Desktop Engineer Job Trends in South Wales

Desktop Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Desktop Engineer salary in South Wales is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.70% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £35,000 - £27,500

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 772 750 526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 97.40% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 574 462 407
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,700
Wales median annual salary £49,625 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.32% +2.11% -2.06%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Desktop Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff - 5 £35,000 - 1
Newport - 1 - - 1
Desktop Engineer
Wales

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Desktop 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 South Wales region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) DHCP
2 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Acquisition
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
3 1 (16.67%) People Management
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 10

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DHCP
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Acquisition
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) People Management
2 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
2 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco