Junior Desktop Engineer Jobs

Junior Desktop Engineer
UK

The median Junior Desktop Engineer salary in the UK is £24,240 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 962 1213
Rank change year-on-year +111 +251 -336
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Desktop Engineer 38 16 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.015% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.017% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 38 16 2
10th Percentile £24,000 £19,740 £21,025
25th Percentile - £19,980 £21,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,240 £20,675 £23,750
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -12.95% -
75th Percentile £27,000 £24,750 £25,813
90th Percentile £31,000 £33,750 £26,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,240 £20,850 £21,000
% change year-on-year +16.26% -0.71% -

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 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Desktop Engineer in the UK

Junior Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Desktop Engineer.

Salary trend for Junior Desktop Engineer in the UK

Junior Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Desktop Engineer in the UK

Junior Desktop Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Desktop Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
UK excluding London +27 33 £24,240 +16.26% 2
England +130 32 £24,240 +17.24% 3
North of England - 12 £26,500 -
North West - 10 £27,000 -
East of England - 9 £24,240 -
Midlands +26 6 £24,240 +5.39% 2
Scotland - 6 £24,240 -
London +130 5 £30,000 +46.63% 1
East Midlands - 5 £24,240 -
Work from Home +80 2 £24,250 -25.38%
Yorkshire - 2 £24,250 -
West Midlands +31 1 £14,000 -39.13% 2

Junior Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Junior 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 Junior Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (84.21%) Microsoft
1 32 (84.21%) Windows
2 24 (63.16%) Driving Licence
3 19 (50.00%) SLA
3 19 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (47.37%) Dell
4 18 (47.37%) KVM
4 18 (47.37%) Asset Management
4 18 (47.37%) PCI DSS
4 18 (47.37%) Security Cleared
4 18 (47.37%) Proactive Maintenance
4 18 (47.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
7 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) Smartphone
8 5 (13.16%) DNS
8 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
9 3 (7.89%) Customer Service
9 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (5.26%) Mac OS
10 2 (5.26%) ITIL
11 1 (2.63%) MCSE
11 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
11 1 (2.63%) VPN
11 1 (2.63%) Cisco

Junior 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (13.16%) DNS
3 1 (2.63%) VPN
General
1 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.63%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 24 (63.16%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.16%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 32 (84.21%) Windows
2 3 (7.89%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) Asset Management
1 18 (47.37%) Proactive Maintenance
2 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (7.89%) Customer Service
3 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (5.26%) ITIL
5 1 (2.63%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) BPSS Clearance
1 18 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (50.00%) SLA
2 18 (47.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (47.37%) KVM
2 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 18 (47.37%) Dell
3 1 (2.63%) Apple
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco
3 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow