Desktop Analyst Contracts in London

Desktop Analyst
England > London

The median Desktop Analyst daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 459 562
Rank change year-on-year +75 +103 -84
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Analyst 15 23 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.091% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.096% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 25
10th Percentile £250 £199 £163
25th Percentile £306 £213 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £238 £225
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £463 £273 £275
90th Percentile £500 £300 £292
England median daily rate £205 £224 £225
% change year-on-year -8.38% -0.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £22.56 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.97 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £23.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £24.32 -
90th Percentile - £24.73 -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £22.40 £22.25
% change year-on-year -6.23% +0.65% +29.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,910 36,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 95.07% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,933 17,446 27,028
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 279 404
10th Percentile £15.98 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.12 £22.57 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.49 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.70 £80.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £38.50 £44.53 £24.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% +85.54% +14.01%

Desktop Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Desktop Analyst in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Desktop Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Analyst in London

Desktop Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +28 2 - -
Desktop Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Desktop Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the London region featuring Desktop Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
4 7 (46.67%) Azure
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 5 (33.33%) Inventory Management
5 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 5 (33.33%) Veeam
5 5 (33.33%) WSUS
5 5 (33.33%) SCCM
5 5 (33.33%) Wireless
5 5 (33.33%) Firmware
5 5 (33.33%) Internet
6 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
7 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
7 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
8 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
8 1 (6.67%) Trayport
8 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
8 1 (6.67%) Front Office
8 1 (6.67%) Finance
8 1 (6.67%) Reuters
8 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
8 1 (6.67%) Change Management
8 1 (6.67%) Citrix

Desktop Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Internet
1 5 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Front Office
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (6.67%) Break/Fix
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.67%) ITIL
3 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) Firmware
2 5 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
1 5 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Veeam
3 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
3 1 (6.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) Reuters
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Trayport