Desktop Support Specialist Jobs with Work from Home Options

Desktop Support Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Support Specialist salary for remote or hybrid work is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 599 634 883
Rank change year-on-year +35 +249 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Specialist 3 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.008% 0.003% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.003% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £29,100 - -
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,597 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £33,193 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -21.90% -
75th Percentile £42,000 £34,790 £43,750
90th Percentile £45,300 - -
UK median annual salary £56,250 £33,193 £31,000
% change year-on-year +69.46% +7.07% -15.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Support Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Desktop Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Support Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Specialist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Support Specialist.

Desktop Support Specialist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Specialist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Desktop Support Specialist over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Desktop Support Specialist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Desktop Support Specialist 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Desktop Support Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix

Desktop Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware