Desktop Support Jobs in the North of England

Desktop Support
England > North of England

The median Desktop Support salary in the North of England is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 392 405
Rank change year-on-year +30 +13 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 30 55 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.35% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 28 46 35
10th Percentile £24,947 £17,500 £24,600
25th Percentile £26,450 £24,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £25,840 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.36% -9.33% +1.79%
75th Percentile £34,063 £26,920 £32,750
90th Percentile £35,300 £32,750 £33,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,250 £33,250
% change year-on-year +0.78% -3.01% +2.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North 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 North of England with a recognized job title 16,454 15,637 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.41% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,728 8,304 11,099
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,870
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the North of England

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the North of England

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the North of England

Desktop Support
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West 0 22 £27,000 +4.49% 1
Yorkshire +93 8 £32,500 +25.00%
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 North of England region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (73.33%) Windows
3 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
5 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
7 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (30.00%) Driving Licence
8 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
8 9 (30.00%) Degree
9 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
10 6 (20.00%) A+ Certification
11 5 (16.67%) MCP
11 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
11 5 (16.67%) Mac OS
11 5 (16.67%) Network Security
11 5 (16.67%) DBS Check
11 5 (16.67%) Onboarding
11 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
12 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
12 4 (13.33%) ITSM
12 4 (13.33%) ITIL
13 3 (10.00%) LAN
13 3 (10.00%) WAN
13 3 (10.00%) Citrix
13 3 (10.00%) Internet

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) Network Security
1 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 3 (10.00%) Internet
2 3 (10.00%) LAN
2 3 (10.00%) WAN
2 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.67%) DHCP
3 2 (6.67%) DNS
3 2 (6.67%) VoIP
3 2 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (3.33%) Intranet
4 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.33%) Wireless
General
1 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Law
3 2 (6.67%) Billing
3 2 (6.67%) Games
3 2 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.00%) iPhone
3 3 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (6.67%) Fat Client
4 2 (6.67%) Thin Client
5 1 (3.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Mac OS
3 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.67%) Android
4 2 (6.67%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) ITSM
5 2 (6.67%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.67%) Service Management
5 2 (6.67%) Statistics
6 1 (3.33%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.33%) Data Management
6 1 (3.33%) Data Security
6 1 (3.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.33%) Document Management
6 1 (3.33%) Proactive Maintenance
6 1 (3.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (30.00%) Degree
3 6 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 5 (16.67%) MCP
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) CCNA
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.33%) KVM
3 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) Aruba
4 1 (3.33%) Dell
4 1 (3.33%) Unisys
4 1 (3.33%) VMware