Desktop Support Jobs in the South West

Desktop Support
England > South West

The median Desktop Support salary in the South West is £29,440 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 234 290
Rank change year-on-year -10 +56 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 42 51 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.71% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.79% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 38 41 15
10th Percentile £28,437 £23,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,420 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,440 £29,440 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.42% +21.27%
75th Percentile £31,350 £32,500 £34,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £33,750 £37,250
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,662 6,472 7,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.50% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,400 3,966 5,137
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,125 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,875 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,047 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +0.08% +9.09%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the South West over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the South West

Desktop Support
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Somerset +16 18 £29,000 +4.81% 4
Bristol +5 9 £42,500 +41.67% 1
Gloucestershire -13 9 £30,395 +11.66% 1
Devon -5 5 £29,000 +5.45%
Wiltshire -5 1 £35,000 - 1
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 South West region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 32 (76.19%) Active Directory
1 32 (76.19%) Windows
2 23 (54.76%) Microsoft
3 21 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (50.00%) Windows 10
4 20 (47.62%) SCCM
5 16 (38.10%) Time Management
5 16 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (35.71%) ServiceNow
6 15 (35.71%) ITIL
7 14 (33.33%) Security Cleared
8 13 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
9 12 (28.57%) Customer Service
10 11 (26.19%) Driving Licence
10 11 (26.19%) Break/Fix
10 11 (26.19%) Windows 7
10 11 (26.19%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (26.19%) MobileIron
10 11 (26.19%) McAfee
10 11 (26.19%) Smartphone
11 10 (23.81%) MCP
11 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (23.81%) A+ Certification
11 10 (23.81%) DBS Check
11 10 (23.81%) Mac OS
11 10 (23.81%) Network Security
11 10 (23.81%) Degree
11 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
11 10 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) PaaS
2 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) Network Security
General
1 16 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.43%) Automotive
4 8 (19.05%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Driving Licence
1 11 (26.19%) Smartphone
2 10 (23.81%) Onboarding
3 9 (21.43%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 32 (76.19%) Windows
2 21 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (26.19%) Windows 7
4 10 (23.81%) Mac OS
5 9 (21.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Time Management
2 15 (35.71%) ITIL
3 12 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 11 (26.19%) Break/Fix
4 11 (26.19%) Mobile Device Management
5 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
5 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.05%) Incident Management
7 7 (16.67%) Asset Management
7 7 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 7 (16.67%) Software Asset Management
8 5 (11.90%) ITSM
9 3 (7.14%) Service Management
10 1 (2.38%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) A+ Certification
3 10 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (23.81%) DBS Check
3 10 (23.81%) Degree
3 10 (23.81%) MCP
3 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (76.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (47.62%) SCCM
2 3 (7.14%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 23 (54.76%) Microsoft
2 15 (35.71%) ServiceNow
3 11 (26.19%) McAfee
3 11 (26.19%) MobileIron
4 8 (19.05%) Dell
5 1 (2.38%) Apple