Desktop Support Engineer Job Trends in Sheffield

Desktop Support Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in Sheffield is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 - -
75th Percentile £27,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £26,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 388 733 382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.49% 95.82% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 288 394 308
10th Percentile £26,600 £32,473 £24,970
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £53,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% +18.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,113 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £67,875
South Yorkshire median annual salary £41,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.48% +16.67% -10.00%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Desktop Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Support Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Zoho

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Zoho