Desktop Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Desktop Engineer salary in Cardiff is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
4 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
32 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff |
1.33% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.39% |
- |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£32,500 |
- |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£35,000 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£37,500 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£35,000 |
- |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title |
361 |
445 |
324 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
96.01% |
96.53% |
96.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
249 |
299 |
282 |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,900 |
£30,000 |
£33,043 |
| 25th Percentile |
£40,000 |
£33,875 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
-4.76% |
+4.83% |
| 75th Percentile |
£60,000 |
£65,000 |
£67,226 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,662 |
£75,500 |
£73,225 |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£49,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.04% |
-2.00% |
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