Desktop Engineer Jobs in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in London is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 497 711
Rank change year-on-year +80 +214 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 82 125 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.37% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.39% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 71 114 152
10th Percentile £30,250 £30,500 £28,343
25th Percentile £30,375 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £54,125 £49,688 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,125 £60,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £33,500 £33,125
% change year-on-year -2.99% +1.13% +0.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,263 32,085 66,188
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.11% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,627 23,659 34,490
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Central London +58 21 £50,000 +39.86% 4
West London +8 18 £32,500 +15.04% 1
North London - 1 £37,500 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 67 (81.71%) Active Directory
2 64 (78.05%) Windows
3 57 (69.51%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (67.07%) Microsoft
5 38 (46.34%) Finance
6 36 (43.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 31 (37.80%) Windows 10
8 29 (35.37%) Microsoft Office
9 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
10 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Intune
11 22 (26.83%) ITIL
12 21 (25.61%) Azure
13 19 (23.17%) DNS
14 15 (18.29%) SCCM
15 14 (17.07%) Smartphone
15 14 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (17.07%) Entra ID
16 12 (14.63%) Customer Service
16 12 (14.63%) Degree
16 12 (14.63%) Apple
17 11 (13.41%) VPN
17 11 (13.41%) Firewall
17 11 (13.41%) ServiceNow
18 10 (12.20%) Skype
19 9 (10.98%) ITSM
19 9 (10.98%) Cisco
19 9 (10.98%) SQL
19 9 (10.98%) Hyper-V
20 8 (9.76%) Windows 7
20 8 (9.76%) Banking

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 36 (43.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.32%) Skype for Business
3 4 (4.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.22%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (35.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 57 (69.51%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (25.61%) Azure
3 14 (17.07%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.76%) Mimecast
5 5 (6.10%) WhatsApp
6 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (23.17%) DNS
2 11 (13.41%) Firewall
2 11 (13.41%) VPN
3 10 (12.20%) Skype
4 5 (6.10%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (4.88%) DHCP
5 4 (4.88%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (4.88%) WebEx
6 3 (3.66%) Telepresence
7 2 (2.44%) LAN
7 2 (2.44%) Network Security
7 2 (2.44%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.44%) WAN
8 1 (1.22%) FTP
8 1 (1.22%) PSTN
8 1 (1.22%) SMTP
8 1 (1.22%) SNMP
8 1 (1.22%) VoIP
8 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
1 1 (1.22%) MSI
General
1 38 (46.34%) Finance
2 26 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 14 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.76%) Banking
5 4 (4.88%) Legal
6 3 (3.66%) Automotive
6 3 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Retail
8 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.22%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.07%) Smartphone
2 6 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.10%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.88%) CMDB
5 3 (3.66%) iPad
6 2 (2.44%) Blackberry
6 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.22%) Derivative
7 1 (1.22%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.22%) EPoS
7 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 64 (78.05%) Windows
2 31 (37.80%) Windows 10
3 8 (9.76%) Windows 7
3 8 (9.76%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.32%) Android
4 6 (7.32%) Mac OS X
5 5 (6.10%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) ITIL
2 12 (14.63%) Customer Service
3 9 (10.98%) ITSM
4 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (8.54%) Change Management
5 7 (8.54%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (7.32%) Asset Management
7 5 (6.10%) Service Management
8 3 (3.66%) Break/Fix
8 3 (3.66%) Computer Science
8 3 (3.66%) Configuration Management
8 3 (3.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (3.66%) Ticket Management
9 2 (2.44%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (2.44%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (2.44%) Mobile Device Management
10 1 (1.22%) Mentoring
10 1 (1.22%) Patch Management
10 1 (1.22%) Software Deployment
10 1 (1.22%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.98%) SQL
2 3 (3.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Degree
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.66%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (3.66%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.66%) MBA
3 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.44%) MCP
4 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 67 (81.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (10.98%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.66%) vSphere
4 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.22%) Firmware
5 1 (1.22%) KVM
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (18.29%) SCCM
3 2 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.22%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.22%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.22%) WSUS
4 1 (1.22%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 55 (67.07%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) Apple
3 11 (13.41%) ServiceNow
4 9 (10.98%) Cisco
5 8 (9.76%) Bloomberg
6 7 (8.54%) Citrix
7 5 (6.10%) Dell
7 5 (6.10%) VMware
8 4 (4.88%) Ivanti
9 3 (3.66%) Polycom
10 2 (2.44%) HP
10 2 (2.44%) Okta
10 2 (2.44%) Trayport
11 1 (1.22%) Becrypt
11 1 (1.22%) Meraki
11 1 (1.22%) MobileIron
11 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
11 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.22%) Trend Micro
11 1 (1.22%) Xerox