1st Line Service Desk Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

First Line Service Desk Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Service Desk Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 711 686 720
Rank change year-on-year -25 +34 -73
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Service Desk Analyst 57 50 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.075% 0.088% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.099% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 55 42 96
10th Percentile £21,000 £22,000 -
25th Percentile £22,750 £22,813 £19,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £25,500
90th Percentile £27,850 £28,575 £26,000
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +48 26 £24,500 -2.00%
Yorkshire +74 15 £24,500 +6.52%
North West +1 11 £21,000 -16.00%
Midlands -10 9 £24,000 +3.23% 1
South East -24 8 £26,000 -
West Midlands -11 7 £24,000 +3.23%
East of England +3 6 £23,750 -5.94%
South West -28 3 £23,500 -2.08%
East Midlands -18 2 £27,250 - 1
Wales - 2 £25,500 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1
Scotland - 1 - -
1st Line Service Desk Analyst
UK

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Service Desk Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (70.18%) Windows
2 37 (64.91%) Social Skills
3 34 (59.65%) Active Directory
4 30 (52.63%) Microsoft
5 24 (42.11%) Microsoft Office
6 22 (38.60%) ServiceNow
7 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (26.32%) Customer Service
9 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
9 14 (24.56%) SharePoint
10 13 (22.81%) Incident Management
10 13 (22.81%) Proactive Monitoring
11 11 (19.30%) Management Information System
12 10 (17.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 10 (17.54%) NetApp
12 10 (17.54%) Cisco
12 10 (17.54%) HP
12 10 (17.54%) Dell
12 10 (17.54%) Data Centre
12 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (17.54%) Mimecast
13 9 (15.79%) Telecoms
14 7 (12.28%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (12.28%) VoIP
15 6 (10.53%) SLA
15 6 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (10.53%) Windows Server
15 6 (10.53%) SaaS
15 6 (10.53%) Analytics
15 6 (10.53%) Line Management

1st Line Service Desk Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (24.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (42.11%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (17.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) assyst
2 1 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (17.54%) Mimecast
3 6 (10.53%) SaaS
4 5 (8.77%) Azure
5 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) VoIP
2 5 (8.77%) DNS
3 3 (5.26%) DHCP
3 3 (5.26%) VPN
4 1 (1.75%) Intranet
4 1 (1.75%) LAN
4 1 (1.75%) WAN
4 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 37 (64.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Telecoms
4 6 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.26%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) Law
6 2 (3.51%) Electronics
6 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.51%) Marketing
6 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Management Information System
2 10 (17.54%) Data Centre
3 7 (12.28%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.51%) iPad
4 2 (3.51%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 40 (70.18%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 13 (22.81%) Incident Management
2 13 (22.81%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (10.53%) Analytics
3 6 (10.53%) Line Management
4 5 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.02%) Active Listening
5 4 (7.02%) Coaching
5 4 (7.02%) Customer Experience
5 4 (7.02%) ITIL
5 4 (7.02%) Logistics
6 3 (5.26%) ITSM
6 3 (5.26%) Service Management
7 2 (3.51%) B2B
7 2 (3.51%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (3.51%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (3.51%) ERP
7 2 (3.51%) Mentoring
7 2 (3.51%) Programme Management
7 2 (3.51%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (7.02%) A+ Certification
2 3 (5.26%) Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.51%) MCSA
3 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.75%) MCP
4 1 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (59.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) SCCM
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 22 (38.60%) ServiceNow
3 10 (17.54%) Cisco
3 10 (17.54%) Dell
3 10 (17.54%) HP
3 10 (17.54%) NetApp
4 4 (7.02%) Google
5 3 (5.26%) Remedy
6 2 (3.51%) SAP
7 1 (1.75%) Citrix