Desktop Engineer Job Trends in Bournemouth

Desktop Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Bournemouth is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 3.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.51% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median annual salary £40,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 285 64 656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 98.46% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 152 40 343
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -36.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £60,875 £75,000
Dorset median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Desktop Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) Adobe
2 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (50.00%) Citrix
2 5 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 5 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) ITSM
2 5 (50.00%) JIRA
2 5 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 5 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (50.00%) McAfee
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 5 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 5 (50.00%) PMO
2 5 (50.00%) SCCM
2 5 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (50.00%) Tenable
2 5 (50.00%) Time Management
2 5 (50.00%) Zscaler

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) CMDB
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 5 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) ITSM
2 5 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 5 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
2 5 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 5 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 5 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (50.00%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Adobe
1 5 (50.00%) Citrix
1 5 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (50.00%) McAfee
1 5 (50.00%) Tenable
1 5 (50.00%) Zscaler