Desktop Support Jobs in the East of England

Desktop Support
England > East of England

The median Desktop Support salary in the East of England is £24,240 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 207 261
Rank change year-on-year +2 +54 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 19 41 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.31% 0.74% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.87% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17 35 11
10th Percentile £24,144 £25,250 £20,500
25th Percentile - £25,875 £24,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,240 £31,500 £27,700
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% +13.72% -10.65%
75th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £35,625
90th Percentile - £37,500 £37,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 5,681 4,689 5,971
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 84.43% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,334 2,328 2,885
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,875 £26,850
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,125 £77,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the East of England.

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the East of England

Desktop Support
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Cambridgeshire +13 13 £24,240 -27.52% 2
Hertfordshire +16 5 £28,000 -20.00% 2
Essex +11 1 £35,000 +37.25%
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 East of England region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (73.68%) Windows
3 8 (42.11%) Driving Licence
3 8 (42.11%) Asset Management
4 7 (36.84%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (36.84%) Dell
4 7 (36.84%) SLA
4 7 (36.84%) Proactive Maintenance
4 7 (36.84%) PCI DSS
4 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
4 7 (36.84%) KVM
4 7 (36.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
6 5 (26.32%) Sage
6 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (26.32%) Acronis
6 5 (26.32%) Retail
7 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
8 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
8 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (10.53%) DHCP
8 2 (10.53%) DNS
9 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
9 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
9 1 (5.26%) Degree
9 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
9 1 (5.26%) Finance

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (10.53%) DHCP
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) Firewall
General
1 5 (26.32%) Retail
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Law
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Asset Management
2 7 (36.84%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.26%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (5.26%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.26%) Information Security
4 1 (5.26%) ITSM
4 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.26%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) PCI DSS
1 7 (36.84%) SLA
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) KVM
2 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Dell
3 5 (26.32%) Acronis
3 5 (26.32%) Sage