Deskside Support
UK

The median Deskside Support salary in the UK is £32,175 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 881 1200
Rank change year-on-year +7 +319 -311
Permanent jobs requiring a Deskside Support 22 89 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.085% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.093% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 14 77 23
10th Percentile £30,300 £24,000 £25,700
25th Percentile £31,350 £25,420 £26,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,175 £26,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £37,625 £30,250 £36,000
90th Percentile £39,400 £33,300 £43,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,350 £26,000 £26,680
% change year-on-year +20.58% -2.55% +6.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Deskside Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Deskside Support in the UK

Deskside Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Deskside Support.

Salary trend for Deskside Support in the UK

Deskside Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deskside Support over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Deskside Support in the UK

Deskside Support
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Deskside Support within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +39 15 £31,350 +20.58% 8
UK excluding London -54 13 £31,350 +20.58% 8
South West -12 7 £31,350 +10.12% 1
London +128 4 £36,500 +4.29% 3
Work from Home +90 2 £30,500 +17.31% 2
North of England +26 2 £36,000 +39.32% 1
South East +15 2 £30,000 +11.11%
Scotland - 2 £38,000 - 4
Yorkshire +86 1 £36,000 +38.46%
North West -6 1 - -

Deskside Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Deskside 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 featuring Deskside Support in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 13 (59.09%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (59.09%) Windows 10
3 10 (45.45%) ITIL
4 8 (36.36%) Finance
5 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
5 7 (31.82%) iPhone
5 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
6 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
6 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
6 6 (27.27%) Android
6 6 (27.27%) Unisys
6 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (22.73%) SCCM
7 5 (22.73%) Time Management
7 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (18.18%) Banking
8 4 (18.18%) Service Management
8 4 (18.18%) ITSM
8 4 (18.18%) Dell
8 4 (18.18%) Automotive
8 4 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (13.64%) WAN
9 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 3 (13.64%) DNS
9 3 (13.64%) SLA
9 3 (13.64%) DHCP

Deskside Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) DHCP
1 3 (13.64%) DNS
1 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
1 3 (13.64%) WAN
2 2 (9.09%) Internet
2 2 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (9.09%) Unified Communications
2 2 (9.09%) VLAN
3 1 (4.55%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.55%) Intranet
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) DTS
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Automotive
4 4 (18.18%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) iPhone
2 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.55%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Windows 10
3 6 (27.27%) Android
4 2 (9.09%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.55%) Windows NT
5 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) ITIL
2 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
3 5 (22.73%) Time Management
4 4 (18.18%) ITSM
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Service Management
5 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.55%) Break/Fix
5 1 (4.55%) Case Management
5 1 (4.55%) Document Management
5 1 (4.55%) Migration
5 1 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Software Asset Management
5 1 (4.55%) Software Licensing
5 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Unisys
3 4 (18.18%) Dell
4 2 (9.09%) Polycom
5 1 (4.55%) Citrix
5 1 (4.55%) HP
5 1 (4.55%) iManage
5 1 (4.55%) McAfee
5 1 (4.55%) MobileIron