Service Desk Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Service Desk Analyst salary in the West Midlands is £25,000 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 203 214 231
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 58 33 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.72% 0.57% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.63% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 48 31 38
10th Percentile £21,850 £21,250 £22,125
25th Percentile £24,563 £24,500 £23,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £28,500 £25,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +10.68% +11.96%
75th Percentile £30,250 £30,625 £30,000
90th Percentile £40,407 £33,750 £33,675
England median annual salary £26,500 £26,500 £25,500
% change year-on-year - +3.92% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Analyst in the West Midlands

Service Desk Analyst
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region 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
Worcestershire -12 12 £25,000 +10.41%
Solihull -4 9 £29,500 +31.11% 1
Birmingham -26 8 £27,500 -5.17% 3
Warwickshire +30 7 £40,313 +0.78% 1
Staffordshire -20 5 £24,000 -4.00% 2
Dudley - 3 £24,500 -
Coventry +27 2 - - 1
Wednesbury - 2 £24,750 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £21,500 -
Halesowen - 2 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 £26,000 -
Service Desk Analyst
England

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (51.72%) Customer Service
2 29 (50.00%) SLA
3 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
4 23 (39.66%) Windows
5 20 (34.48%) Active Directory
5 20 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (31.03%) DNS
8 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
8 17 (29.31%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (27.59%) Windows Server
9 16 (27.59%) DHCP
10 14 (24.14%) TCP/IP
11 13 (22.41%) ITIL
11 13 (22.41%) JIRA
11 13 (22.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 12 (20.69%) Windows 10
12 12 (20.69%) SaaS
12 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
12 12 (20.69%) CRM
13 11 (18.97%) Incident Management
13 11 (18.97%) Windows Server 2016
13 11 (18.97%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (13.79%) Apple iOS
14 8 (13.79%) Change Control
14 8 (13.79%) Firewall
14 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
14 8 (13.79%) Apple
15 7 (12.07%) VPN
16 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery

Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.17%) IBM Notes
2 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (20.69%) SaaS
3 5 (8.62%) Azure
4 3 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) DNS
2 16 (27.59%) DHCP
3 14 (24.14%) TCP/IP
4 8 (13.79%) Firewall
5 7 (12.07%) VPN
6 5 (8.62%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.45%) SAN
7 2 (3.45%) Wireless
8 1 (1.72%) LAN
8 1 (1.72%) PBX
8 1 (1.72%) VoIP
8 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) JIRA
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (29.31%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Finance
3 3 (5.17%) Norwegian Language
4 2 (3.45%) Back Office
4 2 (3.45%) French Language
5 1 (1.72%) Digital Economy
5 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.45%) Mobile Computing
3 2 (3.45%) Wiki
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 23 (39.66%) Windows
2 16 (27.59%) Windows Server
3 12 (20.69%) Windows 10
4 11 (18.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (18.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (13.79%) Apple iOS
6 5 (8.62%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (3.45%) Windows 8
8 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (1.72%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) Customer Service
2 19 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.41%) ITIL
4 12 (20.69%) CRM
5 11 (18.97%) Incident Management
6 8 (13.79%) Change Control
7 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
8 4 (6.90%) Asset Management
8 4 (6.90%) Problem Management
9 3 (5.17%) Customer Experience
9 3 (5.17%) Data Security
9 3 (5.17%) ITSM
9 3 (5.17%) Proactive Management
9 3 (5.17%) Service Management
10 2 (3.45%) B2B
10 2 (3.45%) ERP
10 2 (3.45%) Line Management
10 2 (3.45%) Logistics
10 2 (3.45%) Supply Chain Management
10 2 (3.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) Degree
1 3 (5.17%) MCSA
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.45%) A+ Certification
2 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.72%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.72%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (34.48%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 2 (3.45%) XenApp
4 2 (3.45%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.72%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.79%) Apple
3 6 (10.34%) VMware
4 3 (5.17%) Cisco
4 3 (5.17%) Citrix
4 3 (5.17%) Lotus
4 3 (5.17%) Sophos
5 2 (3.45%) Altova
5 2 (3.45%) HP
5 2 (3.45%) Remedy
5 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.45%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.72%) Veeam