2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Second Line Desktop Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Second Line Desktop Support Engineer salary in the City of London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - 200
Rank change year-on-year - - +98
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.055% - 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% - 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £31,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.22%
75th Percentile - - £31,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £45,000 - £31,000
% change year-on-year - - -16.22%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,729 2,851 3,758
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 95.77% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 2,004 3,106
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £71,000 £74,744
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.01% +3.10%

2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer in the City of London

2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, 2nd Line Desktop Support 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 City of London region featuring 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune