Service Desk Analyst
UK

The median Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 477 536
Rank change year-on-year +75 +59 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Analyst 641 623 953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.62% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.67% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 528 510 747
10th Percentile £21,463 £21,500 £19,900
25th Percentile £23,500 £23,500 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £26,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £30,250 £33,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,550 £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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 10 May 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 10 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 +80 583 £26,500 - 80
UK excluding London +29 522 £25,000 -1.96% 80
North of England +109 193 £24,150 -0.72% 25
Work from Home -5 126 £27,500 +3.77% 23
London +54 97 £32,500 -2.26% 8
North West +27 94 £23,500 -6.00% 12
South East -52 91 £26,000 - 11
Midlands +11 84 £27,500 -0.90% 16
Yorkshire +123 76 £24,500 +6.52% 10
South West +15 59 £27,500 +4.76% 8
East of England +38 58 £26,500 +10.42% 12
West Midlands +11 54 £25,000 -12.28% 9
East Midlands -1 30 £28,165 +9.38% 7
North East +5 23 £24,500 - 4
Scotland -77 21 £27,750 +11.00% 6
Wales +7 14 £25,500 +2.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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.

1 352 (54.91%) Microsoft
2 313 (48.83%) Windows
3 297 (46.33%) Social Skills
4 295 (46.02%) Active Directory
5 293 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
6 274 (42.75%) Customer Service
7 199 (31.05%) ITIL
8 154 (24.02%) Microsoft Office
9 152 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
10 126 (19.66%) SLA
11 116 (18.10%) Windows 10
12 105 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
12 105 (16.38%) ITSM
13 77 (12.01%) Microsoft Exchange
14 74 (11.54%) Azure
15 69 (10.76%) Incident Management
15 69 (10.76%) Windows Server
16 68 (10.61%) Service Management
17 62 (9.67%) LAN
17 62 (9.67%) ServiceNow
18 59 (9.20%) Finance
19 55 (8.58%) VPN
20 51 (7.96%) SharePoint
20 51 (7.96%) TCP/IP
21 49 (7.64%) DNS
21 49 (7.64%) Law
22 48 (7.49%) Retail
23 40 (6.24%) Firewall
23 40 (6.24%) Android
24 39 (6.08%) WAN

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 77 (12.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (7.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (0.47%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.31%) Confluence
4 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 154 (24.02%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.31%) assyst
3 1 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 293 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (11.54%) Azure
3 25 (3.90%) SaaS
4 23 (3.59%) Entra ID
5 21 (3.28%) Mimecast
6 20 (3.12%) OneDrive
7 6 (0.94%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.62%) AWS
8 4 (0.62%) PaaS
9 3 (0.47%) GCP
10 2 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.31%) Google Drive
10 2 (0.31%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.31%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (9.67%) LAN
2 55 (8.58%) VPN
3 51 (7.96%) TCP/IP
4 49 (7.64%) DNS
5 40 (6.24%) Firewall
6 39 (6.08%) WAN
7 35 (5.46%) VoIP
8 33 (5.15%) DHCP
9 24 (3.74%) Wireless
10 20 (3.12%) Remote Desktop
11 16 (2.50%) Internet
12 11 (1.72%) Broadband
13 10 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
15 3 (0.47%) VLAN
16 2 (0.31%) Intranet
16 2 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
17 1 (0.16%) PBX
17 1 (0.16%) SAN
17 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (3.43%) JIRA
General
1 297 (46.33%) Social Skills
2 105 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (9.20%) Finance
4 49 (7.64%) Law
5 48 (7.49%) Retail
6 38 (5.93%) Telecoms
7 23 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.28%) Legal
9 20 (3.12%) Digital Economy
10 17 (2.65%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.25%) French Language
12 8 (1.25%) German Language
13 7 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.94%) Italian Language
14 6 (0.94%) Portuguese Language
14 6 (0.94%) Spanish Language
14 6 (0.94%) Swedish Language
14 6 (0.94%) Turkish Language
15 5 (0.78%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.50%) OLE
2 2 (0.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.62%) Smartphone
2 32 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (3.12%) Driving Licence
4 18 (2.81%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 10 (1.56%) iPad
7 9 (1.40%) iPhone
7 9 (1.40%) Life Science
8 8 (1.25%) Replication
9 7 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.47%) CCTV
10 3 (0.47%) EPoS
10 3 (0.47%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.47%) Mobile Computing
10 3 (0.47%) Smart City
11 2 (0.31%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.31%) NHS
12 1 (0.16%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.16%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 313 (48.83%) Windows
2 116 (18.10%) Windows 10
3 69 (10.76%) Windows Server
4 40 (6.24%) Android
5 17 (2.65%) Apple iOS
5 17 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.03%) Windows 7
7 10 (1.56%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (0.94%) Unix
10 4 (0.62%) Linux
10 4 (0.62%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (42.75%) Customer Service
2 199 (31.05%) ITIL
3 152 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (16.38%) ITSM
5 69 (10.76%) Incident Management
6 68 (10.61%) Service Management
7 38 (5.93%) Time Management
8 32 (4.99%) Service Delivery
9 26 (4.06%) Customer Experience
10 24 (3.74%) Root Cause Analysis
11 23 (3.59%) Change Management
12 22 (3.43%) Problem Management
13 19 (2.96%) Collaborative Working
13 19 (2.96%) Statistics
14 18 (2.81%) Ticket Management
15 17 (2.65%) Asset Management
15 17 (2.65%) Document Management
16 15 (2.34%) CRM
17 13 (2.03%) Decision-Making
17 13 (2.03%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (2.50%) R
2 13 (2.03%) SQL
3 6 (0.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (5.93%) Degree
2 28 (4.37%) A+ Certification
2 28 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
4 16 (2.50%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.56%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (1.09%) NVQ Level 3
7 6 (0.94%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.94%) MCP
7 6 (0.94%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.78%) MCITP
8 5 (0.78%) MCSA
9 4 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.31%) CIPD
10 2 (0.31%) ECDL
10 2 (0.31%) HND
11 1 (0.16%) CCA
11 1 (0.16%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (19.66%) SLA
2 17 (2.65%) GDPR
3 4 (0.62%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.47%) ISO 14001
4 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.31%) ITGC
5 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 295 (46.02%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.18%) XenApp
2 14 (2.18%) XenDesktop
3 13 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.40%) vSphere
5 5 (0.78%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (2.65%) SCCM
3 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.16%) IBM BigFix
4 1 (0.16%) Icinga
4 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 352 (54.91%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.67%) ServiceNow
3 36 (5.62%) Citrix
4 26 (4.06%) VMware
5 21 (3.28%) Cisco
6 19 (2.96%) iManage
7 16 (2.50%) Apple
8 14 (2.18%) Dell
9 11 (1.72%) HP
9 11 (1.72%) Virgin Media
10 10 (1.56%) NetApp
11 8 (1.25%) Aderant
11 8 (1.25%) Ivanti
11 8 (1.25%) Remedy
11 8 (1.25%) Veeam
12 7 (1.09%) Google
13 5 (0.78%) Sophos
13 5 (0.78%) Splunk
14 4 (0.62%) NEC
14 4 (0.62%) Sun