Desktop Engineer Jobs in England

Desktop Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 620 650 838
Rank change year-on-year +30 +188 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 217 290 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 196 250 258
10th Percentile £24,745 £24,000 £26,175
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,813 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +3.03% -
75th Percentile £36,750 £39,688 £42,500
90th Percentile £54,125 £50,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +3.03% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London +76 83 £42,000 +10.53% 21
South East -19 47 £31,250 +6.29% 3
North of England +41 30 £28,000 -8.20% 2
South West -21 26 £29,290 +6.51% 8
Midlands +26 19 £27,250 +2.83% 2
North West +10 19 £27,000 -10.00% 1
East Midlands 0 14 £30,000 +12.15% 1
East of England +15 12 £24,240 -30.74% 7
Yorkshire +98 11 £32,500 -15.13%
West Midlands +13 5 £26,500 - 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Desktop 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 England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 170 (78.34%) Windows
2 157 (72.35%) Microsoft
3 139 (64.06%) Active Directory
4 97 (44.70%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (42.40%) Microsoft Office
6 88 (40.55%) Social Skills
7 67 (30.88%) Windows 10
8 62 (28.57%) Customer Service
9 52 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (22.12%) Microsoft Exchange
11 47 (21.66%) Degree
12 46 (21.20%) Finance
13 43 (19.82%) ITIL
14 41 (18.89%) Driving Licence
15 40 (18.43%) Microsoft Intune
15 40 (18.43%) SCCM
15 40 (18.43%) Azure
16 38 (17.51%) Security Cleared
16 38 (17.51%) Microsoft Certification
17 33 (15.21%) Onboarding
18 32 (14.75%) Mac OS
19 31 (14.29%) DBS Check
19 31 (14.29%) Computer Science
20 30 (13.82%) A+ Certification
20 30 (13.82%) Entra ID
20 30 (13.82%) Computer Science Degree
21 29 (13.36%) Network Security
21 29 (13.36%) MCP
22 28 (12.90%) Smartphone
22 28 (12.90%) Windows 7

Desktop Engineer 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 48 (22.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.76%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 92 (42.40%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (7.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 97 (44.70%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (18.43%) Azure
3 30 (13.82%) Entra ID
4 18 (8.29%) OneDrive
5 9 (4.15%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.30%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.38%) AWS
8 2 (0.92%) Slack
9 1 (0.46%) GCP
9 1 (0.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.36%) Network Security
2 27 (12.44%) DNS
3 17 (7.83%) LAN
4 16 (7.37%) Remote Desktop
4 16 (7.37%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (5.99%) Firewall
5 13 (5.99%) VPN
6 10 (4.61%) Skype
7 8 (3.69%) DHCP
8 7 (3.23%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.76%) WAN
10 5 (2.30%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (1.38%) Internet
11 3 (1.38%) Telepresence
11 3 (1.38%) VoIP
11 3 (1.38%) WebEx
12 2 (0.92%) Wireless
13 1 (0.46%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.46%) PSTN
13 1 (0.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) JIRA
1 1 (0.46%) MSI
1 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (40.55%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.20%) Finance
3 20 (9.22%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.69%) Automotive
5 8 (3.69%) Legal
6 7 (3.23%) Banking
7 5 (2.30%) Law
7 5 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.92%) Billing
9 2 (0.92%) Games
9 2 (0.92%) Retail
10 1 (0.46%) Back Office
10 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) .NET
1 1 (0.46%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.46%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.89%) Driving Licence
2 33 (15.21%) Onboarding
3 28 (12.90%) Smartphone
4 8 (3.69%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.23%) iPhone
6 4 (1.84%) CMDB
6 4 (1.84%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.92%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.92%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.92%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.92%) iPad
8 2 (0.92%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.46%) Derivative
9 1 (0.46%) EPoS
9 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 170 (78.34%) Windows
2 67 (30.88%) Windows 10
3 32 (14.75%) Mac OS
4 28 (12.90%) Windows 7
5 17 (7.83%) Android
6 15 (6.91%) Windows Server
7 9 (4.15%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.76%) Mac OS X
9 5 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.38%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.46%) Linux
11 1 (0.46%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 52 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.82%) ITIL
4 31 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 23 (10.60%) Break/Fix
6 18 (8.29%) Asset Management
6 18 (8.29%) ITSM
7 15 (6.91%) Ticket Management
8 14 (6.45%) Service Delivery
9 13 (5.99%) Proactive Maintenance
10 12 (5.53%) Software Deployment
11 10 (4.61%) Customer Requirements
11 10 (4.61%) Software Testing
11 10 (4.61%) Time Management
12 9 (4.15%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (3.69%) Service Management
14 7 (3.23%) Change Management
14 7 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (3.23%) Root Cause Analysis
15 6 (2.76%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.07%) SQL
2 7 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.92%) Bash
3 2 (0.92%) Python
4 1 (0.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 47 (21.66%) Degree
2 38 (17.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (17.51%) Security Cleared
3 31 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 30 (13.82%) A+ Certification
4 30 (13.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (13.36%) MCP
6 14 (6.45%) DV Cleared
6 14 (6.45%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (2.30%) CCNA
9 5 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.38%) MBA
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.46%) MCSE
11 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.76%) SLA
2 13 (5.99%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.84%) GDPR
4 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 139 (64.06%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.99%) KVM
3 11 (5.07%) Firmware
3 11 (5.07%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.38%) vSphere
6 2 (0.92%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 40 (18.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 40 (18.43%) SCCM
2 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.46%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.46%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (72.35%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.68%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.22%) Dell
4 13 (5.99%) Apple
4 13 (5.99%) HP
5 11 (5.07%) Cisco
6 10 (4.61%) Citrix
7 8 (3.69%) McAfee
7 8 (3.69%) MobileIron
8 7 (3.23%) Bloomberg
8 7 (3.23%) VMware
9 5 (2.30%) Ivanti
10 3 (1.38%) Polycom
11 2 (0.92%) Cognizant
11 2 (0.92%) Okta
11 2 (0.92%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.92%) Trayport
12 1 (0.46%) Avaya
12 1 (0.46%) Intapp
12 1 (0.46%) Snow