Desktop Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the Midlands is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 308 304
Rank change year-on-year +56 -4 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 18 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.029% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 13
10th Percentile £25,950 - £21,790
25th Percentile £30,375 £24,240 £23,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £32,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +22.64% -3.64%
75th Percentile £48,875 £33,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £54,050 - £31,500
England median annual salary £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.54% - -1.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,287 11,497 8,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 94.49% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,582 8,485 4,550
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,842 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,875 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +64 1 £55,000 +84.87% 2
East Midlands +24 1 £23,000 -29.23%
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Desktop 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 Midlands region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft