Desktop Engineer
UK
The median Desktop Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 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 | 660 | 685 | 912 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +25 | +227 | -133 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer | 254 | 308 | 328 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.30% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.27% | 0.33% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 229 | 266 | 264 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,240 | £24,000 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,000 | £26,313 | £27,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £33,000 | £33,125 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.52% | -0.38% | +0.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £37,800 | £38,750 | £43,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £55,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £29,000 | £29,400 | £29,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.36% | -0.34% | -1.67% |
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 | 93,479 | 94,643 | 151,222 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.52% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,031 | 59,595 | 85,375 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,611 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,508 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.49% | - | +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 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer.
Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Desktop Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +34 | 219 | £32,500 | -3.70% | 49 |
| UK excluding London | -19 | 167 | £29,000 | -1.36% | 36 |
| London | +83 | 85 | £41,500 | +9.21% | 25 |
| South East | -18 | 46 | £31,250 | +6.29% | 3 |
| North of England | +61 | 30 | £28,000 | -8.20% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +43 | 29 | £47,000 | +34.29% | 5 |
| South West | -39 | 27 | £29,290 | +6.51% | 8 |
| Wales | +29 | 20 | £28,290 | +2.87% | 2 |
| Midlands | +24 | 19 | £27,250 | +2.83% | 1 |
| North West | +17 | 19 | £27,000 | -10.00% | 1 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 14 | £30,000 | +12.15% | 1 |
| East of England | +10 | 12 | £24,240 | -30.74% | 8 |
| Scotland | -54 | 12 | £24,240 | -25.42% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +104 | 11 | £32,500 | -15.13% | |
| West Midlands | +23 | 5 | £26,500 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £35,000 | - | 1 |
Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Desktop 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 featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.
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Desktop Engineer 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:
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