Desktop Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Desktop Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Berkshire is £34,500 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 145 182 171
Rank change year-on-year +37 -11 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 18 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.58% 0.19% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.20% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 12
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,400 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,625 £26,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £32,500 £28,350
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +14.64% -8.55%
75th Percentile - £40,625 £30,031
90th Percentile £34,650 £44,750 £32,000
South East median annual salary £31,250 £29,400 £30,000
% change year-on-year +6.29% -2.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,940 2,953 3,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 92.43% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,110 1,673 2,133
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Berkshire

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in Berkshire

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Berkshire region 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
Reading +25 16 £34,500 -23.33%
Desktop Engineer
South East

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

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 across the Berkshire region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (77.78%) DV Cleared
1 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 13 (72.22%) Customer Service
2 13 (72.22%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (61.11%) Windows 10
5 10 (55.56%) Software Deployment
5 10 (55.56%) SCCM
5 10 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
5 10 (55.56%) ITIL
5 10 (55.56%) LAN
5 10 (55.56%) HP
5 10 (55.56%) Firmware
5 10 (55.56%) Windows 7
5 10 (55.56%) Service Delivery
5 10 (55.56%) Software Testing
6 9 (50.00%) Driving Licence
7 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 3 (16.67%) Degree
7 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
8 2 (11.11%) MCP
8 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) PaaS
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) LAN
2 2 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows 10
3 10 (55.56%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Customer Service
2 12 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (55.56%) ITIL
3 10 (55.56%) Service Delivery
3 10 (55.56%) Software Deployment
3 10 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.56%) Case Management
5 1 (5.56%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.56%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) DV Cleared
1 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 2 (11.11%) MCP
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Firmware
2 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) HP
3 1 (5.56%) Sage
3 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds