Desktop Engineer Job Trends in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 369 360
Rank change year-on-year +37 -9 +149
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 42 61 92
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.30% 0.40% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.43% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 41 38 88
10th Percentile £19,750 £36,425 £30,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 - £62,875
England median annual salary £36,500 £35,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +4.29% +1.45% +5.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 12,761 14,282 17,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,461 8,232 14,026
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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 +38 6 £40,000 -20.00%
West London - 2 £30,000 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Desktop Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 35 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (78.57%) Active Directory
4 27 (64.29%) Microsoft
5 21 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (50.00%) Windows 10
6 20 (47.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (40.48%) ITIL
8 16 (38.10%) Azure
9 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
10 14 (33.33%) SharePoint
11 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (28.57%) Degree
12 9 (21.43%) Apple
12 9 (21.43%) Customer Service
12 9 (21.43%) Firewall
12 9 (21.43%) JIRA
13 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 8 (19.05%) OneDrive
13 8 (19.05%) ServiceNow
13 8 (19.05%) VPN
14 7 (16.67%) Inventory Management
14 7 (16.67%) Linux
14 7 (16.67%) PowerShell
14 7 (16.67%) Time Management
15 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
15 6 (14.29%) HP
15 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
15 6 (14.29%) Salesforce
15 6 (14.29%) TCP/IP

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 35 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (38.10%) Azure
3 8 (19.05%) OneDrive
4 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.14%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.38%) AWS
7 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Firewall
2 8 (19.05%) VPN
3 6 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 6 (14.29%) WebEx
4 5 (11.90%) DHCP
4 5 (11.90%) DNS
4 5 (11.90%) LAN
4 5 (11.90%) VoIP
4 5 (11.90%) WAN
5 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 29 (69.05%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Front Office
3 7 (16.67%) Banking
4 6 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.76%) Advertising
6 2 (4.76%) Electronics
6 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.76%) Marketing
6 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.38%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.38%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Legal
7 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.38%) Electron
1 1 (2.38%) OpenFin
1 1 (2.38%) React
1 1 (2.38%) REST
1 1 (2.38%) RESTful
1 1 (2.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Onboarding
2 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.14%) iPhone
3 3 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.76%) BYOD
4 2 (4.76%) IoT
4 2 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.38%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.38%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.38%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (85.71%) Windows
2 21 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (16.67%) Linux
4 5 (11.90%) Mac OS
4 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
6 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (40.48%) ITIL
3 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (16.67%) Inventory Management
6 7 (16.67%) Time Management
7 5 (11.90%) Break/Fix
7 5 (11.90%) Trend Analysis
8 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
9 3 (7.14%) User Experience
10 2 (4.76%) Asset Management
10 2 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (4.76%) Customer Experience
10 2 (4.76%) Data Privacy
10 2 (4.76%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (4.76%) Process Improvement
10 2 (4.76%) Programme Management
10 2 (4.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) SQL
3 1 (2.38%) Java
3 1 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.76%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.90%) SCCM
3 3 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.43%) Apple
3 8 (19.05%) ServiceNow
4 6 (14.29%) HP
4 6 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 6 (14.29%) VMware
5 5 (11.90%) Juniper
6 2 (4.76%) Citrix
6 2 (4.76%) SAP
7 1 (2.38%) Adobe
7 1 (2.38%) Bomgar
7 1 (2.38%) DocuSign
7 1 (2.38%) iManage
7 1 (2.38%) Intapp
7 1 (2.38%) Okta
7 1 (2.38%) Polycom