Desktop Support Jobs in London

Desktop Support
England > London

The median Desktop Support salary in London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 389 423
Rank change year-on-year +81 +34 +155
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 85 114 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.66% 0.48% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.51% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 72 102 171
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% +3.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,250
90th Percentile £64,875 £60,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +0.77% - -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 11,585 22,238 32,603
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 94.13% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,454 16,672 24,036
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 11 May 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 11 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 +35 29 £45,000 +2.86% 1
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 76 (89.41%) Windows
2 69 (81.18%) Active Directory
3 54 (63.53%) Microsoft
4 48 (56.47%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (43.53%) Windows 10
6 30 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
6 30 (35.29%) Social Skills
7 26 (30.59%) SCCM
8 22 (25.88%) ITIL
8 22 (25.88%) SLA
9 21 (24.71%) Citrix
9 21 (24.71%) Degree
10 20 (23.53%) Structured Cabling
11 17 (20.00%) ITSM
11 17 (20.00%) Customer Service
12 16 (18.82%) Windows Server
13 15 (17.65%) Entra ID
13 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
14 14 (16.47%) Finance
14 14 (16.47%) Microsoft Intune
14 14 (16.47%) Azure
14 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (15.29%) DNS
15 13 (15.29%) DHCP
15 13 (15.29%) Banking
16 12 (14.12%) Incident Management
16 12 (14.12%) People Management
17 11 (12.94%) ServiceNow
18 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
18 9 (10.59%) Cisco

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 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.71%) Chatbot
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.35%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.18%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (1.18%) Eikon
2 1 (1.18%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 48 (56.47%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 14 (16.47%) Azure
4 8 (9.41%) OneDrive
5 6 (7.06%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.18%) AWS
6 1 (1.18%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (23.53%) Structured Cabling
2 13 (15.29%) DHCP
2 13 (15.29%) DNS
3 8 (9.41%) Cisco IOS
3 8 (9.41%) PBX
3 8 (9.41%) VLAN
4 6 (7.06%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.71%) Firewall
5 4 (4.71%) FTP
5 4 (4.71%) IPv4
5 4 (4.71%) LAN
5 4 (4.71%) NAS
5 4 (4.71%) SAN
5 4 (4.71%) SMTP
5 4 (4.71%) WAN
6 2 (2.35%) Ethernet
6 2 (2.35%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (2.35%) Softphone
6 2 (2.35%) Wireless
7 1 (1.18%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 30 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Finance
3 13 (15.29%) Banking
4 7 (8.24%) Front Office
4 7 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (7.06%) Investment Banking
5 6 (7.06%) Law
5 6 (7.06%) Legal
6 3 (3.53%) Advertising
6 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.88%) Blackberry
2 5 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.71%) iPhone
3 4 (4.71%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.53%) CCTV
4 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.53%) Fat Client
4 3 (3.53%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.35%) Handset
5 2 (2.35%) iPad
5 2 (2.35%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.18%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 76 (89.41%) Windows
2 37 (43.53%) Windows 10
3 16 (18.82%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.88%) Apple iOS
4 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.71%) Android
5 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.53%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.18%) Linux
8 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) ITIL
2 17 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 17 (20.00%) ITSM
3 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (14.12%) Incident Management
4 12 (14.12%) People Management
5 7 (8.24%) Change Management
5 7 (8.24%) Inventory Management
6 6 (7.06%) Security Patching
7 5 (5.88%) Data Governance
7 5 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (5.88%) Internal Audit
7 5 (5.88%) Service Management
8 4 (4.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (4.71%) Change Control
8 4 (4.71%) Conversational UI
8 4 (4.71%) Service Delivery
8 4 (4.71%) Time Management
9 3 (3.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (3.53%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (24.71%) Degree
2 4 (4.71%) A+ Certification
2 4 (4.71%) CCNA
2 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.71%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (3.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (25.88%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (81.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.71%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.71%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (3.53%) XenApp
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (30.59%) SCCM
2 14 (16.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.71%) WSUS
4 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (63.53%) Microsoft
2 21 (24.71%) Citrix
3 11 (12.94%) ServiceNow
4 9 (10.59%) Cisco
5 5 (5.88%) Remedy
6 4 (4.71%) Adobe
6 4 (4.71%) Veeam
7 3 (3.53%) MobileIron
7 3 (3.53%) Polycom
7 3 (3.53%) Riverbed
7 3 (3.53%) SAP
7 3 (3.53%) Trend Micro
8 2 (2.35%) Apple
8 2 (2.35%) Mitel
8 2 (2.35%) Okta
8 2 (2.35%) Qualys
8 2 (2.35%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.18%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.18%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.18%) Google