst Jobs

Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £26,484 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 467 564
Rank change year-on-year +68 +97 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 677 597 992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.64% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.70% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 538 492 761
10th Percentile £21,750 £21,253 £20,000
25th Percentile £23,563 £23,500 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,484 £26,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% +6.00% +3.40%
75th Percentile £30,188 £33,750 £29,500
90th Percentile £35,075 £37,475 £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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 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 9 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 +69 614 £26,467 -0.12% 75
UK excluding London +28 569 £25,000 -1.96% 85
North of England +102 202 £24,150 -1.43% 21
Work from Home +11 138 £27,678 +6.45% 31
South East -63 100 £26,000 - 19
North West +29 99 £23,500 -6.00% 10
Midlands +11 89 £27,500 -2.65% 8
London +1 88 £32,500 - 4
Yorkshire +97 76 £24,500 +4.93% 8
South West +14 70 £27,500 - 7
East of England +9 64 £26,500 +10.42% 16
West Midlands +13 56 £25,000 -12.28% 4
East Midlands -13 33 £28,165 +6.28% 4
North East +4 27 £24,250 -6.73% 5
Scotland -81 22 £27,750 +11.00% 3
Wales +22 20 £24,000 -4.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 366 (54.06%) Microsoft
2 312 (46.09%) Windows
3 310 (45.79%) Social Skills
4 302 (44.61%) Active Directory
5 295 (43.57%) Microsoft 365
6 288 (42.54%) Customer Service
7 199 (29.39%) ITIL
8 157 (23.19%) Microsoft Office
9 150 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
10 128 (18.91%) SLA
11 110 (16.25%) Windows 10
12 99 (14.62%) ITSM
12 99 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
13 79 (11.67%) Azure
13 79 (11.67%) Microsoft Exchange
14 69 (10.19%) ServiceNow
15 68 (10.04%) Finance
15 68 (10.04%) Windows Server
16 67 (9.90%) Incident Management
17 62 (9.16%) LAN
18 61 (9.01%) VPN
19 60 (8.86%) Service Management
20 54 (7.98%) TCP/IP
21 49 (7.24%) SharePoint
22 48 (7.09%) DNS
23 45 (6.65%) Firewall
23 45 (6.65%) Law
23 45 (6.65%) Retail
23 45 (6.65%) Android
24 41 (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 79 (11.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (7.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.44%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.30%) Confluence
4 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 157 (23.19%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) assyst
1 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.30%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 295 (43.57%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (11.67%) Azure
3 26 (3.84%) Entra ID
4 25 (3.69%) SaaS
5 20 (2.95%) Mimecast
6 15 (2.22%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.59%) PaaS
8 3 (0.44%) AWS
8 3 (0.44%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.30%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.30%) GCP
9 2 (0.30%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.30%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.30%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (9.16%) LAN
2 61 (9.01%) VPN
3 54 (7.98%) TCP/IP
4 48 (7.09%) DNS
5 45 (6.65%) Firewall
6 36 (5.32%) WAN
7 34 (5.02%) VoIP
8 32 (4.73%) DHCP
9 22 (3.25%) Wireless
10 21 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
11 19 (2.81%) Internet
12 11 (1.62%) Broadband
13 10 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (0.59%) SAN
15 3 (0.44%) VLAN
16 2 (0.30%) Intranet
17 1 (0.15%) FTP
17 1 (0.15%) HTTP
17 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.74%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (2.95%) JIRA
General
1 310 (45.79%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (10.04%) Finance
4 45 (6.65%) Law
4 45 (6.65%) Retail
5 40 (5.91%) Telecoms
6 26 (3.84%) Legal
7 23 (3.40%) Digital Economy
8 21 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.81%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.18%) French Language
11 8 (1.18%) German Language
12 7 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.89%) Advertising
13 6 (0.89%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.89%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.89%) Spanish Language
13 6 (0.89%) Swedish Language
13 6 (0.89%) Turkish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.36%) OLE
2 1 (0.15%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.02%) Smartphone
2 30 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (3.55%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.81%) Data Centre
4 19 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 13 (1.92%) iPad
6 12 (1.77%) iPhone
6 12 (1.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 9 (1.33%) Replication
8 8 (1.18%) Life Science
9 4 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.44%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.44%) CCTV
10 3 (0.44%) EPoS
10 3 (0.44%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.44%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.44%) Smart City
11 2 (0.30%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.30%) NHS
11 2 (0.30%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 312 (46.09%) Windows
2 110 (16.25%) Windows 10
3 68 (10.04%) Windows Server
4 45 (6.65%) Android
5 22 (3.25%) Apple iOS
6 19 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.92%) Windows 7
9 9 (1.33%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.89%) Unix
11 4 (0.59%) Linux
12 2 (0.30%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (42.54%) Customer Service
2 199 (29.39%) ITIL
3 150 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (14.62%) ITSM
5 67 (9.90%) Incident Management
6 60 (8.86%) Service Management
7 39 (5.76%) Time Management
8 31 (4.58%) Service Delivery
9 27 (3.99%) Customer Experience
10 23 (3.40%) Change Management
10 23 (3.40%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (3.25%) Collaborative Working
12 21 (3.10%) Problem Management
13 20 (2.95%) Ticket Management
14 19 (2.81%) Statistics
15 17 (2.51%) Document Management
16 16 (2.36%) Asset Management
17 14 (2.07%) CRM
17 14 (2.07%) Decision-Making
17 14 (2.07%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.36%) R
2 13 (1.92%) SQL
3 7 (1.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (6.06%) Degree
2 28 (4.14%) A+ Certification
2 28 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (3.25%) ITIL Certification
4 15 (2.22%) Security Cleared
5 11 (1.62%) MCP
6 9 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 8 (1.18%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.89%) SC Cleared
9 5 (0.74%) NVQ Level 3
10 3 (0.44%) MCDST
10 3 (0.44%) MCITP
11 2 (0.30%) CCA
11 2 (0.30%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.30%) HND
11 2 (0.30%) MCSA
12 1 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (18.91%) SLA
2 19 (2.81%) GDPR
3 4 (0.59%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.59%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.44%) ISO 14001
4 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.30%) ITGC
5 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 302 (44.61%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.36%) XenApp
2 16 (2.36%) XenDesktop
3 12 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.48%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.33%) vSphere
6 5 (0.74%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 27 (3.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.51%) SCCM
3 2 (0.30%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.30%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.15%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.15%) Icinga
4 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.15%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 366 (54.06%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.19%) ServiceNow
3 38 (5.61%) Citrix
4 25 (3.69%) VMware
5 20 (2.95%) iManage
6 19 (2.81%) Cisco
7 16 (2.36%) Dell
8 15 (2.22%) Apple
9 12 (1.77%) HP
10 11 (1.62%) Virgin Media
11 10 (1.48%) NetApp
11 10 (1.48%) Remedy
12 9 (1.33%) Veeam
13 8 (1.18%) Aderant
13 8 (1.18%) Ivanti
14 7 (1.03%) Google
15 6 (0.89%) NEC
16 5 (0.74%) Splunk
17 4 (0.59%) Sun
18 3 (0.44%) Adobe