Service Desk Engineer Jobs in the North West

Service Desk Engineer
England > North West

The median Service Desk Engineer salary in the North West is £33,500 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 281 276 282
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer 6 13 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.075% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 11
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,700 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £26,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.85% -25.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £35,000 £26,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £36,250 £35,950 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% -0.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,315 9,322 6,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 94.61% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 7,164 4,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,619 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Engineer in the North West

Service Desk Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Service Desk Engineer in the North West

Service Desk Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the North West 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
Manchester +54 3 £29,000 +11.54% 9
Cheshire - 3 £34,000 -
Service Desk Engineer
England

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Service Desk 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 West region featuring Service Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (50.00%) Chat Support
4 3 (50.00%) ITSM
4 3 (50.00%) Banking
4 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (50.00%) Skype
4 3 (50.00%) Remedy
4 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Cloud Operations
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) ESET
6 1 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
6 1 (16.67%) Server Management
6 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
6 1 (16.67%) Public Sector

Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
2 3 (50.00%) Skype
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) NAS
3 1 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Social Media
1 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Chat Support
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (16.67%) Network Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Storage Management
3 1 (16.67%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (16.67%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix
4 3 (50.00%) Remedy
5 1 (16.67%) Apple
5 1 (16.67%) Avaya
5 1 (16.67%) ESET
5 1 (16.67%) Meraki
5 1 (16.67%) Sophos