Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
London > Central London

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in Central London is £51,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 223 274
Rank change year-on-year +44 +51 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 16 19 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.42% 0.36% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.38% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 27
10th Percentile £38,125 £26,292 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,813 £32,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £35,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.36% -15.88% +30.77%
75th Percentile £57,500 £37,500 £58,125
90th Percentile - £44,100 £59,250
London median annual salary £39,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +2.63% +1.33% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,598 5,042 7,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 96.06% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,818 4,204 6,465
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Central London.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in Central London

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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
City of London +55 16 £51,250 +44.88% 3
Desktop Support Engineer
London

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Desktop Support Engineer 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 Central London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
3 12 (75.00%) Finance
4 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
5 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
7 8 (50.00%) Windows 10
8 7 (43.75%) Windows 7
9 6 (37.50%) ITIL
9 6 (37.50%) Apple
9 6 (37.50%) Skype
10 5 (31.25%) Mimecast
10 5 (31.25%) Bloomberg
10 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
11 4 (25.00%) Azure
11 4 (25.00%) SCCM
11 4 (25.00%) Android
11 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (25.00%) Mac OS X
11 4 (25.00%) Service Management
11 4 (25.00%) Change Management
11 4 (25.00%) ITSM
11 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
11 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
11 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
11 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
12 3 (18.75%) Cisco
12 3 (18.75%) Citrix

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) Skype for Business
3 1 (6.25%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Mimecast
3 4 (25.00%) Azure
4 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 2 (12.50%) Slack
5 2 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Skype
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (12.50%) Telepresence
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (6.25%) DHCP
3 1 (6.25%) PSTN
3 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Automotive
3 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.25%) Derivative
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (43.75%) Windows 7
4 5 (31.25%) Apple iOS
5 4 (25.00%) Android
5 4 (25.00%) Mac OS X
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Change Management
2 4 (25.00%) ITSM
2 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 2 (12.50%) MBA
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Apple
3 5 (31.25%) Bloomberg
4 3 (18.75%) Cisco
4 3 (18.75%) Citrix
5 2 (12.50%) Ivanti
5 2 (12.50%) Okta
5 2 (12.50%) Polycom
5 2 (12.50%) Trayport
6 1 (6.25%) Avaya
6 1 (6.25%) Dell
6 1 (6.25%) iManage
6 1 (6.25%) Intapp
6 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 1 (6.25%) Symantec
6 1 (6.25%) Veeam
6 1 (6.25%) VMware