Help Desk Support Job Trends in Northampton

Help Desk Support
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Help Desk Support salary in Northampton is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 1.02% - 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% - 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £25,000
75th Percentile £28,750 - £26,500
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £27,500 - £25,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 195 430 192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.98% 96.63% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 155 289 142
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,750 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,500 £60,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £79,100 £80,000 £86,125
Northamptonshire median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +15.79%

Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Job postings that featured Help Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Support in Northampton

Help Desk Support
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Support job vacancies in Northampton.

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Support job vacancies in Northampton

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Help Desk 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 Northampton region featuring Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Azure

Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki