Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the South East is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 344 441
Rank change year-on-year -9 +97 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 40 59 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.39% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.44% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 36 54 36
10th Percentile - £22,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £25,760 £24,438 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,400 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £37,250
90th Percentile £34,625 £36,000 £41,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,250 £33,000
% change year-on-year -2.26% +0.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,681 13,534 19,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.52% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,335 8,483 12,615
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +33 20 £34,500 +6.15%
Berkshire +38 16 £34,500 +6.98%
East Sussex +23 13 £25,760 +7.33%
Buckinghamshire -11 4 £28,500 -12.31%
Kent -11 2 - - 2
Hampshire -44 2 £33,500 +13.95%
Middlesex - 2 £30,250 -
Surrey -1 1 £34,000 +30.77%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 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 South East region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (72.50%) Windows
2 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
3 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 16 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 15 (37.50%) DV Cleared
5 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (35.00%) Azure
6 14 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
7 13 (32.50%) ITIL
7 13 (32.50%) Windows 7
7 13 (32.50%) Customer Service
8 12 (30.00%) Break/Fix
8 12 (30.00%) Entra ID
8 12 (30.00%) Software Deployment
8 12 (30.00%) LAN
8 12 (30.00%) HP
9 11 (27.50%) Firmware
9 11 (27.50%) Service Delivery
9 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Excel
9 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (27.50%) Software Testing
9 11 (27.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 11 (27.50%) SCCM
9 11 (27.50%) Remote Desktop
9 11 (27.50%) OneDrive
9 11 (27.50%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (27.50%) Ticket Management

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (27.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) Azure
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 11 (27.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (30.00%) LAN
2 11 (27.50%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (5.00%) DNS
4 1 (2.50%) DHCP
4 1 (2.50%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.50%) Internet
4 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) MongoDB
General
1 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (27.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.50%) Finance
4 1 (2.50%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.00%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (72.50%) Windows
2 16 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 13 (32.50%) Windows 7
4 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.50%) Windows NT
5 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (32.50%) Customer Service
2 13 (32.50%) ITIL
3 12 (30.00%) Break/Fix
3 12 (30.00%) Software Deployment
4 11 (27.50%) Customer Requirements
4 11 (27.50%) Service Delivery
4 11 (27.50%) Software Testing
4 11 (27.50%) Ticket Management
5 4 (10.00%) DevOps
6 2 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (5.00%) Problem Management
7 1 (2.50%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.50%) High Availability
7 1 (2.50%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.50%) ITSM
7 1 (2.50%) Logistics
7 1 (2.50%) Migration
7 1 (2.50%) Software Licensing
7 1 (2.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) Bash
1 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.00%) Python
1 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) CCNA
4 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (27.50%) Firmware
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (27.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.00%) HP
3 2 (5.00%) Cisco
3 2 (5.00%) Cognizant
4 1 (2.50%) Citrix
4 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow