Desktop Support Engineer Job Trends in Salisbury

Desktop Support Engineer
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in Salisbury is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Salisbury 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
75th Percentile £32,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median annual salary £32,000 - £25,000
% change year-on-year - - -28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Salisbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Salisbury. 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 Salisbury with a recognized job title 83 116 136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 95.08% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 81 71 101
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -2.06%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Salisbury.

Desktop Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Salisbury

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Salisbury.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Salisbury

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 3 February 2026, Desktop Support 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 Salisbury region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft