Desktop Engineer Jobs in Central London

Desktop Engineer
London > Central London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Central London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 169 227
Rank change year-on-year +17 +58 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 9 21 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.36% 0.56% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.58% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 16
10th Percentile £43,250 £36,700 £25,240
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,875 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +39.86% -15.88%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £37,563
90th Percentile £62,500 - £43,125
London median annual salary £40,750 £42,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year -4.12% +11.84% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,277 3,593 4,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 95.36% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,606 2,786 4,099
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,813 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year - -1.69% +1.72%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Central London.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
City of London +27 9 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Desktop Engineer
London

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Desktop 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 Central London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 10
3 6 (66.67%) Degree
3 6 (66.67%) SCCM
3 6 (66.67%) Citrix
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) Investment Management
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) Azure
6 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
7 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 1 (11.11%) SLA
7 1 (11.11%) Apple
7 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
7 1 (11.11%) Mitel
7 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Change Management
7 1 (11.11%) Wireless
7 1 (11.11%) Finance

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Investment Management
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
2 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
3 1 (11.11%) FactSet
3 1 (11.11%) Mitel
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow