Help Desk Support Engineer Job Trends in London

Help Desk Support Engineer
England > London

The median Help Desk Support Engineer salary in London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 - 458
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support Engineer 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.008% - 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £31,500
75th Percentile £43,750 - £33,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £39,500 £30,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year +31.67% +33.33% -21.05%

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 11,650 16,489 18,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 94.85% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,483 10,094 14,956
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,613 £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 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,455 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.04% -4.17% -

Help Desk Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Help Desk Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Support Engineer job vacancies in London

Help Desk Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Help Desk Support 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 Help Desk Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Okta
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Help Desk Support 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Okta