Service Desk Support Job Trends in Northampton

Service Desk Support
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Service Desk Support salary in Northampton is £38,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 - -
75th Percentile £40,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £38,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 332 170 352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 98.84% 98.05%
Number of salaries quoted 207 119 304
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,600 £24,817
25th Percentile £37,125 £30,813 £28,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +23.46% -12.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £65,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -10.53%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Service Desk Support job vacancy trend in Northampton

Service Desk Support
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary distribution trend for Service Desk Support job vacancies in Northampton

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Service Desk Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northampton region featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow