Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in Devon

Desktop Support Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in Devon is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 73 54
Rank change year-on-year +16 -19 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 0.22% 0.59% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.63% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -
75th Percentile - £29,500 £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £30,000 £29,145 £27,500
% change year-on-year +2.93% +5.98% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 379 799 481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.04% 94.44% 84.83%
Number of salaries quoted 185 616 368
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £44,941 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% +12.35% -11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,375
90th Percentile £65,272 £65,000 £61,079
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Devon

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Devon

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in Devon.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in Devon

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Exeter - 1 £30,000 -
Desktop Support Engineer
South West

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Devon region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft