Help Desk Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Help Desk Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Help Desk Engineer salary in Berkshire is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

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

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 - -
South East median annual salary £34,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.94% +5.00% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,262 2,940 2,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 77.66% 95.45% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 575 2,110 1,667
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Help Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Engineer in Berkshire

Help Desk Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Help Desk Engineer in Berkshire

Help Desk 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 Help Desk Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. 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 - 5 £34,000 -
Help Desk Engineer
South East

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Help 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Help Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) CRM
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Sophos
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (100.00%) Ubiquiti
1 5 (100.00%) vCenter Server

Help Desk 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CRM
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Sophos
1 5 (100.00%) Ubiquiti
1 5 (100.00%) VMware