Help Desk Operator Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Birmingham

Help Desk Operator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Help Desk Operator salary in Birmingham is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	99	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Operator	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham	0.059%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.063%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£26,000	-	-
West Midlands median annual salary	£26,000	-	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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	1,592	1,785	1,178
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	93.21%	94.85%	95.77%
Number of salaries quoted	1,145	887	1,005
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£36,628	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£43,750	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£57,500	£57,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	+4.55%	-2.62%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£72,500	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£84,375	£88,750	£81,250
West Midlands median annual salary	£50,000	£52,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-4.76%	+5.00%	-4.76%

Help Desk Operator
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Operator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.