Desktop Support Jobs in Central London

Desktop Support
London > Central London

The median Desktop Support salary in Central London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 161 191
Rank change year-on-year +28 +30 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 28 27 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.12% 0.72% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.75% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 38
10th Percentile £40,300 £36,100 £30,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £35,875
Median % change year-on-year - +25.44% -15.59%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,500 £43,750
London median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% +3.75% +6.67%

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 2,283 3,585 4,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 95.14% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,627 2,795 4,134
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,250 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,480
Median % change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%
75th Percentile £96,250 £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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Central London

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in Central London

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in Central London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in Central London

Desktop Support
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 Support within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 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 +37 26 £45,000 -2.70% 1
West End of London - 2 £50,000 -
Desktop Support
London

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Desktop Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (89.29%) Active Directory
3 16 (57.14%) SLA
4 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (42.86%) Windows 10
5 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
5 11 (39.29%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (39.29%) Structured Cabling
5 11 (39.29%) People Management
6 7 (25.00%) Citrix
6 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (21.43%) Degree
7 6 (21.43%) SCCM
8 5 (17.86%) ITSM
8 5 (17.86%) Law
8 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (14.29%) Legal
10 3 (10.71%) A+ Certification
10 3 (10.71%) Azure
10 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
10 3 (10.71%) Investment Management
10 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
11 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
11 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
11 2 (7.14%) Customer Experience
11 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
11 2 (7.14%) Entra ID

Desktop Support 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 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Acrobat
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (7.14%) DHCP
2 2 (7.14%) DNS
2 2 (7.14%) Ethernet
2 2 (7.14%) LAN
2 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.57%) Firewall
3 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.57%) Wireless
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (17.86%) Law
3 4 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) iPad
2 1 (3.57%) iPhone
2 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) People Management
2 5 (17.86%) ITSM
2 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
3 3 (10.71%) Investment Management
4 2 (7.14%) Change Management
4 2 (7.14%) Customer Experience
4 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 2 (7.14%) Incident Management
4 2 (7.14%) Inventory Management
4 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.57%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.57%) Hardware Maintenance
5 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Maintenance
5 1 (3.57%) ITIL
5 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (3.57%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (89.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) SCCM
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) Citrix
3 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) Adobe
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco
5 1 (3.57%) Apple
5 1 (3.57%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.57%) FactSet
5 1 (3.57%) Mitel