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 £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 216 244
Rank change year-on-year +61 +28 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 19 15 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.57% 0.31% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.32% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 29
10th Percentile £39,250 £23,136 £29,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% -15.88% +18.06%
75th Percentile £57,500 £37,375 £58,750
90th Percentile £59,500 £47,750 £60,000
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £35,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +39.86% -15.88% +18.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,214 4,633 6,733
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 96.54% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,576 3,905 5,638
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,136 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,220 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024, 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 17 (89.47%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (73.68%) Finance
3 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
4 12 (63.16%) Windows
5 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
7 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
7 7 (36.84%) Change Management
7 7 (36.84%) Windows 7
8 6 (31.58%) Apple
8 6 (31.58%) ITIL
8 6 (31.58%) Skype
9 5 (26.32%) Mimecast
9 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
9 5 (26.32%) Bloomberg
10 4 (21.05%) Citrix
10 4 (21.05%) Mac OS X
10 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (21.05%) Azure
10 4 (21.05%) Android
10 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (21.05%) Service Management
10 4 (21.05%) SCCM
10 4 (21.05%) ITSM
10 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
11 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
11 3 (15.79%) CMDB

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 9 (47.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.53%) Skype for Business
3 1 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 17 (89.47%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (26.32%) Mimecast
3 4 (21.05%) Azure
4 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
5 2 (10.53%) Slack
5 2 (10.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Skype
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (10.53%) Telepresence
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) DHCP
3 1 (5.26%) PSTN
3 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
General
1 14 (73.68%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Automotive
3 2 (10.53%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) CMDB
1 3 (15.79%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
2 7 (36.84%) Windows 7
3 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (21.05%) Android
4 4 (21.05%) Mac OS X
4 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Change Management
2 6 (31.58%) ITIL
3 4 (21.05%) ITSM
3 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Service Management
4 3 (15.79%) Configuration Management
5 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (5.26%) Contingency Planning
6 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.26%) High Availability
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.26%) Migration
6 1 (5.26%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.26%) Server Management
6 1 (5.26%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
1 2 (10.53%) MBA
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) vSphere
3 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (21.05%) SCCM
2 1 (5.26%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Apple
3 5 (26.32%) Bloomberg
4 4 (21.05%) Citrix
5 3 (15.79%) Cisco
5 3 (15.79%) Ivanti
6 2 (10.53%) Okta
6 2 (10.53%) Polycom
6 2 (10.53%) Trayport
7 1 (5.26%) Avaya
7 1 (5.26%) Dell
7 1 (5.26%) iManage
7 1 (5.26%) Intapp
7 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
7 1 (5.26%) Symantec
7 1 (5.26%) Veeam
7 1 (5.26%) VMware