Help Desk Technician Jobs in Oxfordshire

Help Desk Technician
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Help Desk Technician salary in Oxfordshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Jun 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 114 -
Rank change year-on-year +48 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Technician 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.29% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £25,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +56.86% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £26,500 £25,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% +8.70% -17.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 621 1,873 1,136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 95.61% 83.65%
Number of salaries quoted 334 1,412 739
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% +1.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Help Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Technician in Oxfordshire

Help Desk Technician
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Technician in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Help Desk Technician in Oxfordshire

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Help Desk Technician 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Help Desk Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service

Help Desk Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
5 Help Desk Technician jobs in the South East