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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 652 828
Rank change year-on-year +33 +176 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 214 282 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 195 242 258
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +3.03% -
75th Percentile £37,750 £40,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,950 £53,375 £56,625
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +1.52% -

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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £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 10 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 10 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 +73 82 £42,500 +11.84% 18
South East -24 43 £31,250 +5.22% 4
North of England +56 30 £28,000 -8.20% 4
South West -21 29 £29,290 +6.51% 7
North West +4 19 £27,000 -10.00% 2
Midlands -7 18 £27,500 +3.77% 3
East Midlands -3 14 £30,000 +12.15% 1
East of England +13 12 £24,240 -30.74% 11
Yorkshire +96 11 £32,500 -15.13% 1
West Midlands -4 4 £27,000 +1.89% 2
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 171 (79.91%) Windows
2 157 (73.36%) Microsoft
3 139 (64.95%) Active Directory
4 96 (44.86%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (42.99%) Microsoft Office
6 88 (41.12%) Social Skills
7 69 (32.24%) Windows 10
8 59 (27.57%) Customer Service
9 53 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (21.96%) Degree
11 45 (21.03%) Microsoft Exchange
12 44 (20.56%) Finance
13 42 (19.63%) Driving Licence
13 42 (19.63%) SCCM
14 41 (19.16%) ITIL
15 40 (18.69%) Security Cleared
15 40 (18.69%) Azure
15 40 (18.69%) Microsoft Intune
16 38 (17.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 33 (15.42%) Onboarding
18 32 (14.95%) Mac OS
19 31 (14.49%) DBS Check
19 31 (14.49%) Computer Science
20 30 (14.02%) A+ Certification
20 30 (14.02%) Entra ID
20 30 (14.02%) Computer Science Degree
21 29 (13.55%) Network Security
21 29 (13.55%) MCP
21 29 (13.55%) Smartphone
22 28 (13.08%) 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 45 (21.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.80%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 92 (42.99%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (7.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 96 (44.86%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (18.69%) Azure
3 30 (14.02%) Entra ID
4 18 (8.41%) OneDrive
5 8 (3.74%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.34%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.40%) AWS
8 2 (0.93%) Slack
9 1 (0.47%) GCP
9 1 (0.47%) PaaS
9 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.55%) Network Security
2 27 (12.62%) DNS
3 17 (7.94%) Remote Desktop
3 17 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (7.01%) Firewall
4 15 (7.01%) LAN
5 14 (6.54%) VPN
6 10 (4.67%) Skype
7 9 (4.21%) DHCP
8 7 (3.27%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.34%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (2.34%) WAN
10 4 (1.87%) WebEx
11 3 (1.40%) Telepresence
11 3 (1.40%) VoIP
12 2 (0.93%) Internet
13 1 (0.47%) FTP
13 1 (0.47%) PSTN
13 1 (0.47%) SAN
13 1 (0.47%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
1 1 (0.47%) MSI
1 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 44 (20.56%) Finance
3 21 (9.81%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.74%) Automotive
5 8 (3.74%) Banking
6 7 (3.27%) Legal
7 5 (2.34%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.87%) Law
9 3 (1.40%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.93%) Billing
10 2 (0.93%) Games
10 2 (0.93%) Retail
11 1 (0.47%) Back Office
11 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.47%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) .NET
1 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.47%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.63%) Driving Licence
2 33 (15.42%) Onboarding
3 29 (13.55%) Smartphone
4 8 (3.74%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.27%) iPhone
6 4 (1.87%) CMDB
7 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.93%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.93%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.93%) iPad
8 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.93%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.47%) Derivative
9 1 (0.47%) EPoS
9 1 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 171 (79.91%) Windows
2 69 (32.24%) Windows 10
3 32 (14.95%) Mac OS
4 28 (13.08%) Windows 7
5 17 (7.94%) Android
6 15 (7.01%) Windows Server
7 9 (4.21%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.80%) Mac OS X
9 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.93%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.57%) Customer Service
2 53 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (19.16%) ITIL
4 31 (14.49%) Computer Science
5 25 (11.68%) Break/Fix
6 19 (8.88%) Asset Management
7 15 (7.01%) ITSM
7 15 (7.01%) Ticket Management
8 14 (6.54%) Proactive Maintenance
9 13 (6.07%) Service Delivery
10 12 (5.61%) Mobile Device Management
10 12 (5.61%) Software Deployment
10 12 (5.61%) Time Management
11 9 (4.21%) Customer Requirements
11 9 (4.21%) Software Testing
12 8 (3.74%) Service Management
13 7 (3.27%) Change Management
13 7 (3.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (3.27%) Root Cause Analysis
14 5 (2.34%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.21%) SQL
2 5 (2.34%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.47%) C#
Qualifications
1 47 (21.96%) Degree
2 40 (18.69%) Security Cleared
3 38 (17.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (14.49%) DBS Check
5 30 (14.02%) A+ Certification
5 30 (14.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (13.55%) MCP
7 15 (7.01%) SC Cleared
8 14 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (6.07%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.40%) MBA
12 2 (0.93%) CCNA
12 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.47%) MCSE
13 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.88%) SLA
2 14 (6.54%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.87%) GDPR
4 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 139 (64.95%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.54%) KVM
3 11 (5.14%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.67%) Firmware
5 4 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.40%) vSphere
7 2 (0.93%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 42 (19.63%) SCCM
2 40 (18.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.47%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.47%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.47%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.47%) WSUS
4 1 (0.47%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 157 (73.36%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.28%) Dell
3 20 (9.35%) ServiceNow
4 14 (6.54%) Apple
5 12 (5.61%) HP
6 11 (5.14%) Citrix
6 11 (5.14%) MobileIron
7 10 (4.67%) Cisco
7 10 (4.67%) McAfee
8 8 (3.74%) Bloomberg
9 7 (3.27%) VMware
10 4 (1.87%) Ivanti
11 3 (1.40%) Polycom
12 2 (0.93%) Cognizant
12 2 (0.93%) Okta
12 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.93%) Trayport
13 1 (0.47%) Avaya
13 1 (0.47%) Sage
13 1 (0.47%) Symantec