Desktop Support Jobs in London

Desktop Support
England > London

The median Desktop Support salary in London is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 405 402
Rank change year-on-year +85 -3 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 86 117 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.67% 0.47% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.50% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 76 94 153
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,375 £30,977
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,063 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £41,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% +9.21% +1.33%
75th Percentile £50,625 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £32,875 £32,500 £31,817
% change year-on-year +1.15% +2.15% -4.67%

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 11,683 23,414 29,525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 94.45% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,980 17,232 22,237
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £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 £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in London

Desktop Support
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 +32 28 £45,000 -5.26% 24
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 2025, 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 London region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 80 (93.02%) Windows
2 73 (84.88%) Active Directory
3 56 (65.12%) Microsoft
4 43 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (36.05%) Windows 10
5 31 (36.05%) Social Skills
6 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Office
7 23 (26.74%) SCCM
7 23 (26.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (25.58%) SLA
9 21 (24.42%) Azure
9 21 (24.42%) Structured Cabling
9 21 (24.42%) Entra ID
10 20 (23.26%) ITIL
10 20 (23.26%) Citrix
11 19 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (22.09%) Customer Service
12 17 (19.77%) Windows Server
13 16 (18.60%) Degree
14 15 (17.44%) People Management
15 14 (16.28%) Banking
16 12 (13.95%) Service Delivery
16 12 (13.95%) ServiceNow
17 11 (12.79%) Finance
17 11 (12.79%) DNS
17 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
17 11 (12.79%) DHCP
18 10 (11.63%) ITSM
18 10 (11.63%) Artificial Intelligence
18 10 (11.63%) Mentoring

Desktop Support 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 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (29.07%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (11.63%) Chatbot
3 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.33%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (2.33%) Eikon
3 1 (1.16%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (1.16%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 43 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (24.42%) Azure
2 21 (24.42%) Entra ID
3 8 (9.30%) OneDrive
4 5 (5.81%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.16%) AWS
5 1 (1.16%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.42%) Structured Cabling
2 11 (12.79%) DHCP
2 11 (12.79%) DNS
3 8 (9.30%) TCP/IP
4 6 (6.98%) PBX
5 5 (5.81%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (5.81%) LAN
5 5 (5.81%) VLAN
5 5 (5.81%) WAN
6 4 (4.65%) Firewall
7 3 (3.49%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (3.49%) VPN
7 3 (3.49%) Wireless
8 2 (2.33%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.33%) Softphone
9 1 (1.16%) FTP
9 1 (1.16%) IPv4
9 1 (1.16%) NAS
9 1 (1.16%) SAN
9 1 (1.16%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 31 (36.05%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Banking
3 11 (12.79%) Finance
4 7 (8.14%) Front Office
4 7 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.98%) Investment Banking
6 3 (3.49%) Advertising
6 3 (3.49%) Law
6 3 (3.49%) Retail
7 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Back Office
8 1 (1.16%) Billing
8 1 (1.16%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) iPhone
1 6 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.81%) Blackberry
2 5 (5.81%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.65%) Fat Client
3 4 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.65%) Thin Client
4 3 (3.49%) CCTV
4 3 (3.49%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.49%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.33%) Handset
5 2 (2.33%) iPad
6 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.16%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.16%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 80 (93.02%) Windows
2 31 (36.05%) Windows 10
3 17 (19.77%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.81%) Apple iOS
4 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.49%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.16%) Android
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.26%) ITIL
2 19 (22.09%) Customer Service
2 19 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (17.44%) People Management
4 12 (13.95%) Service Delivery
5 10 (11.63%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (11.63%) Conversational UI
5 10 (11.63%) ITSM
5 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
6 9 (10.47%) Incident Management
7 8 (9.30%) Inventory Management
8 7 (8.14%) Change Management
9 6 (6.98%) Security Patching
10 5 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (5.81%) Data Governance
10 5 (5.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (5.81%) Internal Audit
10 5 (5.81%) Service Management
11 4 (4.65%) Time Management
12 2 (2.33%) Application Packaging
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (18.60%) Degree
2 4 (4.65%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.16%) CCNA
5 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (25.58%) SLA
System Software
1 73 (84.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.65%) XenApp
3 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (26.74%) Microsoft Intune
1 23 (26.74%) SCCM
2 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (65.12%) Microsoft
2 20 (23.26%) Citrix
3 12 (13.95%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.98%) Cisco
5 5 (5.81%) Remedy
6 4 (4.65%) Polycom
7 3 (3.49%) Adobe
7 3 (3.49%) Bloomberg
7 3 (3.49%) MobileIron
7 3 (3.49%) Riverbed
7 3 (3.49%) SAP
7 3 (3.49%) Trend Micro
8 2 (2.33%) Qualys
8 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.16%) Apple
9 1 (1.16%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.16%) Google
9 1 (1.16%) Mitel
9 1 (1.16%) Reuters
9 1 (1.16%) Sun