Help Desk Engineer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Chester

Help Desk Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Help Desk Engineer salary in Chester is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 December 2025.

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

	6 months to 10 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	22	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester	0.75%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.86%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	-	-
Cheshire median annual salary	£60,000	-	£30,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title	116	97	95
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	87.22%	93.27%	96.94%
Number of salaries quoted	59	63	65
10^th Percentile	£29,950	£28,250	£31,000
25^th Percentile	£40,875	£37,500	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£47,500	£58,500
Median % change year-on-year	+26.32%	-18.80%	+16.45%
75^th Percentile	£70,625	£64,750	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£65,000	£82,548
Cheshire median annual salary	£45,000	£47,500	£48,000
% change year-on-year	-5.26%	-1.04%	+6.67%

Help Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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