Desktop Support Jobs in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
England > East Midlands

The median Desktop Support salary in the East Midlands is £31,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 172 172
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 17 10 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.40% 0.35% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.40% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 28
10th Percentile - £22,450 £23,888
25th Percentile £24,240 £26,750 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £27,313
90th Percentile - £37,000 £28,900
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% -4.48% +3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,049 2,527 3,310
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 87.96% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,974 1,400 2,221
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the East Midlands

Desktop Support
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Nottinghamshire -3 8 £32,500 -35.00%
Northamptonshire -6 5 £24,240 -14.95%
Leicestershire - 3 - - 1
Derbyshire +11 1 £44,000 +35.38%
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 East Midlands region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (70.59%) Windows
3 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
4 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (47.06%) Customer Service
5 6 (35.29%) Onboarding
5 6 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (35.29%) MCP
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (35.29%) A+ Certification
5 6 (35.29%) Degree
5 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
5 6 (35.29%) Network Security
5 6 (35.29%) Mac OS
5 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (35.29%) DBS Check
6 5 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (29.41%) Driving Licence
6 5 (29.41%) PCI DSS
6 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
6 5 (29.41%) KVM
6 5 (29.41%) Asset Management
6 5 (29.41%) Dell
6 5 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (29.41%) SLA
6 5 (29.41%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (23.53%) Azure
8 3 (17.65%) AWS

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (17.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Network Security
2 5 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.88%) SAN
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Onboarding
2 5 (29.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Customer Service
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
3 5 (29.41%) Asset Management
3 5 (29.41%) Proactive Maintenance
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.88%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
6 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (5.88%) Server Virtualisation
6 1 (5.88%) Statistics
6 1 (5.88%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) A+ Certification
1 6 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (35.29%) DBS Check
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
1 6 (35.29%) MCP
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) PCI DSS
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) KVM
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Dell
3 1 (5.88%) Agilent
3 1 (5.88%) HP