Help Desk Engineer Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Help Desk Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Help Desk Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.099% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 - £30,000
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 955 537 874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 98.35% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 601 262 531
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,025 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,125 £70,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%

Help Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Help Desk Engineer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Help Desk Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Help Desk Engineer 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Help Desk Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Help Desk Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft