Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Desktop Support Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in Birmingham is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 150 128
Rank change year-on-year +46 -22 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.077% 0.094% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.099% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £33,750 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +32.35% -49.00%
West Midlands median annual salary £38,000 £33,750 £26,500
% change year-on-year +12.59% +27.36% +0.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,232 3,027 1,687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 94.53% 92.79%
Number of salaries quoted 740 2,387 1,296
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,313 £70,000 £70,150
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £51,800 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.60% -4.76% +5.00%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Birmingham

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Birmingham

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Desktop Support 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 Birmingham region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory