1st Line Service Desk Analyst Jobs in England

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > England

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst salary in England is £24,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 836 1061
Rank change year-on-year +35 +225 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 58 59 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.061% 0.072% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.078% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 56 50 98
10th Percentile £21,000 £22,000 £19,313
25th Percentile £22,750 £23,063 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.89%
75th Percentile £26,500 £26,500 £26,750
90th Percentile £30,000 £30,375 £30,000
UK median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £23,793
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.07% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,619 75,210 137,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 65,535 49,495 75,192
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England.

Salary trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in England

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North of England +31 25 £24,500 -2.00%
Yorkshire +81 14 £24,500 +6.52%
North West -11 11 £21,000 -16.00%
Midlands -26 9 £24,500 +5.38% 1
South East -35 8 £26,000 -
London +86 7 £30,000 -12.37%
East of England -6 6 £23,750 -5.94%
West Midlands -10 5 £24,000 +3.23%
East Midlands -34 4 £27,000 - 1
South West -27 3 £23,500 -2.08%
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, 1st Line 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 England region featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 44 (75.86%) Windows
2 37 (63.79%) Active Directory
3 36 (62.07%) Social Skills
4 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
5 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Office
6 23 (39.66%) ServiceNow
7 22 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (37.93%) Customer Service
8 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Excel
9 14 (24.14%) SharePoint
10 13 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (20.69%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 11 (18.97%) Incident Management
12 11 (18.97%) Management Information System
13 10 (17.24%) Cisco
13 10 (17.24%) NetApp
13 10 (17.24%) HP
13 10 (17.24%) Dell
13 10 (17.24%) Mimecast
13 10 (17.24%) Data Centre
14 8 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (13.79%) SLA
15 7 (12.07%) Telecoms
15 7 (12.07%) VoIP
16 6 (10.34%) DNS
16 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
16 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
16 6 (10.34%) Analytics
16 6 (10.34%) Azure

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) assyst
2 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (17.24%) Mimecast
3 6 (10.34%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) SaaS
4 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) VoIP
2 6 (10.34%) DNS
3 3 (5.17%) VPN
4 2 (3.45%) DHCP
5 1 (1.72%) Intranet
5 1 (1.72%) LAN
5 1 (1.72%) WAN
5 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
General
1 36 (62.07%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.07%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.90%) Legal
6 2 (3.45%) Banking
6 2 (3.45%) Finance
7 1 (1.72%) Back Office
7 1 (1.72%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Management Information System
2 10 (17.24%) Data Centre
3 8 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 44 (75.86%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.93%) Customer Service
2 12 (20.69%) Proactive Monitoring
3 11 (18.97%) Incident Management
4 6 (10.34%) Analytics
5 5 (8.62%) ITSM
5 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (6.90%) Active Listening
6 4 (6.90%) Customer Experience
6 4 (6.90%) ITIL
6 4 (6.90%) Line Management
6 4 (6.90%) Logistics
7 3 (5.17%) Coaching
8 2 (3.45%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.45%) Information Security
8 2 (3.45%) Service Management
8 2 (3.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (3.45%) Wealth Management
9 1 (1.72%) Content Management
9 1 (1.72%) ERP
9 1 (1.72%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) A+ Certification
1 3 (5.17%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.72%) MCDST
3 1 (1.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (63.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
2 23 (39.66%) ServiceNow
3 10 (17.24%) Cisco
3 10 (17.24%) Dell
3 10 (17.24%) HP
3 10 (17.24%) NetApp
4 4 (6.90%) Google
4 4 (6.90%) Remedy
5 1 (1.72%) Citrix