Desktop Analyst Jobs

Desktop Analyst
UK

The median Desktop Analyst salary in the UK is £37,284 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 816 1066
Rank change year-on-year -60 +250 -173
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 28 103 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 24 77 158
10th Percentile £28,775 £26,050 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £27,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,284 £35,000 £33,125
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% +5.66% +3.52%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £40,750
90th Percentile £50,175 £60,000 £47,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £28,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% +3.64% -11.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Analyst in the UK

Desktop Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 -41 28 £37,284 +6.53% 3
London +46 18 £45,000 +12.50% 1
UK excluding London -76 10 £31,500 +10.53% 2
South West -42 4 £38,750 +26.02%
Work from Home +14 3 £31,500 -11.89%
North of England +2 2 £30,000 +20.00% 2
North West -27 2 £30,000 +20.00% 2
East Midlands -30 2 £29,500 +3.51%
South East -31 2 £32,000 +24.27%
Midlands -40 2 £29,500 +3.51%

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Desktop 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 Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (57.14%) Customer Service
3 15 (53.57%) Windows
4 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 14 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
7 9 (32.14%) ITIL
7 9 (32.14%) ITSM
8 8 (28.57%) Azure
9 7 (25.00%) Finance
9 7 (25.00%) TCP/IP
10 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
11 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (17.86%) Degree
11 5 (17.86%) SCCM
11 5 (17.86%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (17.86%) Legal
11 5 (17.86%) Service Management
12 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
12 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
12 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
12 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
12 4 (14.29%) Mac OS
13 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
13 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
13 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
13 3 (10.71%) Mimecast
13 3 (10.71%) Windows Server

Desktop 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 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (28.57%) Azure
3 3 (10.71%) Mimecast
3 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.14%) PaaS
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.71%) DHCP
2 3 (10.71%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) WAN
3 2 (7.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.57%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) VoIP
4 1 (3.57%) VPN
4 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (17.86%) Legal
4 3 (10.71%) Front Office
5 2 (7.14%) Local Government
6 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.57%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (7.14%) Hedge funds
2 2 (7.14%) iPad
2 2 (7.14%) iPhone
3 1 (3.57%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 4 (14.29%) Mac OS
4 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
4 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
5 2 (7.14%) Android
6 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 9 (32.14%) ITIL
2 9 (32.14%) ITSM
3 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.86%) Service Management
4 4 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (7.14%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) Break/Fix
6 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.14%) Investment Management
6 2 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (7.14%) Software Asset Management
7 1 (3.57%) Case Management
7 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.57%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (3.57%) Problem Management
7 1 (3.57%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (7.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.14%) HP APS
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 14 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.57%) vSphere
3 1 (3.57%) XenApp
3 1 (3.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (17.86%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.57%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (3.57%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.57%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.57%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (3.57%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) HP
3 2 (7.14%) Adobe
3 2 (7.14%) Bloomberg
3 2 (7.14%) Citrix
3 2 (7.14%) Meraki
3 2 (7.14%) ProCurve
3 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.14%) Sophos
3 2 (7.14%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) Altiris
4 1 (3.57%) Apple
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) Ivanti
4 1 (3.57%) McAfee
4 1 (3.57%) Reuters
4 1 (3.57%) RightFax
4 1 (3.57%) Sage
4 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.57%) Symantec