Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the North of England is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 366 421
Rank change year-on-year +29 +55 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 12 26 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.15% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 7
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,120 £24,800
25th Percentile £28,125 £26,700 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £28,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% +12.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £33,500 £34,688 £28,250
90th Percentile - £35,000 £32,600
England median annual salary £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +1.54% - -1.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,815 16,750 15,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.99% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,780 12,957 8,065
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the North of England

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Yorkshire +65 9 £33,000 +1.54% 2
North West -17 3 £28,250 +4.63%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Desktop Support 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 North of England region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Windows
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (66.67%) ITIL
4 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (58.33%) Preventative Maintenance
6 6 (50.00%) Retail
6 6 (50.00%) Cisco
6 6 (50.00%) Android
6 6 (50.00%) Degree
6 6 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
8 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (16.67%) CMDB
9 2 (16.67%) SCCM
9 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
9 2 (16.67%) Azure
9 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
9 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
10 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
10 1 (8.33%) Antivirus Management
10 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
10 1 (8.33%) Change Control
10 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
10 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
10 1 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
10 1 (8.33%) Line Management

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) CMDB
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Android
3 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) ITIL
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Preventative Maintenance
3 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (8.33%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Change Control
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (8.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Veritas