Desktop Engineer Job Trends in Cumbria

Desktop Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Cumbria is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 1.01% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £30,125 - -
90th Percentile £30,200 - -
North West median annual salary £29,000 £35,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -17.14% +27.27% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 266 509 166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 96.77% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 132 322 50
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,550 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,802 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,628 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +4.17% +9.50%
75th Percentile £56,094 £56,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £62,375 £65,000 £68,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Cumbria

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 3 £29,000 - 2
Desktop Engineer
North West

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 Cumbria region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow