Help Desk Analyst
UK

The median Help Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 867 1135
Rank change year-on-year +113 +268 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 130 108 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.12% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 115 83 93
10th Percentile £20,500 £20,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £22,000 £22,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £29,500 £33,750 £31,750
90th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £38,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,000 £25,000 £26,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Help Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Analyst in the UK

Help Desk Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Help Desk Analyst in the UK

Help Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Help Desk Analyst in the UK

Help Desk Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +108 125 £26,500 -3.64% 18
UK excluding London +14 106 £24,000 -4.00% 15
South East +22 44 £24,000 -4.00% 6
Work from Home +93 36 £26,500 +1.92% 2
Midlands +5 32 £24,750 -16.10% 5
West Midlands +26 28 £23,000 -28.13% 2
London +105 19 £29,500 -12.59% 4
North of England +46 17 £21,000 -16.00% 1
North West +7 11 £21,000 -12.50%
East of England +5 11 £27,500 +5.77% 1
East Midlands -19 4 £26,500 +9.28% 3
Yorkshire +82 3 £21,000 -16.00% 1
North East +1 3 £26,500 -3.64%
South West -26 2 £23,500 +3.30% 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Help 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 Help Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 78 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 77 (59.23%) Windows
3 69 (53.08%) Customer Service
4 66 (50.77%) Active Directory
5 58 (44.62%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (40.77%) Social Skills
8 37 (28.46%) Windows 10
9 33 (25.38%) Microsoft Office
10 32 (24.62%) Finance
11 29 (22.31%) Windows Server
12 26 (20.00%) Retail
12 26 (20.00%) SharePoint
12 26 (20.00%) SLA
13 24 (18.46%) Firewall
13 24 (18.46%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (18.46%) DNS
14 23 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (16.92%) Azure
15 22 (16.92%) Asset Management
15 22 (16.92%) LAN
15 22 (16.92%) WAN
15 22 (16.92%) DHCP
16 21 (16.15%) ERP
17 19 (14.62%) Security Cleared
17 19 (14.62%) Entra ID
18 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
19 15 (11.54%) VLAN
20 14 (10.77%) Mentoring
21 13 (10.00%) OneDrive

Help 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 26 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.77%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (25.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.54%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 58 (44.62%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (16.92%) Azure
3 19 (14.62%) Entra ID
4 13 (10.00%) OneDrive
5 11 (8.46%) AWS
6 4 (3.08%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.54%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.46%) DNS
1 24 (18.46%) Firewall
1 24 (18.46%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (16.92%) DHCP
2 22 (16.92%) LAN
2 22 (16.92%) WAN
3 15 (11.54%) VLAN
4 12 (9.23%) Wireless
5 9 (6.92%) Structured Cabling
6 8 (6.15%) Internet
7 4 (3.08%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.54%) VPN
9 1 (0.77%) VoIP
General
1 53 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.62%) Finance
3 26 (20.00%) Retail
4 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.38%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.31%) Billing
6 3 (2.31%) Law
6 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.54%) French Language
8 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Italian Language
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.31%) iPad
3 3 (2.31%) iPhone
4 2 (1.54%) CCTV
5 1 (0.77%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 77 (59.23%) Windows
2 37 (28.46%) Windows 10
3 29 (22.31%) Windows Server
4 13 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (9.23%) Windows 7
6 11 (8.46%) Apple iOS
6 11 (8.46%) Windows 8
7 10 (7.69%) Mac OS
7 10 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.54%) Linux
9 1 (0.77%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (53.08%) Customer Service
2 55 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (16.92%) Asset Management
5 21 (16.15%) ERP
6 14 (10.77%) Mentoring
7 11 (8.46%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (8.46%) ITIL
7 11 (8.46%) Service Delivery
8 10 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
8 10 (7.69%) Data Protection
9 9 (6.92%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (6.92%) Gamification
9 9 (6.92%) Mobile Device Management
10 7 (5.38%) Change Management
11 5 (3.85%) Customer Requirements
12 4 (3.08%) Incident Management
12 4 (3.08%) Security Monitoring
13 3 (2.31%) ITSM
13 3 (2.31%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.69%) Degree
3 9 (6.92%) AWS Certification
4 6 (4.62%) MCP
4 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.85%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (3.08%) HND
6 4 (3.08%) MCTS
7 2 (1.54%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (20.00%) SLA
2 5 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 66 (50.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.77%) XenApp
4 1 (0.77%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 78 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.23%) WatchGuard
3 10 (7.69%) Citrix
3 10 (7.69%) VMware
4 9 (6.92%) Adobe
4 9 (6.92%) Avaya
5 5 (3.85%) Apple
6 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.54%) Cisco
8 1 (0.77%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.77%) TOWER Software