Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £28,290 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 623 630 747
Rank change year-on-year +7 +117 -125
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 138 125 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 130 108 83
10th Percentile £24,240 £24,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £25,760 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,290 £29,400 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% -2.00% +1.69%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £34,500
90th Percentile £34,775 £36,000 £40,272
UK median annual salary £29,605 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -8.91% -1.52% +1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -10 35 £30,000 +2.04% 3
South West -21 28 £29,290 +6.51% 4
North of England +65 26 £27,500 +10.00% 2
North West +13 19 £27,000 +8.00% 1
Midlands +3 15 £32,500 +22.64% 5
Wales +23 13 £28,290 +2.87%
East of England +10 12 £24,240 -30.74% 3
East Midlands 0 12 £32,500 +21.50% 2
Scotland -48 8 £24,240 -25.42% 3
Yorkshire +87 7 £32,500 -7.14% 1
West Midlands +21 3 £29,750 +12.26% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 - 1
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (81.88%) Windows
2 106 (76.81%) Microsoft
3 76 (55.07%) Active Directory
4 64 (46.38%) Social Skills
5 55 (39.86%) Microsoft Office
6 48 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
7 45 (32.61%) Driving Licence
8 43 (31.16%) Security Cleared
9 39 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (26.09%) Windows 10
10 36 (26.09%) Customer Service
11 35 (25.36%) Break/Fix
12 30 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
12 30 (21.74%) Azure
13 28 (20.29%) Entra ID
13 28 (20.29%) Degree
13 28 (20.29%) SCCM
13 28 (20.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 26 (18.84%) Remote Desktop
15 25 (18.12%) Ticket Management
15 25 (18.12%) Microsoft Excel
15 25 (18.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
15 25 (18.12%) OneDrive
16 22 (15.94%) Computer Science
16 22 (15.94%) Dell
17 21 (15.22%) MCP
17 21 (15.22%) A+ Certification
17 21 (15.22%) Network Security
17 21 (15.22%) Windows 7
17 21 (15.22%) Mac OS

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (39.86%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (18.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (18.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (21.74%) Azure
3 28 (20.29%) Entra ID
4 25 (18.12%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.72%) AWS
5 1 (0.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.84%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (15.22%) Network Security
3 20 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (9.42%) LAN
5 8 (5.80%) DNS
6 6 (4.35%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.62%) DHCP
8 4 (2.90%) Firewall
9 3 (2.17%) WAN
10 2 (1.45%) Internet
10 2 (1.45%) VoIP
10 2 (1.45%) VPN
11 1 (0.72%) HTTP
11 1 (0.72%) SAN
11 1 (0.72%) Wireless
General
1 64 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.22%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (14.49%) Finance
4 5 (3.62%) Automotive
5 3 (2.17%) Law
6 2 (1.45%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.45%) Billing
6 2 (1.45%) Games
6 2 (1.45%) Legal
6 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.72%) Back Office
7 1 (0.72%) Electronics
7 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.72%) Marketing
7 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) CSS
1 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (32.61%) Driving Licence
2 21 (15.22%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.70%) Smartphone
4 7 (5.07%) iPhone
5 3 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.45%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.45%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 113 (81.88%) Windows
2 36 (26.09%) Windows 10
3 21 (15.22%) Mac OS
3 21 (15.22%) Windows 7
4 7 (5.07%) Android
5 6 (4.35%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.45%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (26.09%) Customer Service
3 35 (25.36%) Break/Fix
4 25 (18.12%) Ticket Management
5 22 (15.94%) Computer Science
6 19 (13.77%) Asset Management
6 19 (13.77%) ITIL
7 18 (13.04%) Proactive Maintenance
8 11 (7.97%) Software Deployment
8 11 (7.97%) Time Management
9 10 (7.25%) Mobile Device Management
9 10 (7.25%) Service Delivery
10 9 (6.52%) Customer Requirements
10 9 (6.52%) Software Testing
11 6 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (4.35%) Incident Management
12 4 (2.90%) ITSM
13 3 (2.17%) Service Management
13 3 (2.17%) Statistics
14 2 (1.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 43 (31.16%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.29%) Degree
2 28 (20.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (15.22%) A+ Certification
3 21 (15.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (15.22%) DBS Check
3 21 (15.22%) MCP
4 18 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (10.14%) SC Cleared
6 13 (9.42%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.90%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.72%) CCNA
8 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.72%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.49%) SLA
2 18 (13.04%) PCI DSS
3 9 (6.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 76 (55.07%) Active Directory
2 18 (13.04%) KVM
3 9 (6.52%) Firmware
4 2 (1.45%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (20.29%) SCCM
3 1 (0.72%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 106 (76.81%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.94%) Dell
3 10 (7.25%) HP
3 10 (7.25%) McAfee
3 10 (7.25%) MobileIron
4 8 (5.80%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.17%) Citrix
6 2 (1.45%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.72%) Agilent
7 1 (0.72%) Aruba
7 1 (0.72%) SAP
7 1 (0.72%) VMware