Service Desk Support Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Service Desk Support
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Service Desk Support salary in Cambridgeshire is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 73 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 -21 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 1 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.11% 1.00% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 1.10% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £30,000 £22,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +31.87% +1.11%
75th Percentile - - £27,000
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £27,000 £30,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +27.66% -9.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 797 819 565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.35% 91.41% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 546 412 374
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £27,150
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £69,813
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,750 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Service Desk Support job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Service Desk Support
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Service Desk Support
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Support within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Peterborough - 1 £27,000 -
Service Desk Support
East of England

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Service Desk Support 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow