Desktop Support Jobs in Merseyside

Desktop Support
North West > Merseyside

The median Desktop Support salary in Merseyside is £22,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 98 109
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 3 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.23% 0.38% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.48% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile - £27,986 £29,150
25th Percentile £21,000 £28,317 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,000 £30,750 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% -6.82% +13.79%
75th Percentile £23,000 £34,063 -
90th Percentile - £34,625 -
North West median annual salary £27,000 £25,840 £28,008
% change year-on-year +4.49% -7.74% -8.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,220 842 1,117
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 79.58% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 849 434 701
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -0.09% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £74,257
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Merseyside

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in Merseyside

Desktop Support
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
Liverpool +11 2 £22,000 -20.77%
Wirral - 1 - -
Desktop Support
North West

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 Merseyside region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Unisys

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Unisys