Service Desk Engineer
UK
The median Service Desk Engineer salary in the UK is £31,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 780 | 833 | 1076 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +53 | +243 | -305 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 114 | 148 | 146 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.093% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.096% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 109 | 145 | 130 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,500 | £22,850 | £21,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,500 | £26,250 | £24,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £29,000 | £28,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.62% | +3.57% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,500 | £36,000 | £35,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £41,950 | £38,550 | £45,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,500 | £27,750 | £26,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.51% | +4.72% | +6.00% |
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 | 93,899 | 92,293 | 151,422 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.47% | 96.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,283 | 58,235 | 84,441 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,521 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,627 | £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% |
Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Desk Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer.
Service Desk Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
Service Desk Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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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| UK excluding London | -26 | 99 | £31,500 | +13.51% | 48 |
| England | +44 | 98 | £30,000 | +7.14% | 53 |
| South East | -14 | 22 | £31,500 | +5.00% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +73 | 19 | £30,000 | - | 22 |
| North of England | +27 | 18 | £26,000 | -5.45% | 13 |
| South West | -20 | 18 | £38,000 | +46.15% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | +42 | 16 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 1 |
| Midlands | -11 | 16 | £24,000 | -12.73% | 7 |
| London | +123 | 15 | £32,500 | -8.45% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 15 | £24,000 | -16.52% | 4 |
| North West | +7 | 13 | £26,000 | -25.71% | 2 |
| East of England | +17 | 9 | £25,000 | -9.09% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 4 | £31,250 | +13.64% | 8 |
| North East | -6 | 1 | £30,000 | - | 4 |
| East Midlands | -29 | 1 | £29,000 | +8.92% | 3 |
Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Service Desk 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 Service Desk Engineer in the job title.
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Service Desk 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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