Desktop Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Desktop Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the City of 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 132 159 216
Rank change year-on-year +27 +57 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 9 21 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.44% 0.63% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.66% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 14
10th Percentile £43,250 £36,700 £23,136
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,875 £32,500
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 £37,375
90th Percentile £62,500 - £41,075
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £35,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% +39.86% -15.88%

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,884 3,204 4,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 96.07% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 2,534 3,707
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year - -1.69% +1.72%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the City of London

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 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:

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