Help Desk Support Jobs in the West Midlands

Help Desk Support
England > West Midlands

The median Help Desk Support salary in the West Midlands is £23,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 268 280
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 21 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.12% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.13% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 3
10th Percentile £21,250 £22,850 £19,200
25th Percentile £22,350 £25,250 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £30,250 £21,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +44.05% +31.25%
75th Percentile £24,250 £33,750 £22,313
90th Percentile £29,550 - £22,500
England median annual salary £24,000 £26,000 £26,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -1.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,646 6,198 6,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.07% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 3,390 4,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Help Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Support in the West Midlands

Help Desk Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Support in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Help Desk Support in the West Midlands

Help Desk Support
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Help Desk Support in the West Midlands

Help Desk Support
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Support within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Solihull +5 5 £22,500 -19.64%
Birmingham 0 4 - -
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Staffordshire - 4 £23,500 -
Warwickshire - 2 £35,000 - 1
Help Desk Support
England

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Help Desk 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (33.33%) SQL
4 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (28.57%) Entra ID
5 6 (28.57%) Data Centre
5 6 (28.57%) Azure
5 6 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (28.57%) SD-WAN
5 6 (28.57%) MPLS
5 6 (28.57%) LAN
5 6 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (28.57%) Firewall
5 6 (28.57%) Wireless
5 6 (28.57%) Finance
5 6 (28.57%) Local Government
5 6 (28.57%) CCTV
6 5 (23.81%) Customer Service
7 4 (19.05%) Degree
8 2 (9.52%) Siemens
8 2 (9.52%) HNC
8 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
8 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (4.76%) Kalman Filter
9 1 (4.76%) Cylance
9 1 (4.76%) Fintech

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
1 6 (28.57%) LAN
1 6 (28.57%) MPLS
1 6 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 6 (28.57%) Wireless
2 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Local Government
3 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) CCTV
1 6 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 1 (4.76%) B2B
3 1 (4.76%) Customer Experience
3 1 (4.76%) Email Filtering
3 1 (4.76%) Fintech
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL
3 1 (4.76%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Server
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Siemens
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.76%) Cylance
3 1 (4.76%) VMware