Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in London

Desktop Support Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 440 528
Rank change year-on-year +77 +88 +211
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 32 69 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.31% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 27 58 90
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,875 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £30,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +1.33%
75th Percentile £55,625 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £57,500 £55,125
England median annual salary £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.54% - -1.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,676 22,285 31,986
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.22% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,282 16,637 23,612
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,445
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in London

Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London +15 7 £52,500 +7.14%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 26 (81.25%) Windows
3 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
3 23 (71.88%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (53.13%) Windows 10
5 14 (43.75%) SCCM
6 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
7 11 (34.38%) Citrix
8 10 (31.25%) Entra ID
8 10 (31.25%) Windows Server
9 9 (28.13%) Structured Cabling
9 9 (28.13%) ITIL
9 9 (28.13%) PBX
10 8 (25.00%) Degree
10 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (21.88%) Banking
11 7 (21.88%) SharePoint
11 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
12 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
12 6 (18.75%) Cisco
12 6 (18.75%) Incident Management
12 6 (18.75%) Finance
13 5 (15.63%) ITSM
13 5 (15.63%) VLAN
13 5 (15.63%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (15.63%) DHCP
13 5 (15.63%) DNS
13 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
13 5 (15.63%) Azure
13 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow

Desktop Support 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 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (21.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 5 (15.63%) Azure
4 4 (12.50%) Mimecast
5 3 (9.38%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) PBX
1 9 (28.13%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (15.63%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (15.63%) DHCP
2 5 (15.63%) DNS
2 5 (15.63%) VLAN
3 4 (12.50%) FTP
3 4 (12.50%) IPv4
3 4 (12.50%) NAS
3 4 (12.50%) SAN
3 4 (12.50%) SMTP
4 1 (3.13%) Firewall
4 1 (3.13%) LAN
4 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.13%) WAN
4 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Banking
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Front Office
6 2 (6.25%) Advertising
7 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Fat Client
1 3 (9.38%) iPhone
1 3 (9.38%) Thin Client
2 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (81.25%) Windows
2 17 (53.13%) Windows 10
3 10 (31.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) ITIL
2 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.75%) Incident Management
4 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.63%) ITSM
5 4 (12.50%) Change Control
6 3 (9.38%) Investment Management
6 3 (9.38%) Service Management
7 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.25%) Inventory Management
7 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
8 1 (3.13%) Application Packaging
8 1 (3.13%) Change Management
8 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (3.13%) Hardware Maintenance
8 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Maintenance
8 1 (3.13%) Internal Audit
8 1 (3.13%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (3.13%) Service Delivery
8 1 (3.13%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) CCNA
2 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (9.38%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 4 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (9.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (43.75%) SCCM
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.50%) WSUS
3 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (34.38%) Citrix
3 6 (18.75%) Cisco
4 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
5 4 (12.50%) Veeam
6 3 (9.38%) Polycom
7 2 (6.25%) Apple
7 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
8 1 (3.13%) Adobe
8 1 (3.13%) Bloomberg
8 1 (3.13%) FactSet
8 1 (3.13%) Mitel
8 1 (3.13%) Okta